Intermediate - Airport Check-In Problems (C1757)

A: 你好,先生,有行李要托运吗?
nǐhǎo, xiānsheng, yǒu xíngli yào tuōyùn ma?
Hello sir. Do you have luggage to check?
B: 有,一个箱子和一个包。
yǒu, yī ge xiāngzi hé yī ge bāo.
Yes. One suitcase and one bag.
A: 请放上来。对不起,你的行李超重了。
qǐng fàng shànglai. duìbuqǐ, nǐ de xíngli chāozhòng le.
Please put it on here. I'm sorry, your luggage is overweight.
B: 不会吧?我在家里称过,刚好二十公斤。
bùhuì ba? wǒ zài jiālǐ chēng guo, gānghǎo èrshí gōngjīn.
No way! I weighed them at home; they were exactly 20 kilos.
A: 你的行李超重了两点五公斤,要罚款五百块。
nǐ de xíngli chāozhòng le liǎng diǎn wǔ gōngjīn, yào fákuǎn wǔbǎi kuài.
Your luggage is two and a half kilos overweight. We'll have to charge a fee of 500 RMB.
B: 这么贵?哎!算了算了!这是我的会员卡,帮我积一下里程。
zhème guì? ài! suàn le suàn le! zhè shì wǒ de huìyuán kǎ, bāng wǒ jī yīxià lǐchéng.
That expensive? Argh! OK, OK, whatever! Here's my membership card. Help me add my miles.
A: 你买的是打折机票,不能积里程。
nǐ mǎi de shì dǎzhé jīpiào, bùnéng jī lǐchéng.
You bought a discounted ticket. You can't add these miles.
B: 打折机票也是机票,凭什么不能积?
dǎzhé jīpiào yě shì jīpiào, píng shénme bùnéng jī?
A discounted ticket is still an airplane ticket. Why can't I add the miles?
C: 各位乘客,由于天气原因,从上海飞往哈尔滨的航班要取消!
gèwèi chéngkè, yóuyú tiānqì yuányīn, cóng Shànghǎi fēiwǎng Hā'ěrbīn de hángbān yào qǔxiāo!
Attention travelers: Due to weather related reasons, the flight from Shanghai to Ha'erbin is cancelled.
B: 今天是什么日子?怎么这么倒霉!
jīntiān shì shénme rìzi? zěnme zhème dǎoméi!
What is going on today? I'm having such terrible luck!

Key Vocabulary

行李 xíngli luggage
托运 tuōyùn to check (baggage)
箱子 xiāngzi suitcase
bāo bag
上来 shànglai up (towards the speaker)
超重 chāozhòng overweight
chēng to weigh
刚好 gānghǎo just to be
公斤 gōngjīn kilogram
罚款 fákuǎn to pay a fine
会员卡 huìyuán kǎ membership card
to add
里程 lǐchéng mileage, miles
打折 dǎzhé to discount
píng to base on
各位 gèwèi each
乘客 chéngkè passenger
由于 yóuyú because of
原因 yuányīn cause
飞往 fēiwǎng to fly to
哈尔滨 Hā'ěrbīn Harbin
航班 hángbān airline flight
取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
日子 rìzi day
倒霉 dǎoméi bad luck

Supplementary Vocabulary

行李箱 xínglǐxiāng suitcase
顺利 shùnlì smoothly, without a hitch
积累 jīlěi to accumulate
健身房 jiànshēnfáng gym
理发店 lǐfàdiàn hair salon
扣工资 kòu gōngzī to dock a wage
不公平 bù gōngpíng unfair
特殊 tèshū special
航空公司 hángkōng gōngsī airline company
换登机牌 huàn dēngjīpái to change boarding passes
办理 bànlǐ to handle, to deal with
登机 dēngjī to board

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