初阶旅行|第5集：你听出了飞机晚点的几种原因？

对话一：

M: Mary, I hope you're packed and ready to leave.

W: Yes, I’m packed, but not quite ready. I can’t find my passport.

M: Your passport? That’s the one thing you mustn’t leave behind.

W: I know. I haven’t lost it. I’ve packed it, but I can’t remember which bag it’s in.

M: Well, you have to find it at the airport. Come on, the taxi is waiting.

对话二：

W: Airport, please. I’m running a little late. So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct.

M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.

对话三：

W：Our plane has been circling for a long time. Why the delay?

M：The airport was closed for a while this morning, and things are still not back to normal.

重点单词：

1， pack /pæk/ v.打包；装箱

package /'pækɪdʒ/ n.包裹

2，passport /'pæspɔrt/ n. 护照

3，leave behind 留下；落下

4，circle /ˈsɜːkəl/ n. 圆；圈子 v.盘旋

5，delay /dɪ'leɪ/ n.&v. 延误，耽搁

6，normal /'nɔːməl/ adj. & n.正常

跟读训练：

M: Mary, I hope you're packed and ready to leave.

玛丽，我希望你打包好了可以出发了。

W: Yes, I’m packed, but not quite ready. I can’t find my passport.

打包是打包好，就是没完全准备好。我找不着护照了。

M: Your passport? That’s the one thing you mustn’t leave behind.

你的护照？那可是你绝对不能落下的东西！

W: I know. I haven’t lost it. I’ve packed it, but I can’t remember which bag it’s in.

我知道，我没丢。我装起来了，但忘了放在哪个包里了。

M: Well, you have to find it at the airport. Come on, the taxi is waiting.

嗯，你到机场后得找着。赶紧的，出租车等咱们呢。

W: Airport, please. I’m running a little late. So just take the fastest way even if it’s not the most direct.

请去机场，我有点迟到了。所以绕路也没事，请走最快的路。

M: Sure, but there is a lot of traffic everywhere today because of the football game.

没问题，但今天因为有球赛，所以到处都堵车。

W：Our plane has been circling for a long time. Why the delay?

咱们的飞机都在空中盘旋好久了。为啥还不降落？

M：The airport was closed for a while this morning, and things are still not back to normal.

今天早上机场因故关闭了一段时间，现在还没恢复正常。

 背景拓展：

 一架飞机发生重大事故的机率约为三百万分之一（one in 3 million），也就是说一架飞机需要积累三百万个航班，三百万次起落（take off and landing），才会发生一次事故。

但是现在最普通的飞机如果达到一万五千次起落就会达到报废的极限了，另外，那就是如果一个人每天都坐一次飞机的话，他需要连续坐八千两百年(8200 years)的飞机才会不幸的遇到一次飞机事故。所以可以看得出飞机依旧是世界上最安全的交通工具（safest means of transportation）。