英语访谈对话 20 Going Home

 　　Todd: OK, Victor, tomorrow you're flying home.

　　Victor: Yes, that's correct.

　　Todd: OK. So, are you afraid of flying?

　　Victor: No, flying's fine.

　　Todd: Really. Back home, for your job, do you fly?

　　Victor: No, I drive to work and to different assignments.

　　Todd: OK, you never have to fly to go to conventions¹ or other cities or stuff like that.

　　Victor: Once or twice each year I do fly to go to conventions connected with my work.

　　Todd: OK. Um, tomorrow you have a really long flight.

　　Victor: That's correct.

　　Todd: It's probably what about 15 hours

　　Victor: From Narita to Washington DC is 12 hours in the air.

　　Todd: So how do you pass the time on the plane?

　　Victor: On the plane I like to sleep as much as possible.

　　Todd: OK. Do you take medication or just have a beer or..?

　　Victor: No, no. I don't take any medication. I just, I tend to stay up late the day before so that I'm so tired I'll want to sleep on the plane.

　　Todd: Well, good strategy and I hope you have a good flight.

1 conventions   

（某一职业、政党等的人士召开的）大会( convention的名词复数 )； 协议； 习俗； （美国）全国代表大会

参考例句：

• They broke away from conventions. 他们打破了常规。
• They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. 他们不顾社会习俗，并未意识到自己在做些与众不同的事。