华尔街中级英语Lesson 26

- Jackie Danuls you’re the sales and marketing¹ manager here at South Hampton airport. What’s it like working at an airport?
- I’ve been at South Hampton for 3 years now, and I find it’s a very exciting environment to work in. We’re also quite a small team of people here. So there’s very much a good team spirit. Everybody helps each other out.
- How do the passengers react when a flight has to be delayed?
- The frequent flyers are normally² pretty good. They are sympathetic³. They understand the reasons. Having said that if it happens a bit too often they’re also fed up.
- What are the most common causes of a delay?
-  Main ones we see here will be the weather, the channel islands can have quite a lot of foggy days. There can also be air traffic control delays. Certainly when it comes to peak summer, the sky is very busy because everybody is going on holiday.
- So, What’s the most important thing about working at an airport? What’s your main consideration?
- It’s got to be customer service. If it won’t for the passengers, we wouldn’t have a job. So our main role is to make people’s transfer⁴ through the airport and their flight as pleasant as possible.
- I’ve left the air terminal⁵ now. As you’ll hear and I’m standing⁶ next to the run way where an Air UK flight is going through it’s pre-fly checks before it takes off. And that’s where we’ll finish our visit to South Hampton airport.

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 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

3 sympathetic   

adj.有同情心的；表示好感或赞同的

参考例句：

• He is a sympathetic person.他是一个有同情心的人。
• They were quite sympathetic to our proposals.他们很赞同我们的建议。

4 transfer   

n. 迁移, 移动, 换车; v. 转移, 调转, 调任

参考例句：

• He has been kicking against this transfer for weeks. 几周以来他一直反对这次调动。
• I intend to transfer the property to my son. 我想把这笔财产转给我儿子。

5 terminal   

n.终端机，终点，末端；adj.终点的，按期的，致死的

参考例句：

• The car has reached its terminal speed and can run faster no longer.这辆车的速度已达到了极限，不能再跑更快了。
• There's a taxi stand outside the terminal.在终点站的外面有出租车。

6 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。