ESL Podcast 635 – Arranging Airport Transfer
时间：2019-01-01 作者：英语课 分类：地道美语播客
My wife and I bought a vacation package and we thought that it included everything. We should have double- checked that it included airport transfer 1 to our hotel as well. Hindsight is 20/20, they say.
My wife wanted to take a taxi, but I nixed that idea. It would cost an arm and a leg. I wanted a cheaper option so we went to ask about it at the airport information desk.
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Don: Hello, my wife and I need to get to our hotel downtown. What are our options?
Clerk: Well, you could take a taxi.
Don: We’re hoping to find a cheaper option.
Clerk: Okay, in that case, a limo service would be out, too. There are private shuttle services, but since you’re so far from downtown, you’ll be making a lot of stops and it will take a long time to get there. You could also take public transportation – the bus or the subway – but that’ll take even longer. Doesn’t your hotel have a courtesy 2 shuttle?
Don: I never thought of that.
Clerk: Many downtown hotels do. Call your hotel and they’ll be able to tell you. They’ll probably have the best suggestion on how to get there, too, if they don’t have their own shuttle. If you decide on a private shuttle service or to take public transportation, come back and I’ll give you more information.
Don: Thanks a lot. I’ll give the hotel a call right now.
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Lucky for us, the hotel had a courtesy shuttle and it was on its way. Good thing, too, since I didn’t relish 3 spending any more time at the airport after a long red-eye!
Script 4 by Dr. Lucy Tse
- He has been kicking against this transfer for weeks. 几周以来他一直反对这次调动。
- I intend to transfer the property to my son. 我想把这笔财产转给我儿子。
- She called on us merely for the sake of courtesy.她来访只是为了礼貌。
- After a few words of courtesy,they got down to business.双方客气了一番，就开始谈正事。
- I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
- I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。