Reconfirming
再確認班機
Evan reconfirms their return flight.
艾凡再次確認他們的回程班機。
E:Well! We're finished putting things away. Now I need to reconfirm our flight back to New York.
艾凡:嗯!東西都放好了?,F(xiàn)在我需要再確認我們回紐約的班機。
K:So soon? It's still two months from now.
凱西:這么快?從現(xiàn)在算起還有兩個月的時間。
E:Don't forget, Kathy, "The early bird catches the worm."
(Evan places a call to KLM. An agent answers the call.)
艾凡:凱西,別忘了,『早起的鳥兒有蟲吃?!?nbsp;
(艾凡打了一通電話到荷航。一位地勤人員接聽。)
A:Welcome to KLM. May I help you?
地勤:荷蘭皇家航空,您好。我能為您效勞嗎?
E:Yes, please. I'd like to reconfirm our flight home.
艾凡:是的,麻煩你。我想再次確認我們回程的班機。
A:What date and flight number, please?
地勤:請告訴我日期和班機號碼,好嗎?
E:It's KLM flight 298 to New York on August 17.
艾凡:呃,我看一下,八月十七日荷航二九八號飛往紐約的班機。
A:I'm sorry, sir, but you're too early to reconfirm. Please call us back about a week to three days before you leave.
地勤:先生,很抱歉,現(xiàn)在做班機再確認太早了。請在您要離開前三至七天左右再打電話過來。
E:Oh, OK. Sorry to bother you.
艾凡:哦,好的。很抱歉打擾你了。
A:No problem. Thanks for calling KLM.
(Evan goes back to the room.)
地勤:不會。謝謝您的來電。
(艾凡回到房間。)
K:So, did you reconfirm our flight back?
凱西:那么,你確認好我們回程班機了嗎?
E:The agent said it was too early to reconfirm. She said to call a week to three days before leaving.
艾凡:地勤人員說現(xiàn)在確認太早了。她說在離開前三至七天左右再打過去。
K:Don't forget, Evan, "The woman is always right."
凱西:艾凡,別忘了,『女人永遠是對的?!?/p>
單詞短語精講:
1 .We're finished putting things away.
=We have finished putting thing away
我們把東西都放好廠。
2. reconfirm 再次確認
confirm 確認 證實
例:Make sure leave.you confirm voun airline ticket
at least three days before you leave.
(最晚在你要離開的前3天,務必要確認你的機票。)
3 . return flight 回程班機
例:The return flight to Beijing from San Francisco usually takes an hour or two longer than from Beijing to San Francisco.
(從舊金山到北京的回程班機通常比北京到舊金山的班機要多花一或
兩個鐘頭。)
4. The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃。—諺語