成人高等教育英语教材第一册12

UNIT 12 Flight Departures and Arrivals

Integrated¹ Skills Development

Dialogues

A. Your Plane Will Take Off Soon
Jack² is leaving for the States after a month's sightseeing in Beijing. His Chinese friend Lin will see him off at the airport. Now Lin is helping³ Jack with the packing.
Lin: Your plane takes off at 12:30 p.m., doesn't it?
Jack: Yes, why?
Lin: It's already 5 to 11 by my watch. We must hurry, as you have to check in at 11:30 a.m.
Jack: 11:30? Come on then! We don't have a minute to lose.
(On the way to the airport.)
Lin: When does your plane land in San Francisco?
Jack: 8:30 a.m., local time, on the 14th.

B. Flight 620 Now Is Boarding
A group of European tourists are traveling under a Chinese tour guide.
Tour guide: There seems to be some delay. Our plane is supposed to leave at 2:10 and it's already 2:20. Wait. That's our flight they are announcing over the loudspeaker now. Flight 620—now boarding for Guilin, Gate 5.
One of the tourists: Oh dear! Where did I put my boarding pass?
Tour guide: Don't hurry, Mrs. Smith. I think it's right there in your pocket. You needn't worry. It's going to be a very pleasant flight. Now ladies and gentlemen, would you please hold your boarding pass and follow me to Gate 5? Let's go.

Passage Air Travel

Air travel is popular for people who are in a hurry because it's very convenient. Airplanes carry passengers to various parts of the world very quickly. I often travel by air.
A few days ago, I had to go to Paris on business. The trip was urgent, so I went by air. I went to the airport by a special bus, which was provided by the airline company. At the airport we saw a large plane waiting for us. We climbed into it, and at exactly twelve o'clock it took off smoothly⁴. Shortly afterwards our plane reached the sea, and soon we saw the French coast. It wasn't long before we arrived at our destination. Our pilot made a perfect landing, and we got out of the plane.

Words and Expressions

announce
v. 通知，通告

afterwards
ad. 以后，后来

board
v. 上（船、飞机等）

company
n. 公司

convenient
a. 方便的

departure
n. 离开

destination
n. 目的地

European
a. 欧洲的

exactly
ad. 精确地

guide
n. & v.导游

loudspeaker
n. 扩音器，喇叭

gentleman
n. 绅士，先生

perfect
a. 完美的，完善的

pilot
n. 飞机驾驶员

pleasant
a. 令人愉快的

pocket
n. （衣服）口袋

popular
a. 受欢迎的

provide
v. 提供

saw
v. see的过去式

shortly
ad. 不久，即刻

sightseeing
n. 观光，游览

be supposed to
应该

boarding pass
登机证

see sb. off
给某人送行

help with
帮助某人某事

take off
（飞机）起飞

by my watch
根据我的表

check in
办理登机 / 入住手续

come on
快点

air travel
乘飞机旅行

airline company
航空公司

It isn't/wasn't long before ...
不久就…

Merry Learning

A Riddle⁵

What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?
(It never eats.)

Phonetics

ea在单词中的读音：
eat beat each
leaf weak

head dead already
health instead

Pronunciation and Intonation⁶

A: Say, Joe, do you play bridge?
B: No, I don't play any card games. But I know how to play chess. How about you, George?
A: Well, I happen to be one of the best chess players around.
B: O.K. Let's play. We'll see who's the best!

1 integrated   

a.整合的，完整的

参考例句：

• A fully integrated low phase noise LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented.介绍了一种全集成的LC压控振荡器(VCO)的设计。

2 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

5 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

6 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。