As you will have read in the starting story, Paco has just flown from India to Karachi (Pakistan). From there he is going to travel to Saigon, the capital city of the former South Vietnam. He has booked a connecting flight. It's two o'clock in the morning and the plane is taking off at 5.30 A.M. So, he has enough time to plan his travel along the Southeast coast of Asia...

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Paco is sitting comfortably and he is reading a health notice about H1N1 flu he has been given at the passport control. Although he is healthy, he thinks: 'Buff, what would have happened if I had felt some of these symptoms during my journey?...Uh I will stop reading this, I would rather read this magazine about Pakistan...'.

First he reads an article about the Pakistan women national cricket team and about their good results recently. This strikes Paco because he knows that in this country sexual discrimination is rather common.

Second, he reads a report about how the World will be in the 22nd century, he is astonished with sentences like this: 'unless we reduce pollution to a minimum, half the species living in our planet will disappear in the next few years'. He feels rather distressed about what he is reading and besides he is beginning to nod off, so he closes the magazine.

But this pleasant moment is broken by the ringing of his mobile; 'Oh my God', he mutters angrily, 'it's Laura, She will have come back home from Portugal'. He answers:

Paco: Hello, girl. How are you?

Laura: Hi boy, is it you? You are speaking English! Incredible!

Paco: Yeah! I have learnt a lot.

Laura: It's great! Quickly because the battery is low, we are going to buy tickets for the Sudoeste festival in Portugal, would you like to come?

Paco: I don't know, if I came back home in time, I would surely go.

Laura: Ok, we will buy the ticket for you anyway.

Paco: I will call you in some days and tell you, I promise.

Laura: Uh, I hope so. Are you going to visit Vietnam? My friend....

Paco: Oh, we are cut off!

Read the text carefully paying attention to the tenses used. If you need any help, have a look at Click here.

In this topic, your main aim is to identify and recognize the expressions we use for the future (will future, going to future, present continuous for future, future perfect), and the different types of conditionals.