Unit 26 Vacation Time(2) 假期 (2)
T = Travel Agent C = Caller
The caller is purchasing an airline ticket.
打電話的人正在買機(jī)票。
T: What date would you like to depart, sir?
旅行社職員:您想哪天啟程呢,先生?
C: Do you have any seats for September 16th?
打電話者:你們九月十六日有位子嗎?
T: Let's see...I'm afraid the 16th is fully booked. But I have seats for the 17th.
旅行社職員:我看看……恐怕十六日已經(jīng)訂滿了。但十七日有位子。
C: The 17th will be fine.
打電話者:十七日可以。
T: And what date will you be returning?
旅行社職員:那您哪一天要回來呢?
C: Hmm, I guess on the 28th.
打電話者:嗯,我想是二十八日吧。
T: Okay, you're booked on American Airlines flight 710, departing JFK at 6: 40 p.m. on September 17th. Your return flight is flight 711, departing London's Heathrow Airport at 11: 15 a.m. on September 28th.
旅行社職員:好的,您訂的是九月十七日晚上六點(diǎn)四十分在甘乃迪機(jī)場起飛的美國航空七一○班機(jī)。回程是九月二十八日早上十一點(diǎn)十五分在倫敦西斯洛機(jī)場起飛的七一一班機(jī)。
C: Sounds good. Thanks a lot.
打電話者:聽起來很不錯。真謝謝你。
智慧補(bǔ)給站:
1.caller n.來電者
2.purchase vt.購買
例:The government announced plans to purchase technology from the U.S.
(政府宣布向美國采購科技設(shè)備的計劃。)
3.depart vi.& vt.啟程, 出發(fā)
depart for + 地方名詞 前往某地
=leave for + 地方名詞
例:Mr. Johnes is departing for California tomorrow.
(瓊斯先生明日將前往加州。)
4.I’m afraid+(that) 從句 恐怕……
例:I'm afraid (that) we don't have any rooms available.
(恐怕我們沒有任何空房了。)
5.fully adv.完全地
6.book vt.預(yù)購/訂
book room 訂房
book a table 訂餐位
例:The couple booked a room at the beach for their honeymoon.
(這對夫婦為了度蜜月在海灘旁預(yù)訂了一個房間。)
7.flight n.(飛機(jī)的) 飛行班次
8.JFK 肯尼迪(美國第35任總統(tǒng); 此處指肯尼迪國際機(jī)場)
=John Fitzgerald Kennedy
9.本文:
Your return flight is flight 711,departing...
=Your return flight is flight 711 and you depart...
回程是……起飛的711班機(jī)。
注意:
兩句在一起無連接詞連接時, 需把第二個動詞改為現(xiàn)在分詞。
例:He stood下劃線 there watching下劃線 people pass by.
(他站在那里看著人們經(jīng)過。)