购物英语口语掌中宝 Unit26: 买机票
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9月16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16号已经订满了。但17号有位子。
C: The 17th will be fine.
打电话者：17号可以。
T: And what date will you be returning?
旅行社职员：那您要哪一天回来呢?
C: Hmm, I guess on the 28th.
打电话者：嗯，我想是28号吧。
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 HeathrowAirport at 11:15 a. m. on September 28th.
旅行社职员：好的，您订的是9月17日晚上6:40在肯尼迪机场起飞的美国航空710班机。回程是9月28日早上111:15在伦敦希思罗机场起飞的711班机。
C: Sounds good. Thanks a lot.
打电话者：听起来很不错，真谢谢你。
单词学习笔记
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. Jones 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……
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 a 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。
He stood there watching people pass by.
(他站在那里看着人们经过。)
