Do you have any flights to Sydney next Tuesday afternoon？

    Reservations clerk： Northwind Airways， good morning. May I help
you ？

    Mary Jones： Yes， do you have any flights to Sydney next Tuesday
afternoon ？

    Reservations clerk： One moment ， please …… Yes. There's a flight
at 16 ：45 and one at 18：00.

    Mary Jones： That's fine. Could you tell me how much a return flight
costs ？ I'll be staying three weeks.

    Reservations clerk： Economy， business class or first class ticket？

    Mary Jones： Economy， please.

    Reservations clerk： That would be€346.

    Mary Jones： OK. Could I make a reservation ？

    Reservations clerk： Certainly. Which flight would you like ？

    Mary Jones： The 16 ：45， please.

    Reservations clerk： Could I have your name ， please ？

    Mary Jones： My name is Mary Jones， that's M-A-R-Y J-O-N-E-S.

    Reservations clerk： How would you like to pay， Ms. Jones？

    Mary Jones： Can I pay at the check-in desk when I pick up my ticket？

    Reservations clerk： Yes， but you will have to confirm this reservation
at least two hours before departure time.

    Mary Jones： I see.

    Reservations clerk： Now you have been booked ， Ms. Jones. The flight
leaves at 16：45， and your arrival in Sydney will be at 9：25 a.m. ，
local time. The flight number is NWA 476.

    Mary Jones： Thank you.

    Role-play Exercise角色扮演練習

    這段音頻中 Mary Jones 的部分被挖去了，現在就由你來扮演一下這個角色
吧~

    Notes 注釋

    1.有沒有注意到音頻中是如何說18：00的？Eighteen hundred. 這個說法對
于我們恐怕比較陌生，看國外網站上怎么說：Both "eighteen o'clock" and "eighteen
hundred" are commonly encountered spoken English for 18 ：00. 和"eighteen
o'clock"一樣，"eighteen hundred"也是一種很常見的口語說法哦~

    2. a return flight往返航班

    3. economy經濟艙 business class 商務艙 first class頭等艙

    4. check-in desk登記臺 check in 辦理登機手續或旅館入住手續