Cancel the Flight 取消航班
【词汇和表达】
cancel 取消
cancel the flight
delay 延误
My flight has been delayed.
【对话】
A: Could you cancel my February 9th flight and leave the date open?
A: 我可以取消2月9日的航班，暂时不定日期吗？
P: What is the reason?
P: 请问是何原因？
【点拨】
cancel
vt. 取消，注销; 抵消，偿还; 〈数〉约去;
vi. 抵消，中和;
n. 撤销，注销; 〈数〉（相）约;
Eg: You may cancel or rearrange the appointment.

A: My business negotiations are posted till March. I can’t decide the date on which to leave Beijing.
A: 我的商务谈判延迟到三月份了。我无法确定具体哪天离京。
P: All right. Please tell me your name and flight number, please.
P: 好吧。请告诉我您的名字和航班号。
【点拨】
negotiation
n. 协商，谈判; 转让; 通过;
Eg: The negotiation broke down because one side refused to play the game.
因一方拒绝按章办事,谈判破裂了.

A: My name is Bill Wenger and flight number is Air China 986 from Beijing to Boston.
A: 我叫比尔-温格，航班号为中国国际航空986，从北京飞往波士顿。
P: What’s your ticket number category?
P: 请问票是哪种票？
【点拨】
category
n. 类型，部门，种类，类别，类目; [逻，哲]范畴; 体重等级;
Eg: The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.
评委们无法判定它属于哪一类。
categorize
v.分类
I am busy categorizing my books, since it is totally a mess.

A: Standard rate.
A: 标准票价。
P: Yours is a three-month term ticket. You can choose any date up to a week before it expires.
P: 您订的机票票期为三个月。您可以选择在到期日前一个星期之前的任何日期。
【点拨】
expire
vi. 期满; 文件、协议等（因到期而）失效; 断气; 逝世;
Eg: His term of office as president will expire next year.
他的总统任期明年将届满。
关于不同票价的表达：
standard rate 标准票价
discount rate 打折票价

A: That's good. Thank you.
A: 很好，谢谢。
P: But you have to pay $30 for the change.
P: 但是你需要交30美元手续费。
A: I see. But it seems that I don’t have other choices.
A: 知道了，但好像我别无选择。
【点拨】
一般是需要10%的退票费用。