At the Airport 在机场

 　　Mrs. Fu : Hurry up! We don't have much time left.

　　Mr. Fu : Take it easy. We still have two hours.

　　Mrs. Fu : Come on! This is my first time ever to take a plane. I don't want anything to go wrong.

　　Mr. Fu : Let me take care of everything, all right? Now, let's go to the check-in counter.

　　Airline Clerk : May I see your tickets and passports, please?

　　Mr. Fu : Here they are.

　　Airline Clerk : Would you put all your baggage on the scale, please?....Ah, thirty-eight kilos.

　　Mrs. Fu : Is that inside the free allowance¹?

　　Airline Clerk : Yes, we allow twenty kilos each.

　　Mrs. Fu : That's lucky! (To her husband) What's next?

　　Mr. Fu : They'll have to check our baggage. Why don't you wait for me upstairs at the refreshment² lounge³?

　　Mrs. Fu : All right. (She goes off.)

　　Airline clerk : Open your baggage, please.

　　Mr. Fu : Sure. (He opens the bags. The airline clerk examines them.)

　　Airline Clerk : All right. Thank you, sir.

　　Mr. Fu : (Upstairs at the lounge.) What did you order for me?

　　Mrs. Fu : Black coffee. What do we do now?

　　Mr. Fu : Let me finish this coffee and then we will go to gate 5. They're announcing our flight.

　　Mrs. Fu : I didn't hear anything.

　　Mr. Fu : It's on that sign board up there. See? UA 801. At gate 5. Have you payed the check yet?

　　Mrs. Fu : Yes.

　　Mr. Fu : Let's go then.

　　Vocabulary

　　注释

　　1. checkin n. 指在机场、旅馆的报到

　　2. free adj. 免费的

　　3. lounge n. 休息室。”Refreshment lounge”，指可边喝饮料或吃东西、边休息的场所。

1 allowance   

n.津贴，补贴，零用钱

参考例句：

• My monthly allowance is 50 yuan.我每月的津贴是50元。
• I have to work to earn my allowance.我非得工作挣零用钱。

2 refreshment   

n.恢复，精神爽快，提神之事物；（复数）refreshments:点心，茶点

参考例句：

• He needs to stop fairly often for refreshment.他须时不时地停下来喘口气。
• A hot bath is a great refreshment after a day's work.在一天工作之后洗个热水澡真是舒畅。

3 lounge   

n.休闲室，休息室，长沙发；v.闲荡，闲散地度过，混日子

参考例句：

• We had coffee in the lounge.我们在客厅里喝咖啡。
• Don't lounge away your working hours.不要消磨工作时间。