[speaker001:] Where are you going for your holidays, Charles?
[speaker002:] To Australia. I'm going to visit my uncle in Brisbane for three weeks.
[speaker001:] Good gracious! You certainly are lucky. How are you going there?
[speaker002:] By air, of course. It takes over two weeks to go by sea.
[speaker001:] I once went to Singapore by air. It was very exciting-but never again.
[speaker002:] Why? Did you feel frightened?
[speaker001:] For a short time. One of the engines caught fire.
[speaker002:] What did the pilot do?
[speaker001:] He put it out and flew back to the airport. Then he asked the people at the airport where the emergency runway was.
[speaker002:] Did you land safely?
[speaker001:] Yes, we did. But I shall never fly again.