delay

延遲；延期；耽擱

We are terriblely sorry for the delay.

我們對(duì)延誤表示非常抱歉。

The train was delayed.

火車(chē)延誤了。

turbulence

動(dòng)蕩；湍流

We experienced severe turbulence during the flight.

我們?cè)陲w行中遇到了強(qiáng)烈的氣流。

take off

起飛；脫下

We evetually took off at 11 and arrived at 1:30

我們終于在11點(diǎn)起飛，在1點(diǎn)半抵達(dá)。

You should take off your shoes before entering the house.

進(jìn)屋子之前你需要把鞋子脫了。

經(jīng)典對(duì)話

A: Is everything alright?

一切都正常吧？

B: Yes, everything's fine.

是的，還不錯(cuò)。

A: What took so long? I thought your flight was about to arrive three hours ago.

怎么花了這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間？你的班機(jī)三小時(shí)之前就該到了。

B: Didn't they announce that our flight was delayed?

沒(méi)有廣播通知我們的班機(jī)晚點(diǎn)了嗎？

A: I didn't hear anything about a delay. I thought everything was running on time. What happened?

我沒(méi)有聽(tīng)到任何關(guān)于晚點(diǎn)的廣播。我以為都會(huì)正常到達(dá)呢，出什么事兒啦？

B: We boarded the plane on time. But then we were held up for almost an hour due to a maintenance problem.

我們是準(zhǔn)時(shí)登機(jī)的，但是后來(lái)由于設(shè)備維修，我們整整耽誤了將近一個(gè)鐘頭。

A: Then what? Your plane was three hours late!

那后來(lái)又出什么事兒了？你們可是晚點(diǎn)了三個(gè)鐘頭呢。

B: We finally took off. But about 30 minutes later, the capital came on the loudspeaker to warn us that there would be some bad turbulence for most of the flight.

后來(lái)我們好不容易起飛了，可是半個(gè)小時(shí)以后，機(jī)長(zhǎng)廣播說(shuō)，我們這次航程將會(huì)遇到很厲害的氣流。

A: The turbulence is pretty normal, isn't it?

遇到氣流很平常吧，對(duì)嗎？

B: Yes, but this was the worst turbulence I have ever experienced in my life. Everyone started getting sick. The flight attendants had to stay in their seats. The capital decided to land early.

是的。可是我從來(lái)沒(méi)有遇到過(guò)這么強(qiáng)的氣流，所有人都開(kāi)始暈機(jī)，空乘人員也不得不在他們位子上坐好，機(jī)長(zhǎng)決定提前降落。

A: So where did you land?

那你們?cè)谀膬褐懥耍?/p>

B: We landed in Southampton and waited an hour for the storms to pass and then took off again.

我們降落在南安普頓，在地面上等了一個(gè)小時(shí)，等暴風(fēng)雪的氣流過(guò)去之后才再次起飛。

A: That sounds like a nightmare.

聽(tīng)上去簡(jiǎn)直是場(chǎng)噩夢(mèng)。

B: It wasn't too bad. At least I'm alive.

也不是太糟糕，至少我還活著。

A: Have you had anything to eat?

你吃過(guò)飯了沒(méi)？

B: I managed to get a sandwich from a flight attendant. How about you?

空姐給我送過(guò)一個(gè)三明治，你呢？

A: I had a few coffees while I was waiting. Let's get out of here.

等你的時(shí)候，我喝了一點(diǎn)兒咖啡。咱們離開(kāi)這兒。