Part IV Vocabulary Development
Words and phrases：
international airport 国际机场
domestic airport 国内机场
international flight 国际班机
domestic flight 国内班机
check-in counter 登机柜台
automated check-in machine 自助值机系统
airline service counter 航空公司服务柜台
information counter 咨询台
flight information board 航班显示屏
metal detector 金属探测器
security checkpoint 安全检查站
boarding pass 登机牌
boarding gate 登机口
ramp 登机通道
check in 办理登机手续
passport control immigration 护照检查处
transfer correspondence 中转处
flight Number 班机号码
one-way ticket 单程机票
round-trip ticket 来回机票
departure time 起飞时间
First Class 头等舱
business class 商务舱
economy class 经济舱
lavatory 盥洗室
occupied 使用中
vacant 无人
stewardess/air hostess 女乘务员
steward 男乘务员
flight attendant 空服员
Customs Service Area 海关申报处
Currency Declaration 货币申报
duty-free shop 免税店
duty-free items 免税商品
dutiable goods 需课税商品
checked baggage 托运的行李
carry-on baggage 随身行李
baggage tag 行李牌
baggage claim area 行李领取处
luggage cart 行李推车
connecting flight 衔接航班
direct flight/straight flight 直飞
to rock/to toss/to bump 颠簸
to lose height，to fly low 降低
to take off 起飞
to board a plane/get into a plane 上飞机
to get off a plane/alight from a plane 下飞机
money/currency exchange 货币兑换处
currency exchange shop 货币兑换店
exchange rate 汇率
traveler’s check 旅行支票
Useful expressions
● Flight ticket booking and reconfirming
✧ Do you have any direct flight?
✧ It goes to Paris via London.
✧ Are there any planes to Guangzhou next Sunday?
✧ Can I break my journey at Tokyo?
✧ Could you tell me about flights to Washington D.C.?
✧ Do I have to Change planes in Hong Kong?
✧ How many flights are there to Hawaii?
✧ How much is the round trip?
✧ We have two flights，one in the morning and other in the afternoon.Which flight do you want?
✧ I want a first class open return，please.
✧ Book me two economy class seats to Vancouver，please.
✧ How do you want to fly，coach or first class?
✧ Do you have a seating preference?
✧ Aisle or window side?
✧ I’m sorry.We are all booked up for flight CA8007.
✧ My name is Kerry Cheng，and the flight number is AA192 to Boston.
✧ I’d like to make sure of the time it leaves.
✧ I want to change my flight reservation.
✧ You should be at the airport at last one and half hour prior to the departure time.
● Check-in service
✧ Here are your tickets and boarding pass.
✧ Is this the right counter to check in at?
✧ Is this where I check in for flight CA951?
✧ Your luggage can weigh up to 30 kilos.
✧ Do you have any luggage to check in?
✧ You have to check this item of luggage.
✧ I’d like to check three pieces of luggage and I also have carry-on luggage.
✧ Please walk through the metal detector.
✧ Can you help me to get to the gate 20，please?
● Attendant service in the cabin
✧ Good morning，madam.Welcome aboard.
✧ Where is my seat?
✧ Follow me，please.Your seat is in the middle of the cabin.
✧ I’m afraid you are in the wrong seat.32A is just two rows behind on the other side of the aisle.
✧ The plane is about to take off.Please don’t walk around in the cabin.
✧ An oxygen mask will come down from overhead in case of emergency.
✧ Let me push the call button and get the flight attendant to help you.
✧ The plane is taking off.Please fasten your seat belt.
✧ The plane is slowing down/gaining speed.
✧ We’ll land in about ten minutes.
● At the customs
✧ May I see your passport and declaration card，please?
✧ Do you have anything to declare?
✧ Do you have any liquor or cigarettes?
✧ Sorry，this is a dutiable article
✧ Your personal effects are duty free.
✧ You’ll have to pay duty on this.
✧ What is this box?
✧ This is Chinese rice cracker as souvenir for a friend of mine.Shall I open it?
✧ Not necessary.Give this declaration card to that officer at the exit，please.