【Booking Tickets】
Windy: United Airlines reservation desk. May I help you?
Mary: Hell0, I want to reserve a seat to New York on June 21st.
Windy: Ok, will you be traveling alone?
Mary: My son is flying,too
Windy: All right.
Mary: What is the air fare?
Windy: Round trip or one way?
Mary: Round trip.
Windy: First class or coach?
Mary: We are going coach. What's children's farer?
Windy: How old is he?
Mary: He's three.
Windy: It'll be 246.04
So it's June 21st that you are travelling?
Mary: That's right.
Windy: I'll get your tickets ready and mail them to you in a couple of days.
Mary: Thank you.
Windy: Thank you for calling United Airlines.
【订票】
温蒂:联合航空预订台。有什么需要帮助吗?
玛丽:您好,我要预订6月21日去纽约的机票。
温蒂:好的,你是一个人吗?
玛丽:和我儿子一起。
温蒂:好的。
玛丽:机票多少钱?
温蒂:您要订往返还是单程的呢?
玛丽:是往返。
温蒂:头等舱还是经济舱。
玛丽:我们要经济舱。儿童票价多少钱?
温蒂:他多大了?
玛丽:三岁。
温蒂:他的票是98美元56美分。他必须付经济舱票价的2/3。一共要264美元4美分。
你是要6月21日乘机吧?
玛丽:是的。
温蒂:我会替你准备好机票。在几天之内给您邮寄过去。
玛丽:谢谢。
温蒂:联合航空公司谢谢你的惠顾。
【句型Plus】
I want to reserve a seat to New York on June 21st.
订票时,清楚准确地说明自己的要求和信息非常重要。例如,想订一张头登场机票,直飞纽约,最简单明了的说法就是: One first class ticket. Non-stop to New York. 售票员会立即明白你的需求。接下来再确认日期和个人信息会非常顺畅了。
He'll pay two thirds of the full coach fare.
two thirds 意为"三分之二" 分数由基数词和序数词构成:分子用基数词,分母用序数词,分子超过“1”时,分母用复数。如a (one) sixth (1/6). two thirds(2/3), thrree tifths(3/5)
另外分数的表达有一些特殊之处需要注意一下几点。
(1) 1/2通常读作a(one)half
(2) 1/4可读作a(one)fourth, 也可读作a(one) quarter。
(3) 带分数的读法:在整数与分数之间用and连接。如five and two thirds(五又三分之二)。