Peter: You have to get to the airport at least two hours before the flight.
Sue: Why?
Peter: Because you need to check in.
Sue: What does that mean?
Peter: It means you give the airline your ticket and you get a boarding pass. Then they take your suitcase and put it on the plane?
Sue: Oh, I see. Umh, I don't really like it.
讲解:
1. 这段对话讲的是在机场要做的一些事情.首先你要至少提前两个小时到机场, the airport,因为有很多手续要办,而且如果赶上人多的话,就更费时间了.
2. 第一步是要办理登机手续,就是check in,要去给你的那次航班的航空公司去验票,航空公司是airline,验票后,你就可以拿到一张登机牌,boarding pass You need a boarding pass to get on an airplane. 只有拿到登机牌才能上飞机.上面会写明你的座位号.
3. 然后你的行李就可以交给航空公司托运了.
Mike: So you like planes, Anne?
Anne: Sure, I like planes. But I don't really like long flights.
Mike: I don't, either. But when I do fly, I like to sit on the aisle.
Anne: Why? I'd want to sit by the window! It's fun to look out the window when the plane takes off and lands.
Mike: I'd rather sit on the aisle. Then I can get up and walk around. I can't sit still for a long time.
Anne: Yeah. A flight to America takes at least ten hours. That's a long time to sit still. But you can watch the movies and the flight attendant brings you things to eat and drink.
Mike: And I can sleep too.
Anne: Sleep? No Way!
讲解:
1. long flights,长时间的飞行.
2. No way! 就是不会,不行的意思.在口语当中很常用.比如说: You want me to lend him five hundred bucks? No way! 你让我借给他500块钱?没门!
3. 飞机起飞是The plane takes off. 飞机降落是The plane lands. The plane is about to take off /land in five minutes. Please fasten your seatbelt.飞机还有五分钟就起飞了或者要降落了.请系好安全带.
