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xíngliluggage
托运tuōyùnto check (baggage)
箱子xiāngzisuitcase
bāobag
上来shànglaiup (towards the speaker)
超重chāozhòngoverweight
chēngto weigh
刚好gānghǎojust to be
公斤gōngjīnkilogram
罚款fákuǎnto pay a fine
会员卡huìyuán kǎmembership card
to add
里程lǐchéngmileage, miles
打折dǎzhéto discount
píngto base on
各位gèwèieach
乘客chéngkèpassenger
由于yóuyúbecause of
原因yuányīncause
飞往fēiwǎngto fly to
哈尔滨Hā'ěrbīnHarbin
航班hángbānairline flight
取消qǔxiāoto cancel
日子rìziday
倒霉dǎoméibad luck

Supplementary Vocabulary

行李箱xínglǐxiāngsuitcase
顺利shùnlìsmoothly, without a hitch
积累jīlěito accumulate
健身房jiànshēnfánggym
理发店lǐfàdiànhair salon
扣工资kòu gōngzīto dock a wage
不公平bù gōngpíngunfair
特殊tèshūspecial
航空公司hángkōng gōngsīairline company
换登机牌huàn dēngjīpáito change boarding passes
办理bànlǐto handle, to deal with
登机dēngjīto board

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