慢速生活英语口语广播17：航班等位(MP3)_日常生活日语口语
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!
我不敢相信最终我还是到了旧金山。今天早上我去机场赶十点的航班。我到得较早为了过安检。交通安全局的家伙有时会耗你很多时间。因为我用的是电子客票，所以我不用到柜台前去办登机手续，而只用自动登机亭就行了。于是我直接走向大门。但当我到那时，我几乎不敢相信我的眼睛，我的航班延误两个小时。
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.
我决定去机场航班显示屏那看看有没有去旧金山更早的航班。也许我能登上那个航班或在那个航班等位。当我到那的时候，那已经排起长队了。当我排到柜台前时，我问工作人员我是否能登上那个航班，她说我需要等位。她叫我在登机门区域等着，如果有位置他们会叫我的名字。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.
工作人员开始通过广播系统叫名字，你猜怎么着，最后一个名字是我的。真棒！飞机上空出的最后一个位子是中间的，而我通常喜欢靠过道的或靠窗的，不过能登上飞机我就很高兴了。我不想我的假期因航班延误。
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