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Lesson 3 Flying Without a Ticket
無票飛行
Air travelers may want to have their tickets in hand before taking their planes,
航空旅行者在搭乘飛機前可能希望把機票拿在手里，
but the airline companies are doing everything they can to bring forward cost-saving ticketless flight-no paper needed.
但是航空公司正想方設法推行節省開支的無票飛行——無需紙張，
just a ticket number and a photo ID.
只需一個機票號碼和帶照片的身份證件。
Anyone who buys a Northwest E-ticket through the airline's computer service by June 16 will get an award.
凡在6月16日前通過電腦服務購買美國西北航空公司的電子機票的乘客，都可獲得得獎勵。
Next time you fly, you can buy another ticket for a friend for $99,
在下次旅行中，您不僅可以享受最低票價，還可以以99美元的價格為朋友買一張機票，
good anywhere in the US or Canada through February 12,2000, along with the lowest ticket prices.
這張機票在2000年2月12日前可以飛往美國和加拿大任何地方。
Some airlines offer extra frequent-flier miles for the ticketless passengers.
有些航空公司為無票飛行的乘客提供額外的常客優惠里程。
And there are rising punishments for paper lovers.
另外對喜愛的一般機票的乘客加大了懲罰力度。
American, Northwest, United, and last week,
美國美洲航空、西北航空、聯合航空，
US Airways have raised the cost for lost-ticket replacement to $70 from either $60 or $50.
還有美國航空公司也在上周把機票掛失貫用從50或60美元提高到了70美元。
The airlines insist that the increase in price is not meant to push travelers toward E-tickets
航空公司強調提價并非為了迫使乘客購買電子機票
but only covers the increasing cost of replacing and tracking a missing ticket.
只是為了支付查找和替換機票越來越高的費用。
Buying Online You sure are buying a lot of things online.
你的確在網上買了不少東西。
Yes, I ordered a camera and some personal care stuff online yesterday.
是啊。我昨天在網上訂購了一臺照相機和一些個人護理用品。
They will be delivered two weeks. What are the advantages of buying online?
兩星期后就發貨。網上購物有什么好處呢？
Sometimes you can save money and you can find things that you had difficulty finding in a store,
有時候你可以省錢，能找到你在商店里不好找的東西
sometimes it's just convenient, like doing it late at night and sometimes it's just fun.
有時候很方便，比方說你可以在晚上買東西，有時候就是好玩。
The idea of doing it at night is interesting. Maybe I'll try it some day.
晚上買東西這想法不錯。改天我也試試。
Buying Online You sure are buying a lot of things online.
你的確在網上買了不少東西。
Yes, I ordered a camera and some personal care stuff online yesterday.
是啊。我昨天在網上訂購了一臺照相機和一些個人護理用品。
They will be delivered two weeks. What are the advantages of buying online?
兩星期后就發貨。網上購物有什么好處呢？
Sometimes you can save money and you can find things that you had difficulty finding in a store,
有時候你可以省錢，能找到你在商店里不好找的東西
sometimes it's just convenient, like doing it late at night and sometimes it's just fun.
有時候很方便，比方說你可以在晚上買東西，有時候就是好玩。
The idea of doing it at night is interesting. Maybe I'll try it some day.
晚上買東西這想法不錯。改天我也試試。
