89 At The Airport

Used Jul 04 2025

A:Next please! Hello sir, may I see your passport please?                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
 B:Yes, here you go.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
 A:Will you be checking any bags.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 B:Yes, I’d like to check three pieces.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 A:I’m sorry, sir. Airline policy allows only two pieces of checked luggage, at twenty kilograms each, plus one piece of carry-on luggage. I will have  to charge you extra for the additional suitcase.                                                                         
 B:What? Why! I am taking an intercontinental flight! I’m flying sixteen thousand kms! How am I supposed to only take two, twenty kilo bags? That’s  absurd!                                                                                                                     
 A:I am sorry, sir, there’s nothing I can do. You cannot board the flight with that large bag either. Carry-on bags must fit in the over-head compartment or under your seat. That bag is clearly too big.                                                                       
 B:Now I see. You charge next to nothing for an international ticket, but when it comes to charging for any other small thing, you charge an arm and  a leg! So tell me, miss, how much will I have to pay for all of this.                                                      
 A:Let’s see... six hundred and twenty-five US dollars.                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
 B:That’s more than my round-trip ticket!  round-trip ticket 往返机票  [ˌraʊnd ˈtrɪp]                                                                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 intercontinental    美: [ˌɪntərkɑntɪˈnent(ə)l] adj.洲际的；洲与洲之间的                                                                                                                                                                                                         
 compartment    美: [kəmˈpɑrtmənt] n.（铁路客车车厢分隔成的）隔间；                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  an arm and a leg 昂贵  [leɡ]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 You check them, so, basically, they become responsible for your bags.                                                                                                                                                                                                           
  overhead projector 投影仪                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
 frustrated    美: [ˈfrʌˌstreɪtəd] adj.沮丧的；失败的v.frustrate的过去式和过去分词网络挫败的；失意的                                                                                                                                                                             
 Yeah, this phrase… it’s not impolite, but it sort of gives the idea that you’re challenging the other person a little bit.                                                                                                                                                      
 是的，这句话……这不是不礼貌的，但它有点让人觉得你在挑战对方。                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
 E: So, we use this phrase, um, when someone’s pushing you too much, right?