大学体验英语听说教程 第二册11

　　Unit 11 They lost my luggage!
Vocabulary Task
Answers/Script¹
1. Your attention, please. Flight 275 to Miami will be delayed for two hours.
2. I’m sorry, there are no window seats left. Would you like an aisle² seat?
3. Uh-oh, I think I left my carry-on bag on the plane.
4. Your passport has expired³. You can’t leave the country. 5. Aagh! I waited for over an hour in the wrong line
6. Excuse me. I left. My ticket at home. Can I get a replacement⁴?
7. My suitcase is not here at the baggage claim.
8. I’m sorry, all our economy seats are sold out. How about business class?
9. Too much luggage? But I only have three suitcases.
10. You’ll need a tourist visa to enter the country.
Listening Task
1 First Listening
Answers
1. forgot passport
2. wrong line
3. flight is sold out
4. lost luggage
2 Second Listening
Answers
1. He will call Susan.
2. The flight will be delayed.
3. He will fly first class.
4. He will have his bags delivered.
Script
1. Female⁵: Do you have your passport, honey?
Male: Oh, shoot! I forgot it.
Female: Oh… we don’t have time to go back home and get it. What are we gonna do?
Male: Why don’t we call Susan and ask her to bring it? I think she’s at home.
Female: Good idea. She should have plenty of time.
Male: Good thing we got here early!
2. Male: Can I help you?
Female: Yes, I’m on the flight to New York. It’s leaving in about 10 minutes.
Male: I’m sorry, ma’am. This is the line for Los Angeles. The New York linew is over there.
Female: But I’ve been waiting in this line for 30 minutes! Male: Don’t worry, that flight is delayed. You have plenty of time.
Female: Oh, wonderful!
3. Female: I’m sorry, sir, both business class and economy are sold out.
Male: Mmm. Is there space on the next flight?
Female: Yes, I can book you on the first flight tomorrow morning.
Male: Tomorrow morning? I gotta get out of here tonight. I have to be at a meeting tomorrow at 8 am.
Female: Hold on, let me check something… Oh, we do have space in first class.
Male: Oh. All right. I’ll take it.
4. Male: Excuse me, isn’t this the luggage carousel⁶ for flight 275?
Female: Yes, it is. Is there a problem?
Male: I don’t see my bags.
Female: Oh. Well, if you’ll just step over to the counter you can fill out a missing⁷ luggage report.
Male: What good will that do?
Female: As soon as we find your bags, we’ll have them delivered to your home.
Male: Great! Give me the form, then!
Real World Listening
1 Predict
Answer
(student answers may vary⁸ slightly)
forgot engine day
missed stop luggage
2 Get the main ideas
Answers
1. b. He forgot his passport.
2. a. He missed his flight.
3. b. He plane needed repairs.
4. a. His luggage was lost.
Script
Angela: I’m thinking about going to Costa Rica…
Trevor: Great. I went to Costa Rica once… but I had a terrible time getting there…
Angela: Oh, yeah? What happened?
Trevor: Well, when I got to the airport, I realized I didn’t have my passport…
Angela: Oh no.
Trevor: So I called a friend… and he broke into my house…got my passport and brought it to me. But I missed that flight so I had to stay overnight⁹ in San Francisco.
Angela: Oh, that’s too bad.
Trevor: Yeah. So I got the flight the next day… and of course on the way we had engine trouble… so we had to stop in Mexico City… I was stuck there for another, like, 22 hours while they got the part.
Angela: Oh, my gosh!
Trevor: And I mean stuck. They wouldn’t even let us out of the airport…
Angela: You’re kidding!
Trevor: I’m telling you. So finally, we, like, after all this time, I get to Costa Rica two days late and –
Angela: And don’t tell me, your luggage isn’t there.
Trevor: You guessed it. I go into the airline office to complain and there was this really wonderful woman working at the counter.
Angela: Oh, yeah?
Trevor: And she was really nice and helped me out…
Angela: Mm-hmm…
Trevor: …and we sort of hit it off…
Angela: Yeah? And then what?
Trevor: About two months later we got married!

1 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。

2 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

3 expired   

期满( expire的过去式和过去分词 )； 文件、协议等（因到期而）失效； 断气； 逝世

参考例句：

• The period of validity of the agreement has expired. 本协议的有效期已过。
• Their licences have expired. 他们的执照已到期。

4 replacement   

n.取代，替换，交换；替代品，代用品

参考例句：

• We are hard put to find a replacement for our assistant.我们很难找到一个人来代替我们的助手。
• They put all the students through the replacement examination.他们让所有的学生参加分班考试。

5 female   

adj.雌的，女(性)的；n.雌性的动物，女子

参考例句：

• We only employ female workers.我们只雇用女工。
• The animal in the picture was a female elephant.照片上的动物是头母象。

6 carousel   

n.旋转式行李输送带

参考例句：

• Riding on a carousel makes you feel dizzy.乘旋转木马使你头晕。
• We looked like a bunch of awkward kids riding a slow-moving carousel.我们看起来就像一群骑在旋转木马上的笨拙的孩子。

7 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

8 vary   

vi.变化，有不同；vt.改变，使不同

参考例句：

• Cherries vary in colour from almost black to yellow.樱桃的颜色由近乎黑到黄各不相同。
• Old people don't like to vary their habits.老年人不喜欢改变他们的习惯。

9 overnight   

ad.前一天晚上，一夜间 a.前一天晚上的

参考例句：

• She stayed overnight in the hotel. 她在旅馆过了一夜。
• Our success is not won overnight. 我们的成功不是一夜之间得来的。