拜访旅行社

　　Kathy enters a travel agency. Rick Kent greets her.

　　凯西走进一家旅行社。瑞克?肯特迎接她。

　　Rick:Hi, Kathy. Please have a seat here. Now, how can I help you?

　　瑞克:嗨，凯西。请坐。好，有什么事我可以为你效劳吗？

　　Kathy:Thanks, Rick. A friend and I are planning a trip to visit northern Europe, and I need someinformation on airline flights.

　　凯西:瑞克，谢谢。我和一个朋友计划一趟游览北欧之旅，需要一些有关航空班机的资料。

　　Rick:I see. Are you interested in taking a tour?

　　瑞克:我懂了。你想跟团吗？

　　Kathy:No, thanks. We're determined to go on our own.

　　凯西:不想，谢谢。我们决定自助旅行。

　　Rick:I see. What country or countries do you want to visit?

　　瑞克:我明白了。你们想去哪个或哪些国家？

　　Kathy:We'd like to visit Holland, Denmark, and Sweden.

　　凯西:我们想去荷兰、丹麦和瑞典。

　　Rick:No problem. You can fly in and out of Amsterdam from New York. Then you can take groundtransportation in Europe.

　　瑞克:没问题。你们可以从纽约搭飞机往返阿姆斯特丹。然后你们可以在欧洲搭乘陆上（铁公路）交通工具。

　　Kathy:It sounds so easy.

　　凯西:听起来很简单嘛。

　　Rick:It is. Here, I'll give you a computer print-out of all the flights. Anything else?

　　瑞克:是很容易。来，我会给你一份所有班机时间的计算机印表资料。还有其它事情吗？

　　Kathy:Not just now. I want to talk this over with my friend first.

　　凯西:目前没有。我想先和我朋友讨论一下。

　　Rick:Of course. Just take your time. See you next time. Bye.

　　瑞克:当然。你们可以慢慢来。下次见了，拜。

　　Kathy:Thanks so much. Bye.

　　凯西:非常谢谢你，拜。

　　1.(Please ) have a seat.请坐，请就座。

　　注意:

　　表示“请坐”、“请就座”还有下列儿种说法:

　　Please take a seat.

　　Please be seated.

　　Please sit clown.

　　2. I need some information on airline flights.

　　=I need some information about airline flinhts.

　　我需要一些有关航班的资料。

　　例:1lnthun wrote an article on the history of Hunnmy

　　3. tour 游览，观光

　　例:We took a walking tour of Vienna on ou:vacation there.

　　(在维也纳度假时，我们参加厂那里的徒步旅行团。)

　　If you tour Euno},e by bus，you will see more of the countnvside than if youfIv from ,lace to,lace.

　　(如果你搭乘公交车游览欧洲，所欣赏到的乡间景色要比搭飞机看到的更多。)

　　4. be determined to V 下定决心…

　　例:I'm determined to finish my y-oject before it is due next week.

　　(我决心在下个礼拜期限到期前做完我的企划。)

　　5.on one's own 独自地;靠自己

　　例:You must learn to cook for yourself if you live on your own.

　　(如果你独立生活的话，就必须学会自己做饭。)

　　Look，Mmgie!Little Susie has leaYned to击ess heYSelf on her own.

　　(玛吉，快看!小苏茜学会自己穿衣服厂。)

　　6. print-out[}ynntiatSt} n.(计算机)打印.

　　mint out....(计算机)印出……

　　例:These y-int-outs are too light to see.

　　(这些计算机打印资料的字太淡厂，看不清楚。)

　　Please y-int out three co},ies of the cas e for me，

　　(乔治，麻烦帮我用计算机印3份该案的资料。)

　　7. I want to talk this over with my friend first.

　　=I want to talk about this with my friend first.

　　我想先和我朋友讨论一下。