华尔街中级英语Lesson 25

- Now, sir. Are you about to fly?
- Not today, no, not from South Hampton.
- Now ,so you’re seeing someone off , are you?
- Yes, yes. My colleague¹ travels from South Hampton to Paris.
- Do you fly a lot yourself?
- Indeed Yes, once per month.
- That’s for business?
- For business to Paris, to Lyon, to Dijon.
- How do you find flying these days? Is the service generally getting better?
- Yes. It’s good. It’s very convenient³. It’s quick. Connections in Europe are excellent and generally for UK it’s improving also.
- Do you find that there is quite a difference between the standard of service of one airline and another?
- To a point, although all European airlines now are of good quality. For the business traveler. It’s efficient.
- What about the cost of air travel?
- Can be expensive. But cost is relative to one’s need.
- And what do you think makes the difference between a good flight and bad flight?
- Generally the aircrew, the efficiency⁴ ,the speed in and out at the airport. It’s a means⁵ to an end the flight
- Have you ever missed a flight?
- Not miss. But very recently I arrived at Charles de Gaulle with maybe 15 minutes to catch the flight 9:30. And credit⁶ to Acruk who helped me immensely to get through and catch the flight of the day,. It was the last flight.
-  I bet² you’re glad you made it?
- Very pleased.
- Thank you very much indeed.  Have a good flight sir.

1 colleague   

n.同僚，同事

参考例句：

• He is a colleague of mine.他是我的同事。
• The professor paid a return visit to his American colleague.教授回访了他的美国同事。

2 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

3 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

4 efficiency   

n.效率，效能，功效

参考例句：

• We were most impressed with your efficiency.你的效率给我们留下很深刻的印象。
• Our goal is to achieve the maximum of efficiency.我们的目标是取得最高的效率。

5 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

6 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。