【英语趣味课堂】机场工作-Airplane Job

Todd: Alexandra, you worked at an airport before. You said you worked in Aviation.

 

Alexandra: Yes, my previous job was write contracts for an aviation company and we bought and sold airplanes and aircraft engines, so we did a lot of marketing¹ and leasing and speaking to people from different countries, and airlines wanting to buy 

equipment, so a lot of negotiations².

 

Todd: Can you explain what leasing is?

 

Alexandra: Leasing is when our company owns a piece of equipment, either an airplane or an engine and a customer has a need, for example, if their airplane has to do some maintenance, and they need a replacement³, then we will let them use our airplane for a certain amount of months, like you rent a car, same thing, same idea.

 

Todd: Oh, wow. And you lease not only the plane but engines as well?

 

Alexandra: Sometimes you have an airplane that's delayed at the airport because of some reason and they need to swap⁴ an engine out, or whatever.

 

Todd: Right before the plane takes off, they sometimes switch engines?

 

Alexandra: They'll take the passengers off and put them on another plane cause it takes a lot longer than the 10 or 15 minute turnaround, but, you will have, it's more an emergency type of situation, so they'll take the engine off, and it might be and overnight deal so we go ahead and furnish a replacement engine until they can move that plane back to where it belongs or have the engine repaired.

 

Todd: So can you lease a pilot?

 

Todd: You can, yes, you can lease a crew. Yes! It's called a wet lease, and we used to do dry leases meaning we only provided the equipment but a wet lease includes a full crew that will fly the airplane, flight attendants, etc.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

marketing

 

We did marketing and leasing.

 

"Marketing" is all the activity that goes into selling a product.  This includes everything from advertising⁵ and shipping⁶ a product.  Notice the following:

 

I am involved in marketing, specifically advertising.

Coca-Cola does a very good job marketing their products.

swap out

 

They need to swap an engine out.

 

To "swap" something is to exchange it for something similar.  Usually what you are exchanging has been used.  Notice the following:

 

We decided⁷ to swap out computers for the day.

Can we swap out bicycle tires?

switch

 

They sometimes switch engines.

 

To "switch" an engine is to change it, maybe with a new one or with one from another plane.  Notice the following:

 

She tried to switch her schedule and wake up earlier.

Can we go to my house really fast?  I want to switch shoes.

take off

 

Take the passengers off.

 

To "take something off" is to remove it.  The example says to remove the passengers from the plane.  Notice the following:

 

Can you take the suitcase off the top of the car?

Take your dirty shoes off at the door.

turnaround

 

Longer than the 10 or 15 minutes turnaround.

 

"Turnaround" time is the total time between when you receive a project and when you finish it.  Notice the following:

 

What's the turnaround to change the oil in my car?

My boss wants a 3 day turnaround on this report.

 

1 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

2 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

3 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。

4 swap   

n.交换；vt.交换，用...作交易

参考例句：

• I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
• This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。

5 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

6 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

7 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。