Cancel the Flight 取消航班
【詞匯和表達】
cancel 取消
cancel the flight
delay 延誤
My flight has been delayed.
【對話】
A: Could you cancel my February 9th flight and leave the date open?
A: 我可以取消2月9日的航班，暫時不定日期嗎？
P: What is the reason?
P: 請問是何原因？
【點撥】
cancel
vt. 取消，注銷; 抵消，償還; 〈數〉約去;
vi. 抵消，中和;
n. 撤銷，注銷; 〈數〉（相）約;
Eg: You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.

A: My business negotiations are posted till March. I can’t decide the date on which to leave Beijing.
A: 我的商務談判延遲到三月份了。我無法確定具體哪天離京。
P: All right. Please tell me your name and flight number, please.
P: 好吧。請告訴我您的名字和航班號。
【點撥】
negotiation
n. 協商，談判; 轉讓; 通過;
Eg: The negotiation broke down because one side refused to play the game.
因一方拒絕按章辦事,談判破裂了.

A: My name is Bill Wenger and flight number is Air China 986 from Beijing to Boston.
A: 我叫比爾-溫格，航班號為中國國際航空986，從北京飛往波士頓。
P: What’s your ticket number category?
P: 請問票是哪種票？
【點撥】
category
n. 類型，部門，種類，類別，類目; [邏，哲]范疇; 體重等級;
Eg: The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.
評委們無法判定它屬于哪一類。
categorize
v.分類
I am busy categorizing my books, since it is totally a mess.

A: Standard rate.
A: 標準票價。
P: Yours is a three-month term ticket. You can choose any date up to a week before it expires.
P: 您訂的機票票期為三個月。您可以選擇在到期日前一個星期之前的任何日期。
【點撥】
expire
vi. 期滿; 文件、協議等（因到期而）失效; 斷氣; 逝世;
Eg: His term of office as president will expire next year.
他的總統任期明年將屆滿。
關于不同票價的表達：
standard rate 標準票價
discount rate 打折票價

A: That's good. Thank you.
A: 很好，謝謝。
P: But you have to pay $30 for the change.
P: 但是你需要交30美元手續費。
A: I see. But it seems that I don’t have other choices.
A: 知道了，但好像我別無選擇。
【點撥】
一般是需要10%的退票費用。