Unit 26 Vacation Time(2) 假期 (2)
T = Travel Agent C = Caller
The caller is purchasing an airline ticket.
打电话的人正在买机票。
T: What date would you like to depart, sir?
旅行社职员:您想哪天启程呢,先生?
C: Do you have any seats for September 16th?
打电话者:你们九月十六日有位子吗?
T: Let's see...I'm afraid the 16th is fully booked. But I have seats for the 17th.
旅行社职员:我看看……恐怕十六日已经订满了。但十七日有位子。
C: The 17th will be fine.
打电话者:十七日可以。
T: And what date will you be returning?
旅行社职员:那您哪一天要回来呢?
C: Hmm, I guess on the 28th.
打电话者: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.
旅行社职员:好的,您订的是九月十七日晚上六点四十分在甘乃迪机场起飞的美国航空七一○班机。回程是九月二十八日早上十一点十五分在伦敦西斯洛机场起飞的七一一班机。
C: Sounds good. Thanks a lot.
打电话者:听起来很不错。真谢谢你。
智慧补给站:
1.caller n.来电者
2.purchase vt.购买
例:The government announced plans to purchase technology from the U.S.
(政府宣布向美国采购科技设备的计划。)
3.depart vi.& vt.启程, 出发
depart for + 地方名词 前往某地
=leave for + 地方名词
例:Mr. Johnes is departing for California tomorrow.
(琼斯先生明日将前往加州。)
4.I’m afraid+(that) 从句 恐怕……
例:I'm afraid (that) we don't have any rooms available.
(恐怕我们没有任何空房了。)
5.fully adv.完全地
6.book vt.预购/订
book room 订房
book a table 订餐位
例:The couple booked a room at the beach for their honeymoon.
(这对夫妇为了度蜜月在海滩旁预订了一个房间。)
7.flight n.(飞机的) 飞行班次
8.JFK 肯尼迪(美国第35任总统; 此处指肯尼迪国际机场)
=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……起飞的711班机。
注意:
两句在一起无连接词连接时, 需把第二个动词改为现在分词。
例:He stood下划线 there watching下划线 people pass by.
(他站在那里看着人们经过。)