holiday travel節(jié)日旅行
It's hard to avoid traveling over the holidays but the experience I had last week really takes the cake.
節(jié)日期間旅行有的時候在所難免，不過上周的經(jīng)歷實在是很糟糕
I flew back to Tucson, Arizona, to be with my wife's family, as we do every Christmas.
上周我飛回亞利桑那州塔克森去我妻子家過圣誕，我們每年都如此。
I got to the airport an hour and a half before my flight, which I thought would be plenty of time.
我在起飛前一個半小時就到了機場，我想時間應該足夠了。
When I got there, though, I saw that the security line was out the door.
可要到那一看，安檢處排隊都排到門外了。
Because it was the holidays, people were traveling with a lot of extra packages.
因為是節(jié)日，旅客們帶著很多行李。
It took twice as long as it normally would to get to the front of the line.
排到柜臺前比平時需要多一倍的時間。
When I finally got to the gate, I found out that my flight had been oversold.
好容易我排到門前，我才發(fā)現(xiàn)我的航班超售了機票。
The gate agent was looking for people to voluntarily give up their seats for a later flight in exchange for a $100 travel voucher.
機場工作人員倡議是否有旅客自愿接受晚一點的航班，作為交換他們將得到價值100美金的旅行優(yōu)惠卷。
If she didn't get enough volunteers, she would have to bump people from the flight.
如果她找不到足夠多的志愿放棄者，他們將不得不將有的旅客勸下飛機。
Luckily, several people took her up on the offer and the rest of us boarded.
幸運的是，有幾個旅客接受了這個，余下的人登機了。
What a hassle!
真是麻煩呀。
I love the holidays but I don't love holiday travel.
我喜歡節(jié)日，但不喜歡節(jié)日旅行。
It's hard to avoid traveling over the holidays but the experience I had last week really takes the cake.
節(jié)日期間旅行有的時候在所難免，不過上周的經(jīng)歷實在是很糟糕
I flew back to Tucson, Arizona, to be with my wife's family, as we do every Christmas.
上周我飛回亞利桑那州塔克森去我妻子家過圣誕，我們每年都如此。
I got to the airport an hour and a half before my flight, which I thought would be plenty of time.
我在起飛前一個半小時就到了機場，我想時間應該足夠了。
When I got there, though, I saw that the security line was out the door.
可要到那一看，安檢處排隊都排到門外了。
Because it was the holidays, people were traveling with a lot of extra packages.
因為是節(jié)日，旅客們帶著很多行李。
It took twice as long as it normally would to get to the front of the line.
排到柜臺前比平時需要多一倍的時間。
When I finally got to the gate, I found out that my flight had been oversold.
好容易我排到門前，我才發(fā)現(xiàn)我的航班超售了機票。
The gate agent was looking for people to voluntarily give up their seats for a later flight in exchange for a $100 travel voucher.
機場工作人員倡議是否有旅客自愿接受晚一點的航班，作為交換他們將得到價值100美金的旅行優(yōu)惠卷。
If she didn't get enough volunteers, she would have to bump people from the flight.
如果她找不到足夠多的志愿放棄者，他們將不得不將有的旅客勸下飛機。
Luckily, several people took her up on the offer and the rest of us boarded.
幸運的是，有幾個旅客接受了這個，余下的人登機了。
What a hassle!
真是麻煩呀。
I love the holidays but I don't love holiday travel.
我喜歡節(jié)日，但不喜歡節(jié)日旅行。