Intermediate - How was your flight? (C1444)

A:  雅丽!这边!
Yǎlì! zhèbiān!
Yali! Over here!
B:  哎,俞亮!谢谢你来接我。
āi, Yú Liàng! xièxie nǐ lái jiē wǒ.
Hey, Yu Liang! Thanks for coming to pick me up.
A:  跟我还这么客气。我来拿行李吧。旅途怎么样?
gēn wǒ hái zhème kèqi. wǒ lái ná xíngli ba. lǚtú zěnmeyàng?
Even with me you're so polite. I'll take your luggage. How was your trip?
B:  还好。不过我有点晕机,想吐。后来吃了点药,睡了会儿。
hái hǎo. bùguò wǒ yǒudiǎnr yūnjī, xiǎng tù. hòulái chī le diǎnr yào, shuì le huǐr.
Not bad. But, I got a little airsick and wanted to throw up. After that, I took some medicine and fell asleep for a while.
A:  你这次是直飞的吗?
nǐ zhècì shì zhífēi de ma?
Did you fly directly this time?
B:  不是。我是坐美联航的,在东京转机。
bù shì. wǒ shì zuò Měiliánháng de, zài Dōngjīng zhuǎnjī.
No, I flew with United and changed planes in Tokyo.
A:  那很累吧?飞了多久啊?
nà hěn lèi ba? fēi le duō jiǔ a?
You're pretty tired then, huh? How long was your flight?
B:  加上转机,差不多十八个小时。在东京的时候,天气不好,还延误了。
jiāshàng zhuǎnjī, chàbuduō shí bā ge xiǎoshí. zài Dōngjīng de shíhou, tiānqì bù hǎo, hái yánwù le.
With the plane change, about 18 hours. When we were in Tokyo, the weather was bad and we were delayed.
A:  怪不得,我刚才去看航班信息,说你们的航班要延误两个小时。
guàibude, wǒ gāngcái qù kàn hángbān xìnxī, shuō nǐmen de hángbān yào yánwù liǎng ge xiǎoshí.
No wonder. I just went to look at the flight information and it said your flight would be delayed 2 hours.
B:  真是不好意思。你等急了吧?
zhēn shì bùhǎoyìsi. nǐ děng jí le ba?
I'm really sorry about that. Were you anxiously waiting around?
A:  没有。对了,你饿不饿?
méiyǒu. duì le, nǐ è bu è?
No. That's right, are you hungry?
B:  有点饿,飞机餐一点都不好吃。
yǒudiǎn è, fēijī cān yīdiǎn dōu bù hǎochī.
A little. Airplane food isn't good at all.
A:  那我们先去吃饭吧。我订了你最爱的川菜馆。
nà wǒmen xiān qù chīfàn ba. wǒ dìng le nǐ zuì ài de Chuāncài guǎn.
Then let's go get something to eat first. I made a reservation at your favorite Sichuan restaurant.

Key Vocabulary

jiēto pick someone up from somewhere
客气kèqipolite
行李xíngliluggage
旅途lǚtútrip, journey
yūndizzy
to throw up
后来hòuláiafterwards
直飞zhífēito fly directly to
美联航MěiliánhángUnited Airlines
转机zhuǎnjīto change planes
加上jiāshàngto add, in addition
差不多chàbuduōmore or less
延误yánwùto delay
怪不得guàibudeno wonder
航班hángbānairline flight
信息xìnxīinformation
anxious
飞机餐fēijīcānairplane food
dìngto reserve
川菜馆Chuāncài guǎnSichuan restaurant

Supplementary Vocabulary

旅行lǚxíngtravel
晕车yūnchēto get carsick
晕船yūnchuánto get seasick
直接zhíjiēdirect
信息技术xìnxī jìshùinformation technology
着急zháojíto be anxious
晚餐wǎncāndinner, supper

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