新东方商务口语[10]:Lost Luggage 丢失行李

Business Travel 商务旅行

3. Lost Luggage 丢失行李

Mr. Lee: Hi I came in on flight 513. Everyone else took their luggage off the conveyor belt, but mine didn’t seem to be there.
你好。我是513次航班的乘客。别人都从传送带上拿到了行李，但是我的好像不在那里。

Clerk: Let me check the computer. Uh-oh, Looks like your luggage is on its way to Paris.
让我电脑。哦，看起来您的行李正在飞往巴黎的飞机上。

Mr. Lee: You’re kidding. What am I going to do?
你在开玩笑吧，我该怎么办？

Clerk: Well, we can give you this lovely shaving kit¹ and call you the minute your luggage arrives here. Just leave us a contact number.
赠送您一套剃须用具。您的行李到后我们给您打电话。请留下您的联系方法。

Mr. Lee: You can reach me at 13661306917.
你可以打13661306917

Clerk: Thank you. I am terribly sorry about this. It very rarely² happens. We do have a sophisticated³ tracking⁴ system, so I know we will find it soon. But we apologize for the inconvenience.
谢谢。十分抱歉。这种事情很少发生。我们有很好的追踪系统，我们会很快找到您的行李的。但是我们为给您带来的不便表示道歉。

Mr. Lee: That’s ok. There wasn’t anything important in there anyway. The shaving kit more than makes up for my lost luggage.
没什么。反正滑　什么重要的东西。一套剃须用具足够补偿我丢失的行李。

Clerk: Wow! I have been working here for 15 years and you’re the first person to accept a lost luggage situation cheerfully⁵.
哇，我在这里工作十五年了。您是和一个很高兴地接受行李丢失这件一的。

Mr. Lee: I’ve had a lot worse problems than this traveling so it’s really on big deal.
我有许多比这更糟糕的问题，所以没有大不了的。

1 kit   

n.用具包，成套工具；随身携带物

参考例句：

• The kit consisted of about twenty cosmetic items.整套工具包括大约20种化妆用品。
• The captain wants to inspect your kit.船长想检查你的行装。

2 rarely   

adv.很少，难得；非常地，非凡地

参考例句：

• Such fish is rarely met with in the north country.这种鱼在北方难得看到。
• He rarely comes here anymore.现在他难得来这儿了。

3 sophisticated   

adj.老练的，精密的，尖端的，高雅的

参考例句：

• She has become very sophisticated since she went to live in London.移居伦敦后她变得世故多了。
• This is a very sophisticated machine.这是一台非常精密的机器。

4 tracking   

n. 按学生能力分组 动词track的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• He got after his sister for tracking mud into the house. 他责备妹妹脚下踩着泥走进屋里。
• All citizens should help the police in tracking the criminals down. 所有市民都应该帮助警察追捕罪犯。

5 cheerfully   

adv.高兴地，愉快地

参考例句：

• The train rolled cheerfully into the station.火车欢呼着驶进车站。
• He takes our advice quite cheerfully.他欣然接受我们的劝告。