delay/dɪˈleɪ/延迟；延期；耽搁We are terriblely sorry for the delay.我们对延误表示非常抱歉。The train was delayed.火车延误了。turbulence动荡；湍流We experienced severe turbulence during the flight.我们在飞行中遇到了强烈的气流。take off起飞；脱下We evetually took off at 11 and arrived at 1:30我们终于在11点起飞，在1点半抵达。You should take off your shoes before entering the house.进屋子之前你需要把鞋子脱了。经典对话A: Is everything alright?一切都正常吧？B: Yes, everything's fine.是的，还不错。A: What took so long? I thought your flight was about to arrive three hours ago.怎么花了这么长时间？你的班机三小时之前就该到了。B: Didn't they announce that our flight was delayed?没有广播通知我们的班机晚点了吗？A: I didn't hear anything about a delay. I thought everything was running on time. What happened?我没有听到任何关于晚点的广播。我以为都会正常到达呢，出什么事儿啦？B: We boarded the plane on time. But then we were held up for almost an hour due to a maintenance problem. 我们是准时登机的，但是后来由于设备维修，我们整整耽误了将近一个钟头。A: Then what? Your plane was three hours late!那后来又出什么事儿了？你们可是晚点了三个钟头呢。B: We finally took off. But about 30 minutes later, the capital came on the loudspeaker to warn us that there would be some bad turbulence for most of the flight. 后来我们好不容易起飞了，可是半个小时以后，机长广播说，我们这次航程将会遇到很厉害的气流。A: The turbulence is pretty normal, isn't it?遇到气流很平常吧，对吗？B: Yes, but this was the worst turbulence I have ever experienced in my life. Everyone started getting sick. The flight attendants had to stay in their seats. The capital decided to land early.是的。可是我从来没有遇到过这么强的气流，所有人都开始晕机，空乘人员也不得不在他们位子上坐好，机长决定提前降落。A: So where did you land?那你们在哪儿着陆了？B: We landed in Southampton and waited an hour for the storms to pass and then took off again.我们降落在南安普顿，在地面上等了一个小时，等暴风雪的气流过去之后才再次起飞。A: That sounds like a nightmare.听上去简直是场噩梦。B: It wasn't too bad. At least I'm alive.也不是太糟糕，至少我还活着。A: Have you had anything to eat?你吃过饭了没？B: I managed to get a sandwich from a flight attendant. How about you?空姐给我送过一个三明治，你呢？A: I had a few coffees while I was waiting. Let's get out of here. 等你的时候，我喝了一点儿咖啡。咱们离开这儿。

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