Unit 4 机舱内询问飞航时间
Y: Excuse me. What's the actual flying time from here to San Francisco?
X: It's about twelve hours.
Y: Can you tell me what time we're arriving?
X: Sure. Let me see...at 6: 15 a.m. local time tomorrow.
Y: I see.
X: And that'll be 10: 15 p.m. Taipei time.
Y: 对不起。从这儿到旧金山的实际飞航时间是多久？
X: 大约十二个小时。
Y: 能否告诉我咱们什么时候到达？
X: 当然。让我想一下……我们会在当地时间明天清晨六点十五分到达。
Y: 我懂了。
X: 也就是台北时间晚间十点十五分。
字词词组精解
1.Excuse me. 对不起。
excuse vt. 原谅
在英文中"Excuse me." "Pardon me?"以及"I'm sorry."均表『对不起。』, 但使用时大有不同。
a."Excuse me."多用于表『打扰对方』。换言之, 我们在向对方问路,请人让路时, 即用此语。
例: Excuse me, but could you show me the way to the post office?
(对不起，你能告诉我怎么去邮局吗？)
b."Pardon me?"则多用于请对方重述说过的话, 以确定其意。
例: A: You have to get the work done by five.
B: Pardon me?
A: I mean you must finish the work by five.
(甲: 你得在五点前把工作做完。)
(乙: 对不起，请再说一遍好吗？)
(甲: 我是说，你必须在五点前做完工作。)
注意:
1)"Pardon me?"虽只有两个字, 但却等于『对不起, 请再说一遍好吗？』, 无须写成:
Pardon me, but would you say that again?
2)"Pardon me?"乃"Will you pardon me?"化简而成。
亦有下列说法:
Pardon me?
=May I beg your pardon?
=Beg your pardon?
=Pardon?
c."I'm sorry."多于造成对方不便时使用。如踩到对方的脚、碰到对方、打破玻璃杯, 或告诉对方一则坏消息等。
例: I'm sorry, but I'm late again.
(很抱歉，我又迟到了。)
I'm sorry to tell you that Mary has left.
(很抱歉告诉你玛丽已经离开了。)
注意:
以上表『对不起』的用语, "Excuse me."及"I'm sorry."均以but作连接词, 连接之后的另一句子, 但这个but并无意义, 不要译成『但是』。
例: Excuse me, but how can I get to the station?
=Excuse me. How can I get to the station?
(对不起，车站怎么个走法？)
I'm sorry, but I must be leaving now.
=I'm sorry. I must be leaving now.
=I'm sorry (that) I must be leaving now.
(对不起，我必须走了。)
2.actual a. 实际的
例: The actual cost was higher than we expected.
(实际价格比我们预期的高。)
3.flying time 飞航时间
注意:
flying为动名词做形容词用, 修饰time, flying乃由动词fly变化而成。
fly vi. 飞 & vt. 驾驶 (飞机)
三态为: fly、flew、flown。
＊flown只用在完成式中, 亦即have/has/had flown。
例: A bird can fly around.
(鸟能飞来飞去。)
The plane has flown 20 hours.
(飞机已飞了二十小时。)
My father, a pilot, flew that plane ten years ago.
(我爸爸是名飞行员，十年前曾驾驶那架飞机。)
不过fly亦可作名词, 表『苍蝇』或『裤裆』。
例: Anything that has been touched by flies shouldn't be eaten.
(苍蝇所沾过的任何东西都不能吃。)
His fly is open. Tell him to zip it up.
(他的裤裆开了，叫他把拉炼拉起来。)
当你在众人之前突然发现自己的『石门水库』大开时, 怎么办呢？急匆匆的拉上裤裆吗？不, 那多失礼不好意思啊, 况且在那匆促之间, 一不小心把『那话儿』拉伤了, 怎生得了呢？依雄哥自己的经验是, 赶快找些话题转移别人的注意力。比如说: 我的阿珠不是来了吗？怎么不见了？然后东张西望一下,顺便转身故作搜寻手机状, 此时, 才不慌不忙的把裤裆轻轻带上。如此, 既不穿帮又不失礼,在轻轻松松的情况下就掩护过去了, 岂不甚妙吗？！
4.arrive vi. 到达
＊这个字通常与介词at或in并用。
arrive in + 大地方 (都市、州、省、县)
arrive at + 小地方 (车站、学校、邮局等建筑物)
=get to + 大小地方
=reach + 大小地方
例: By the time I arrived in Taipei, it was night.
(等到我抵达台北时已是晚上了。)
5.local a. 本地的, 当地的
例: Most of the local people are farmers.
(本地多数人是务农的。)
句型运用
1.What's the flying time from A to B?
=What's the flying time between A and B?
=How long does it take to fly from A to B?
从A到B的飞航时间要多久？
例: What's the flying time from Taipei to Hong Kong?
=What's the flying time between Taipei and Hong Kong?
=How long does it take to fly from Taipei to Hong Kong?
(从台北到香港的飞行时间要多久呢？)
2.Let me see. 让我想想看。
＊这句话可用来拖延时间, 整理思绪, 功能如同"Well,..." (呃,……) 一样, 不妨在会话中多加使用。
例: James: Darling, where is my necktie?
Alice: Oh, let me see. It's in the closet.
(詹姆士: 亲爱的，我的领带在哪儿呢？)
(爱丽丝: 哦，让我想一下。它在衣橱里。)
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