At the Airport 在机场_情景口语
mrs. fu : hurry up! we don't have much time left.
mr. fu : take it easy. we still have two hours.
mrs. fu : come on! this is my first time ever to take a plane. i don't want anything to go wrong.
mr. fu : let me take care of everything, all right? now, let's go to the check-in counter.
airline clerk : may i see your tickets and passports, please?
mr. fu : here they are.
airline clerk : would you put all your baggage on the scale, please?....ah, thirty-eight kilos.
mrs. fu : is that inside the free allowance?
airline clerk : yes, we allow twenty kilos each.
mrs. fu : that's lucky! (to her husband) what's next?
mr. fu : they'll have to check our baggage. why don't you wait for me upstairs at the refreshment lounge?
mrs. fu : all right. (she goes off.)
airline clerk : open your baggage, please.
mr. fu : sure. (he opens the bags. the airline clerk examines them.)
airline clerk : all right. thank you, sir.
mr. fu : (upstairs at the lounge.) what did you order for me?
mrs. fu : black coffee. what do we do now?
mr. fu : let me finish this coffee and then we will go to gate 5. they're announcing our flight.
mrs. fu : i didn't hear anything.
mr. fu : it's on that sign board up there. see? ua 801. at gate 5. have you payed the check yet?
mrs. fu : yes.
mr. fu : let's go then.
vocabulary
注释
1. checkin n. 指在机场、旅馆的报到
2. free adj. 的
3. lounge n. 休息室。”refreshment lounge”,指可边喝饮料或吃东西、边休息的场所。