英語日常口語 Unit50:Landing in London

英語日常口語 Unit50:Landing in London

本單元是關於到達倫敦機場的對話

crew 1: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to London. Please wait until the aircraft has come to a complete standstill before unfastening your seatbelts.
We would like to remind you that mobile phones must remain completely switched off until the seatbelt sign has been turned off.
Please remember that you can only smoke in designated areas once inside the terminal building.
Please take care when opening the overhead lockers as the contents may have moved during the flight and might fall out and injure you or your fellow passengers.
Thank you for flying with us and we look forward to seeing you onboard with us again soon.
crew 2: Excuse me madam, didn't you just hear the announcement?
Alice: I'm not phoning anyone I just want to see if I've got any messages.

Vocabulary:（字彙）

a standstill:（停穩）
a stop or an end

a designated area:（指定區域）
a place that is signed for a particular purpose (for example, a designated smoking area)

a terminal building:（航站大樓）
the part of an airport where planes arrive or depart from

a message:（信息，短信）
text information to or from a mobile phone

to confiscate:（沒收，充公）
to take something away from someone as a punishment for doing something wrong

本單元語言點是和乘飛機有關的詞彙，請看下面機場和搭飛機有關的字彙

Air travel vocabulary

Here is some vocabulary about airports and air travel. 本節介紹與機場和搭飛機有關的字彙。

Parts of an airport:（機場內）

a duty-free shop （免稅店）
a shop in an airport where you don't have to pay taxes on the goods you buy

a departure lounge:（出境大廳）
the part of an airport where you wait until you get on the plane

a gate （登機門）
the place in the airport where you go to get onto your flight

a runway （跑道）
the part of an airport, like a road, which planes use when arriving or departing from an airport

a control tower （控制塔臺）
the building in an airport which tells planes when it is safe for them to take off and land

Air travel jobs:（航空職業）

the cabin crew（機組人員）
the people who look after passengers during a flight

a pilot （飛行員）
a person who flies a plane

a baggage handler（行李員）
a person who is responsible for your luggage, after you check-in, and takes it to the plane

an immigration officer（移民官員）
a person who checks your visa and passport when you go into a country

a customs officer（海關官員）
a person who checks you are not trying to bring illegal food, drugs, guns or other items into a country

Things you find on a plane:（飛機上）

a cockpit（駕駛艙）
the place where the pilots sit to control the plane

a galley（機艙廚房）
the area on a plane where the cabin crew prepare meals and store duty-free goods etc.

a trolley（手推車）
a small cupboard with wheels. Cabin crews use trolleys to take food and drink to passengers during a flight

a seatbelt（安全帶）
a safety feature on planes to secure passengers in their seats

an oxygen mask（氧氣罩）
a piece of safety equipment which passengers put over their nose and mouth to help them breath if there is an emergency on a plane

an overhead locker（頭頂行李櫃）
a storage area above passengers' heads in a plane

a tray-table（椅背小桌）
a small table that is stored in the back of the seat in front of you on a plane

hand luggage (uncountable)（手提行李，不可數名詞）
small bags or suitcase which passengers carry with them onto the plane

checked baggage/luggage (uncountable)（託運行李，不可數名詞）
large suitcases or bags which passengers don't carry with them onto the plane but which are put in the hold (the storage area of a plane)

Verbs about air travel:（搭乘飛機有關的動詞）

to check in（辦理報到）
to show your travel documents to the airline staff in the airport so that you can begin your journey

to board/to embark（登機）
to go onto a plane at the beginning of the journey

to disembark （下飛機）
to get off a plane

to take off（起飛）
to start flying in the air

to taxi（滑行）
to move a plane slowly along the ground before or after flying

to cruise（巡航）
to fly at a steady speed

to land（降落）
to bring a plane down to the ground

to fasten/unfasten a seatbelt（繫緊/鬆開安全帶）
to secure two parts of your seat-belt together/to untie your seatbelt

to approach (the runway)（轉向跑道飛航）
to fly at slow speak towards the runway

to declare（申報）
to give information about goods or money you are bringing into a country