日常美语：Typhnoon Delays(1)（音频文字）

日常美语：Typhnoon Delays(1)（音频文字）ZT

老板Tom打电话给秘书Susan.

Tom: (On the phone) Hey Susan, how are things at the office?

S: Oh, hi boss. Things are fine. But...aren't you supposed to be on a plane right now? I booked you on a 9:30 flight out of Hong Kong.

T: Um...Yeah. I should be watching the in-flight movie by now, but all flights are grounded.

S: Grounded? Oh...is it due to that hurricane?

接到老板的电话，Susan很意外，因为She booked him on a 9:30 flight out of Hong Kong，他本应坐九点半的飞机离开香港，book在这里是动词，指定机票。 原来是Tom的飞机停飞了 grounded, g-r-o-u-n-d-e-d, grounded，是停飞 的意思。Susan问是不是因为飓风。

T: Well, in Asia they call them typhoons but yep, that's the reason. Typhoon Marokot has shut down air traffic across the region.

S: Wow...that sounds like a nasty storm. Is it howling outside right now?

T: It's actually not too bad...there is some rain and wind, but we might be in the eye of the storm right now.

S: So what's the plan? When can you get a flight out?

Tom的班机的确是因为天气原因停飞的，Tom说，亚洲习惯叫typhoon, t-y-p-h-o-o-n, typhoon，台风。这场台风让整个地区的空运都陷入了停顿。 Shut down是关闭的意思。Tom说，他们现在可能in the eye of the storm，处于风暴中心。飞机什么时候能起飞呢？

T: The airline says they are cautiously optimistic that we will be able to take off in a couple more hours. For now they're asking everyone just to standby and wait for the weather to lift.

S: That sounds frustrating.

T: Yeah, it is. I've been here for four hours now and I am getting a bit frazzled.

航空公司估计，几小时后可以起飞，take off，是飞机起飞的意思。上面那句话里还用到了cautiously optimistic，指谨慎乐观。Tom说，航空公司要大家standby待在那里，随时等通知。Tom已经等了好几个小时，I am getting a bit frazzled. Frazzled is spelled f-r-a-z-z-l-e-d, frazzled，是心力交瘁的意思。

S: Is there anything I can do for you from here?

T: Actually, come to think of it,..can you call Mr. Tang in Singapore and tell him I might not make it to the conference in Berlin tomorrow?

S: Sure.

Tom让Susan给新加坡的唐先生打电话，通知他，自己可能赶不上第二天在柏林的会议了。To make it在这里是做到某事的意思。Tom还要在机场等多长时间呢？我们下次继续听。

Words and Phrases

1. She booked him on a 9:30 flight out of Hong Kong.
book在这里是动词，指定机票。

2. All flights are grounded.
飞机停飞了. grounded，是停飞的意思。

3. typhoon
台风

4. Shut down
关闭

5. in the eye of the storm
处于风暴中心

6. take off
是飞机起飞的意思。

7. cautiously optimistic
指谨慎乐观。

8. standby
待在那里，随时等通知。

9. I am getting a bit frazzled.
frazzled，是心力交瘁的意思。

10. To make it
在这里是做到某事的意思。

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• 回复：日常美语：Typhnoon Delays(1)（音频文字） -作舟- ♂ (19 bytes) () 07/08/2011 postreply 11:39:59

• Thanks for your comments.Nice weekend. -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/08/2011 postreply 11:45:25

• 谢婉蕠，又学了几个词！ -beautifulwind- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/08/2011 postreply 18:23:40

• Same here. Nice evening. -婉蕠- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/08/2011 postreply 20:04:02