E12.A delayed flight
航班延误
对话场景
外教David老师刚刚出差回来,看上去有些疲惫,发生了什么事情呢?
David just arrived at Nanjing with. And he looked tired, so what happened to him?
Elvin:Morning, David, how was your trip?
(早,David,出差顺利吗?)
David:Morning, Elvin, the trip was good. I had some really good meetings.
(早,Elvin,还不错。几个会议都挺成功的。)
Elvin:That's great. You look tired. Jet lag?
(那就好。你看上去有点累啊,时差是吗?)
David:Yeah. That and my flight was delayed by 4 hours.
(对。时差,再加上我的航班延误了四小时。)
Elvin:Really? What happened?
(真的?怎么会?)
David:Bad weather. There was a storm. I didn't get home until 2 a.m.
(天气原因,碰到风暴。我凌晨两点才到家。)
Elvin:Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
(哎哟,真辛苦。)
David:It's OK. At least the flight wasn't canceled.
(没什么。至少航班没取消。)
Elvin:Well, take it easy and try to get some rest.
(你今天放松点儿吧,好好休息。)
David:Thanks! Will do.
(谢谢!我会的。)
语言剖析
1. Morning, David, how was your trip?
check in 一般指的是机场办理登记手续,在酒店的话也可以表示登记入住。这种问候很简单,也很自然,morning相对good morning更加亲近,how’s your trip?出差顺利吗?How’s your ...是一种非常自然的打开问候的方式,通常继续上一次的话题,比如上周你们聊到你的老外朋友要参加一个真人秀节目,那这周再次碰到的时候就可以以Morning,how was your show?来问候对方,通常老外会用good来回答,表示还不错,还可以,挺好的。
2.Jet lag
Jet lag是时差的意思,这是一个专门的表达,所以我们平常编出来的time difference是错误的,老外是听不懂的哈!
我现在还在时差中可以说I have/feel jet lag. 倒时差叫做,get over the jet lag
For example,I can't go to the party tonight: I'm still not over the jet lag.我今晚没法去聚会了,因为我还在倒时差。
3.sorry
sorry可能是你在英语中学到的第一个单词。很多时候sorry仅仅是道歉,但是通常我们说sorry不是因为我们做错了某事,而是表示你明白某人心情不好,或者只是安慰某人。
4. At least the flight wasn’t canceled.
At least the flight wasn't canceled. 至少航班没有取消
取消和别人之间的约定也可以用cancel来表示,今天小E老师突然得了重感冒,不能给大家上课了,所以对助教老师Annie小姐姐说Please call the students and tell them that class tonight is cancelled.请给学生们打电话说今晚的课取消了。
5. Take it easy.
Take it easy.. 放松,休息,别过分劳累
The doctor told me to take it easy for a weeks.
医生叫我休息几周。
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