禮節(jié)美語(yǔ):Lesson 166Typhnoon Delays 1

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老板Tom打電話給秘書(shū)Susan.

Tom: (On the phone) Hey Susan, how are things at the office?

S: Oh, hi boss. Things are fine. But...aren't you supposed to be on a plane right now? I booked you on a 9:30 flight out of Hong Kong.

T: Um...Yeah. I should be watching the in-flight movie by now, but all flights are grounded.

S: Grounded? Oh...is it due to that hurricane?

接到老板的電話，Susan很意外，因?yàn)镾he booked him on a 9:30 flight out of Hong Kong，他本應(yīng)坐九點(diǎn)半的飛機(jī)離開(kāi)香港，book在這里是動(dòng)詞，指定機(jī)票。原來(lái)是Tom的飛機(jī)停飛了 grounded, g-r-o-u-n-d-e-d, grounded，是停飛的意思。Susan問(wèn)是不是因?yàn)轱Z風(fēng)。

T: Well, in Asia they call them typhoons but yep, that's the reason. Typhoon Marokot has shut down air traffic across the region.

S: Wow...that sounds like a nasty storm. Is it howling outside right now?

T: It's actually not too bad...there is some rain and wind, but we might be in the eye of the storm right now.

S: So what's the plan? When can you get a flight out?

Tom的班機(jī)的確是因?yàn)樘鞖庠蛲ｏw的，Tom說(shuō)，亞洲習(xí)慣叫typhoon, t-y-p-h-o-o-n, typhoon，臺(tái)風(fēng)。這場(chǎng)臺(tái)風(fēng)讓整個(gè)地區(qū)的空運(yùn)都陷入了停頓。 Shut down是關(guān)閉的意思。Tom說(shuō)，他們現(xiàn)在可能in the eye of the storm，處于風(fēng)暴中心。飛機(jī)什么時(shí)候能起飛呢？

T: The airline says they are cautiously optimistic that we will be able to take off in a couple more hours. For now they're asking everyone just to standby and wait for the weather to lift.

S: That sounds frustrating.

T: Yeah, it is. I've been here for four hours now and I am getting a bit frazzled.

航空公司估計(jì)，幾小時(shí)后可以起飛，take off，是飛機(jī)起飛的意思。上面那句話里還用到了cautiously optimistic，指謹(jǐn)慎樂(lè)觀。Tom說(shuō)，航空公司要大家standby待在那里，隨時(shí)等通知。Tom已經(jīng)等了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)，I am getting a bit frazzled. Frazzled is spelled f-r-a-z-z-l-e-d, frazzled，是心力交瘁的意思。

S: Is there anything I can do for you from here?

T: Actually, come to think of it,..can you call Mr. Tang in Singapore and tell him I might not make it to the conference in Berlin tomorrow?

S: Sure.

Tom讓Susan給新加坡的唐先生打電話，通知他，自己可能趕不上第二天在柏林的會(huì)議了。To make it在這里是做到某事的意思。Tom還要在機(jī)場(chǎng)等多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間呢？我們下次繼續(xù)聽(tīng)。