wait-listed for a flight航班等位
I can't believe I made it into San Francisco, at long last! This morning, I went to the airport to catch my 10 a.m. flight. I got there early to go through security. The folks at the TSA can really slow things down sometimes. Since I had an electronic ticket, I didn't have to wait at the ticket counter to check in, but instead used a kiosk. I then went straight to the gate. But, when I got there, I couldn't believe my eyes. The flight was delayed--for two hours!
我不敢相信最終我還是到了舊金山。今天早上我去機場趕十點的航班。我到得較早為了過安檢。交通安全局的家伙有時會耗你很多時間。因為我用的是電子客票，所以我不用到柜臺前去辦登機手續(xù)，而只用自動登機亭就行了。于是我直接走向大門。但當我到那時，我?guī)缀醪桓蚁嘈盼业难劬Γ业暮桨嘌诱`兩個小時。
I decided to look at the flight monitors to see if there was an earlier flight to San Francisco. I thought maybe I could either switch to that flight or get wait-listed. I saw that there was another flight leaving in 40 minutes and so I bolted for the gate. When I got there, I got into the back of the long line. When I got to the front of the line, I asked the gate agent if I could get on that flight instead and she said I would be wait-listed. She said that I needed to stay in the gate area and wait for my name to be called if they have a seat available. So, I waited, and waited, and waited.
我決定去機場航班顯示屏那看看有沒有去舊金山更早的航班。也許我能登上那個航班或在那個航班等位。當我到那的時候，那已經(jīng)排起長隊了。當我排到柜臺前時，我問工作人員我是否能登上那個航班，她說我需要等位。她叫我在登機門區(qū)域等著，如果有位置他們會叫我的名字。于是，我等呀等呀。
The gate agent began calling out names over the PA system and guest what? The last name called was mine. What a relief! The last seat left on the plane was a middle seat and I usually prefer an aisle or window seat, but I was just happy to get on board. I didn't want my vacation to get delayed because of a late flight.
工作人員開始通過廣播系統(tǒng)叫名字，你猜怎么著，最后一個名字是我的。真棒！飛機上空出的最后一個位子是中間的，而我通常喜歡靠過道的或靠窗的，不過能登上飛機我就很高興了。我不想我的假期因航班延誤。
When the plane landed, I went out to the curb to catch a taxi to my hotel. I only had carry-on bags so I didn't need to wait in baggage claim. I was out of the airport and off on my vacation.
當飛機降落后，我去街角打了一個出租車去我的酒店。因為我的行李都是隨身的，所以我不用在機場等行李。我離開了機場開始了我的假期。
I can't believe I made it into San Francisco, at long last! This morning, I went to the airport to catch my 10 a.m. flight. I got there early to go through security. The folks at the TSA can really slow things down sometimes. Since I had an electronic ticket, I didn't have to wait at the ticket counter to check in, but instead used a kiosk. I then went straight to the gate. But, when I got there, I couldn't believe my eyes. The flight was delayed--for two hours!
我不敢相信最終我還是到了舊金山。今天早上我去機場趕十點的航班。我到得較早為了過安檢。交通安全局的家伙有時會耗你很多時間。因為我用的是電子客票，所以我不用到柜臺前去辦登機手續(xù)，而只用自動登機亭就行了。于是我直接走向大門。但當我到那時，我?guī)缀醪桓蚁嘈盼业难劬Γ业暮桨嘌诱`兩個小時。
I decided to look at the flight monitors to see if there was an earlier flight to San Francisco. I thought maybe I could either switch to that flight or get wait-listed. I saw that there was another flight leaving in 40 minutes and so I bolted for the gate. When I got there, I got into the back of the long line. When I got to the front of the line, I asked the gate agent if I could get on that flight instead and she said I would be wait-listed. She said that I needed to stay in the gate area and wait for my name to be called if they have a seat available. So, I waited, and waited, and waited.
我決定去機場航班顯示屏那看看有沒有去舊金山更早的航班。也許我能登上那個航班或在那個航班等位。當我到那的時候，那已經(jīng)排起長隊了。當我排到柜臺前時，我問工作人員我是否能登上那個航班，她說我需要等位。她叫我在登機門區(qū)域等著，如果有位置他們會叫我的名字。于是，我等呀等呀。
The gate agent began calling out names over the PA system and guest what? The last name called was mine. What a relief! The last seat left on the plane was a middle seat and I usually prefer an aisle or window seat, but I was just happy to get on board. I didn't want my vacation to get delayed because of a late flight.
工作人員開始通過廣播系統(tǒng)叫名字，你猜怎么著，最后一個名字是我的。真棒！飛機上空出的最后一個位子是中間的，而我通常喜歡靠過道的或靠窗的，不過能登上飛機我就很高興了。我不想我的假期因航班延誤。
When the plane landed, I went out to the curb to catch a taxi to my hotel. I only had carry-on bags so I didn't need to wait in baggage claim. I was out of the airport and off on my vacation.
當飛機降落后，我去街角打了一個出租車去我的酒店。因為我的行李都是隨身的，所以我不用在機場等行李。我離開了機場開始了我的假期。