跟艾米莉一起學口語 第790期:坐飛機遇到氣流

delay

延遲；延期；耽擱

We are terriblely sorry for the delay.

我們對延誤表示非常抱歉。

The train was delayed.

火車延誤了。

turbulence

動蕩；湍流

We experienced severe turbulence during the flight.

我們在飛行中遇到了強烈的氣流。

take off

起飛；脫下

We evetually took off at 11 and arrived at 1:30

我們終于在11點起飛，在1點半抵達。

You should take off your shoes before entering the house.

進屋子之前你需要把鞋子脫了。

經(jīng)典對話

A: Is everything alright?

一切都正常吧？

B: Yes, everything's fine.

是的，還不錯。

A: What took so long? I thought your flight was about to arrive three hours ago.

怎么花了這么長時間？你的班機三小時之前就該到了。

B: Didn't they announce that our flight was delayed?

沒有廣播通知我們的班機晚點了嗎？

A: I didn't hear anything about a delay. I thought everything was running on time. What happened?

我沒有聽到任何關于晚點的廣播。我以為都會正常到達呢，出什么事兒啦？

B: We boarded the plane on time. But then we were held up for almost an hour due to a maintenance problem.

我們是準時登機的，但是后來由于設備維修，我們整整耽誤了將近一個鐘頭。

A: Then what? Your plane was three hours late!

那后來又出什么事兒了？你們可是晚點了三個鐘頭呢。

B: We finally took off. But about 30 minutes later, the capital came on the loudspeaker to warn us that there would be some bad turbulence for most of the flight.

后來我們好不容易起飛了，可是半個小時以后，機長廣播說，我們這次航程將會遇到很厲害的氣流。

A: The turbulence is pretty normal, isn't it?

遇到氣流很平常吧，對嗎？

B: Yes, but this was the worst turbulence I have ever experienced in my life. Everyone started getting sick. The flight attendants had to stay in their seats. The capital decided to land early.

是的?？墒俏覐膩頉]有遇到過這么強的氣流，所有人都開始暈機，空乘人員也不得不在他們位子上坐好，機長決定提前降落。

A: So where did you land?

那你們在哪兒著陸了？

B: We landed in Southampton and waited an hour for the storms to pass and then took off again.

我們降落在南安普頓，在地面上等了一個小時，等暴風雪的氣流過去之后才再次起飛。

A: That sounds like a nightmare.

聽上去簡直是場噩夢。

B: It wasn't too bad. At least I'm alive.

也不是太糟糕，至少我還活著。

A: Have you had anything to eat?

你吃過飯了沒？

B: I managed to get a sandwich from a flight attendant. How about you?

空姐給我送過一個三明治，你呢？

A: I had a few coffees while I was waiting. Let's get out of here.

等你的時候，我喝了一點兒咖啡。咱們離開這兒。