英语播客EnglishPod 265

 A:     Next please! Hello sir, may I see your passport
        please?

 B:    Yes, here you go.

 A:    Will you be checking any bags.

 B:    Yes, I’d like to check three pieces.

 A:     I’m sorry, sir. Airline policy allows only two pieces
       of  checked  luggage, at  twenty  kilograms each,
        plus one piece of carry-on luggage. I will have
       to charge you extra for the additional¹ suitcase.

 B:    What? Why! I am taking an intercontinental flight!
       I’m flying sixteen thousand kms! How am I sup-
       posed² to only take two, twenty kilo bags? That’s
       absurd³!
 A:     I am sorry, sir, there’s nothing I can do. You
       cannot board the flight with that large bag either.
       Carry-on bags must fit in the over-head compart-
        ment or under your seat. That bag is clearly too
        big.

 B:     Now I see.  You charge next to nothing for an in-
       ternational ticket,  but when it comes to charging
       for any other small thing, you charge an arm and
       a leg! So tell me, miss, how much will I have to
        pay for all of this.

 A:     Let’s see... six hundred and twenty-five US dol-
        lars.

 B:    That’s more than my round-trip ticket!

1 additional   

adj.添加的，额外的，另外的

参考例句：

• It is necessary to set down these additional rules.有必要制定这些补充规则。
• I think we can fit in an additional room.我想我们可以再加建一间房子。

2 posed   

使摆姿势( pose的过去式和过去分词 )； 以…身份出现； 招摇； 炫耀

参考例句：

• The players strutted and posed for the cameras. 运动员昂首阔步，摆好姿势让记者拍照。
• After the wedding we all posed for a photograph. 婚礼之后，我们全体排好拍了一张照片。

3 absurd   

adj.荒谬的，荒诞的，荒唐可笑的，不合理的

参考例句：

• It is ridiculously absurd to believe that the number 13 is unlucky.相信数字13是个不吉祥的数字是荒唐可笑的。
• It was absurd of you to do such a thing.你做那样的事是愚蠢的。