The caller is purchasing an airline ticket.

打电话的人正在买机票。

T: What date would you like to depart, sir?

旅行社职员:您想哪天启程呢,先生?

C: Do you have any seats for September 16th?

打电话者:你们9月16日有位子吗?

T: Let's see... I'm afraid the 16th is fully booked. But I have seats for the 17th.

旅行社职员:我看看……恐怕16号已经订满了。但17号有位子。

C: The 17th will be fine.

打电话者:17号可以。

T: And what date will you be returning?

旅行社职员:那您要哪一天回来呢?

C: Hmm, I guess on the 28th.

打电话者:嗯,我想是28号吧。

T: Okay, you' re booked on American Airlines flight 710,departing JFK at 6: 40 p. m. on September 17th. Your return flight is flight 711, 'departing London' s HeathrowAirport at 11:15 a. m. on September 28th.

旅行社职员:好的,您订的是9月17日晚上6:40在肯尼迪机场起飞的美国航空710班机。回程是9月28日早上111:15在伦敦希思罗机场起飞的711班机。

C: Sounds good. Thanks a lot.

打电话者:听起来很不错,真谢谢你。

单词学习笔记
1.caller n.来电者
2.purchase vt. 购买
例:The government announced plans to purchase technology from the U. S.
(政府宣布向美国采购科技设备的计划。)
3.depart vi.& vt. 启程,出发
depart for+地方名词 前往某地
=leave for+地方名词
例:Mr. Jones is departing for California tomorrow.
(琼斯先生明日将前往加州。)
4.I'm afraid + (that) 从句 恐怕……
I'm afraid( that) we don't have any rooms available.
(恐怕我们没有任何空房了。)
5.fully adv.完全地
6.book vt. 预购/订
book a room 订房
book a table 订餐位
例:The couple booked a room at the beach for their honeymoon.
(这对夫妇为了度蜜月在海滩旁预订了一个房间。)
7.flight n. (飞机的)飞行班次
8.JFK 肯尼迪(美国第35任总统;此处指肯尼迪国际机场)
= John Fitzgerald Kennedy