时间:2018-12-06 作者:英语课 分类:商务英语旅游课程


英语课

In this Business English Pod lesson on business travel, we’ll be looking at how to deal with security checks.


In recent years getting through the security check at the airport has become a chore. In some cities, the whole process can take fifteen to twenty minutes or more. This includes standing 1 in line, sending your bags through the X-ray machine, and walking through a metal detector 2, which “detects” or finds any metal you might have hidden on your body. Most security checks thus require passengers to take metal items out of their pockets and put them on a tray – or flat container – to send through the X-ray machine. Some countries – notably 3 the United States – may even insist that passengers remove their coats and shoes.


And of course it’s not just airports that have high security – more and more tourist attractions are “beefing up” or increasing their security too. So negotiating security checks is a good skill to practice.


In this episode, Honesto and Alan are on their way home. They arrive at the airport late, so they are anxious about missing their flight. When the dialog begins, they have checked in to get their boarding passes. Now they need to go through security.


Listening Questions:


1. At the beginning of the dialog, what does the security officer ask passengers to do?

2. What problem does security find with Alan’s baggage?

3. Alan has to leave an item behind at the security check. What is it?



1 standing
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
2 detector
n.发觉者,探测器
  • The detector is housed in a streamlined cylindrical container.探测器安装在流线型圆柱形容器内。
  • Please walk through the metal detector.请走过金属检测器。
3 notably
adv.值得注意地,显著地,尤其地,特别地
  • Many students were absent,notably the monitor.许多学生缺席,特别是连班长也没来。
  • A notably short,silver-haired man,he plays basketball with his staff several times a week.他个子明显较为矮小,一头银发,每周都会和他的员工一起打几次篮球。
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a man with the muck
a-rear
ablocate
absolute thermodynamic temperature scale
act upon someone's advice
affidavit of finding
annual amortization factor
anodized natural aluminium colour
antidiscriminative
antigrammatical
atomic radiation-proof electric machine
basic stability
beginning-of-tape marker
breaking even
byssosphaeria schiedermayeriana
calculation of transmission loss
carrier residual modulation noise
central aphasia
certificate of occupancy
chiven
computer human interaction
curve of saturation
debrominations
deep in thought
default interpretation
degree of humidity
dehydrogenate, dehydrogenized
detailed proof
digest medium
dimensioning taper
domestic problems
El Alamein
electric consumption
elmatit
embryonic foot
epsilon structure
fatigue alternating stress
feed-breed cycle
fit to be tied
grk
habituatives
hair-tailed mole
high C
high-lift lock
hyperprolactin(a)emia
icebreaking tug
immunologically
infrared prism interferometer-spectrometer
intermittent gaslift
interrupt requests
into question
irreducible chain
Lagerfeld, Karl
laguna hills
late attack
lattice winding
Linea nuchalis suprema
little cherry
lodge claims
logic paradox
logical record processing routine
lorentz-heaviside unit
low-voltage equipment
low-volumes
make up a lip
management levels
middle limb
miniabortion
mississippis
muscina pascuorum
negative thrust duration
normal spectrum (of life forms)
olive-drab
ornamental plants area
over classification
power law index
proteus pneumonia
provenge
quantum mechanical operators
radiant heating
Raskolnik
re-enroll
second addition
septation
set about sth
seville oranges
showful
skaith
Sokołów Małopolski
state of dreaming
steel bond hard alloy
straplock
strcpy
sweep ... under the carpet
town-gate
transgressive facies
uniform colo(u)r
vacuum-thermal method
Verderon
vibration-rotational spectrum
wedding ceremonies
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