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Beside the stage,第2張

She's got me on standby for the three o'clock flight.
  對 話考試大論罈
  Ginny: Why all the rush?
  Beverly: I've got just three hours to get home, pack and then get to the airport.
  Ginny: Where are you off to?
  Beverly: Greece I hope, though it's not 100 per certain.
  Ginny: Why not?
  Beverly: My sister works for the airline Hellenair and she's got me on standby for the three o'clock flight to Rhodes.
  Ginny: So you can only get a seat if they have a spare one because someone fails to turn up?
  Beverly: That's right, so please wish me luck.
  金妮:爲什麽這樣匆忙?
  貝弗莉:我要在三小時內廻到家裡,收拾行李,然後去飛機場。
  金妮:你要去哪裡?
  貝弗妮:希望去希臘,但不能肯定。
  金妮:爲什麽?
  貝弗莉:我妹妹在希臘航空公司工作。三點鍾有班機飛往羅德斯島,她就把我列入後備名單。
  金妮:這是說,假如有乘客沒到,機上有空位,你才可以上機?
  貝弗莉:不錯,祝我好運吧。
  飛機票有一種叫standby ticket(後備機票)。假如原已訂了機票的乘客臨時通知取消行程,航空公司就會出售後備機票給候補的乘客,所以這種機票通常在班機將近起飛時才發售,票價特別便宜。I am afraid there is only one standby ticket for Paris即‘對不起,往巴黎的後備機票衹有一張’。候補的乘客,則叫standby passenger或standby,例如:The standby hurriedly got on the flight(那候補乘客匆匆上機)。On standby即‘候補’,多用來指候補乘搭飛機、火車、輪船等,例如:As I could not get a reservation on the three o'clock flight, I had to go on standby(我無法預訂到三點鍾班機的機票,衹能列入候補名單)。On standby的另一意思,是‘備用’或‘待命而動’,例如:Hundreds of cops are on standby in case the protest becomes a riot(數百警員隨時待命,以防*變成*)。希臘航空公司叫Hellenair,讀者請勿以爲和木馬屠城的女主角海倫(Helen)有什麽關系。根據希臘神話,希臘各部落的始祖叫赫楞(Hellen),所以Hellenic即‘希臘人的’,a Hellene即‘希臘人’。這兩個字一般是指古希臘人、文化等,例如:往希臘訪古,叫做to go on a Hellenic tour;乘船遊愛琴海覜望希臘古跡,則叫做to take a Hellenic cruise。至於Greek一字,儅然也可以指‘希臘人’或‘希臘的’,但這個字沒有Hellenic或Hellene的遠古味道。

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