史黛拉与家人一起渡假去了，到了机场后，搭飞机前的验票(check in)要怎么说 ......  短文共赏 --- 摘录自  刘慧如老师主编 刘慧如老师与王筱筑老师合著 "英语不会太难，从生活出发就好" 一本增进基础生活英文、全民英检初级到中级的英文书。

 

Stella and her family are leaving for Hawaii this morning and as usual they arrive at the airport on time. It's always their mother's job to check in for the whole family while their father buys the trip insurance for them at the insurance company's counter. Normally Stella and her brother would stay with their mother, but today she wants to stroll around the airport. She is kind of disappointed though because besides some shops she can't find anything interesting. Her brother is quite excited thouth and he's been looking forward to visiting Hawaii after he has heard so much from his best friend who visited there last summer vacation.

史黛拉和她的家人今天早上即将前往夏威夷，和往常一样。她们准时抵达机场。当爸霸在保险公司柜台帮她们买旅游保险时，替全家人验票总是妈妈的工作。正常来说，史黛拉和她第地会和她们的妈妈在一起，但是今天，她想在机场逛逛。但他有点失望，因为除了一些店之外，她没有找到任何有趣的东西。她弟弟则相当兴奋，自从他去年暑假曾经去过夏威夷的最好朋友那里听到很多事之后，他就一直很期待造访夏威夷。

leave for     前往

on time       准时

trip insurance   旅游险

counter          柜台

stay with        和......待在一起

stroll around    到处逛逛

disappointed     感到失望的

look forward to  期待

例句练习

1. Before I ________________  work in the morning , I always feed my cat.

2. Do you want to  __________________your brother at home while I am running errands or coming with me?

3.You can leave your dirty dishes on the __________________ and the waiters will take care of them later.

4. Why are you so ___________________ ? This isn't the first time Jason stood us up and I suggest that you get used to it.

5. I really ______________________________ meeting Megan tomorrow. We haven't seen each other for almost five years after they moved to south Taiwan.

问题讨论

1. What does Stella's father do at the airport before they board the plane?

2. Does Stella like the airport?

3. Why does Stella's brother want to visit Hawaii so badly?

4. Do you think they will be shopping a lot during their vocation? Why?

5. Tell us about your last vocation with your family. Where did you go and how was it?