Unit 26 Vacation Time(1) 假期 (1)
T = Travel Agent C = Caller
T: Fair-Priced Fares, how may I help you?
旅行社職員:公道旅行社,有什么需要幫忙呢?
C: How much is a round-trip ticket to London?
打電話者:到倫敦的來(lái)回機(jī)票多少錢?
T: When did you plan to go, sir?
旅行社職員:您打算什么時(shí)候去呢,先生?
C: In the second week of September.
打電話者:九月的第二星期。
T: The second week of September is still in the high-season, so the cheapest tickets are $650. The high season lasts until the 15th, so fares after that date are cheaper.
旅行社職員:九月的第二星期仍是旺季,所以最便宜的票是六百五十元。旺季持續(xù)到十五日,所以票價(jià)在這天之后比較便宜。
C: In that case, I'll go after the 15th. How much are the off-season fares?
打電話者:這樣的話,我就十五日后再去。那淡季的票價(jià)要多少錢呢?
T: Our cheapest ticket is $550 on American Airlines.
旅行社職員:我們最便宜的票是美國(guó)航空五百五十元。
C: Okay, I'll take it. (to be continued)
打電話者:好的,我就買這家的好了。(待續(xù))
智慧補(bǔ)給站:
1.travel agent 旅行業(yè)者; 旅行社職員
2.Fair-Priced Fares 公道旅行社(旅行社名字)
fair-priced a.價(jià)錢合理的
fare n.(火車、汽車、飛機(jī)等的)費(fèi)用
3.a round-trip ticket 來(lái)回票
round-trip a.往返的; 來(lái)回(旅行)的
a one-way ticket 單程票
4.last vi.繼續(xù), 持續(xù)
例: The storm lasted for several days.
(這場(chǎng)暴風(fēng)雨持續(xù)好幾天。)
5.in that case 若是那樣的話
例:A: Mr. Brown is not in.
(甲:布朗先生不在。)
B: In that case, may I leave a message for him?
(乙:那樣的話,我可以留言給他嗎?)
6.off-season a.淡季的
high-season a.旺季的
in the off-season 在淡季時(shí)
in the high-season 在旺季時(shí)
7.American Airlines 美國(guó)航空公司