New?Yorker Chapter 1纽约来客
New Yorker
Section 1 预订机票 Flight Ticket Reservation
Section 2 检票登机 Check in and Board
Section 3 在飞机上 On the Plane
Section 4 行李提取 Retrieve the Luggage
Section 5 通关检查 Security Check
Section 6 问路指路 Directions Inquiry
Section 7 坐公交 Take a Bus
Section 8 坐地铁 Take a Subway
Section 9 坐出租车 Take a Taxi
Section 10 自驾车 Drive a Car
Section 11 骑自行车 Ride a Bicycle
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我说过我要把美国人生活工作中经常说的话记录下来,把他们活生生的语言送给大家。我一旦有了这个想法,就迫不及待地想实现它,赶紧去预订机票,踏上回美国的征程。预订机票有好几种方式,比如你可以电话预订,还可以通过网上预订,现在Kevin 把这些相关的英语口语奉送给大家。
口语大放送
B America?
C W
ill you be traveling first class or economy? One-way or a round-trip ticket? 您要搭乘头等舱,还是经济舱?单程票还是双程票?询问机票或航班类型:
What kind of ticket do you want, first class or economy? ?您想要哪种票,头等舱,还是经济舱?
Would you like the morning flight, afternoon flight, or red-eye flight? ?您是喜欢上午航班、下午航班还是夜间航班?
a round-trip ticket 往返票,双程票
red-eye fl ight 夜间航班
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D 价是多少?
E 当然,如果没有这样的优惠活动,工作人员通常会这样回答你: Sorry, there are no discounts. 对不起,没有折扣。
[?'vel?bl] adj. 可得到的,可买到的
['d?skaunt] n. 折扣,打折扣
F I want to take a direct flight. 我想搭乘直航班机。
G What’s the departure time?起飞时间是什么时候?
当然你也可以比较客气地询问:
Could you tell me the departure time? ?能告诉我起飞时间吗?Would you mind telling me the departure time? ?能告诉我起飞时间吗?
询问下一次航班的时间:
When’s the next plane for America?
?下一班去美国的飞机是什么时候?
What time is the next plane for America?
?下一班去美国的飞机是什
么时候?
H I’m sorry. I’d like to change my reservation. 对不起,我想更改
一下我订的票。
reservation [?r?z?'ve??n]
I I’d like to cancel my reservation to America. 我想取消我预订的
去美国的航班机票。
相同意思的表达:
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J Excuse me, I’d like to reconfirm my flight from Beijing to New
York. 打扰一下,我要再确认一下我从北京到纽约的班机。
[?rik?n'f?m]K Where do I pick up the ticket?
我要到哪里取机票?
Do you mind telling me where I can get the ticket?你能告诉我在哪里取机票吗?
Could you tell me where I can pick up the ticket? 你能告诉我在哪里通常对方会告诉你:
交流面对面
Clerk: T he next available flight leaves at 9:00
a. m. this Tuesday. Shall I book you a
seat?职员:这周二上午九点有一班。要我为您订个座位吗?
Kevin: E r... it is a direct flight, isn’t it?凯文:哦……是直航对吗?
Clerk: Y es it is. You want to go first class or coach?职员:是的。您想订头等舱还是经济舱?
Kevin: I prefer first class, what’s the fare?凯文:我想订头等舱的机票。多少
钱?
Clerk: O ne-way is $856.职员:单程票是856美元。Kevin: O K, I’ll take one.凯文:好的,我订一张。
alternative
[?l't?n?t?v]n. 选择
coach
[kot?]n. (普通)旅客车厢,经济舱
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在飞机起飞前两小时,我得到机场去检票登机了,这是一个比较繁琐的过程,在这里我提醒坐飞机的朋友们一定要早作准备。接下来我把在这一过程中可能要用到的英语和大家分享一下,一起跟着Kevin 来吧!
口语大放送
B Where is the check-in?
C Here is my ticket and passport.
D Where is security located?在哪里安检?
以下的说法也表达同样的意思:
Do you know where security is? ?你知道安检在哪里吗?
I need to get through security, where is it? ?我需要过安检,在哪里呢?
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对方会告诉你:
It’s right around the corner. ?就在那角落里。
security
[s?'kjur?t?] n. 安全,安检E Where is terminal A? A 号航站楼在哪里?
F 交流面对面
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