81.An Urgent Standby Passenger
While in Korea, Gov. Mike Smith of Utah was relaxing in the VIP lounge the Seoul airport, awaiting his flight to Japan. At the same moment , his press secretary, Jenny Varela, was being told at the ticket counter that she had no ticket.
After insisting she had to make the flight because she was with a U. S. governor, an American embassy aide intervened. Varela got a standby ticket and boarded just before take-off.
Regaining her composure, Varela went to the front of the plane to tell Smith of her adventure. He was not there. She later found out that the governor was told that he had been bumped by an urgent standby passenger.It was Varela.
Notes:
(1) Korea n.韓國
(2) Gov.州長（governor）
(3) Utah n.（美國）猶他州
(4) VIP重要人物（very important people）
(5) lounge n.休息室
(6) Seoul n.漢城（韓國之首都）
(7) press n.新聞
(8) embassy n.大使館
(9) aide n.副官
(10) intervene v.介入；插入
(11) standby ticket 待機(jī)票
(12) composure n.泰然自若
(13) bump v.碰撞
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文選擇正確答案：
① Where were the governor and his press secretary?
A. in Korea
B. in Japan
C. in Utah
D. in U. S.
② Where was the governor relaxing himself?
A. in the plane
B. in the VIP lounge
C. in a hotel at the airport
D. in a car
③ What happened to Jenny Varela at the same moment?
A. She was told to wait for the next flight
B. She was told to go with the governor.
C. She was told that she had no ticket .
D. She was told to go to the American Embassy.
④ How did Jenny Varela get a standby ticket?
A. The governor gave his ticket to her .
B. She insisted making the flight and paid more money.
C. An American embassy aide intervened.
D. The governor telephoned the American embassy aide to come to help.
⑤ What happened to the governor?
A. I was too sick to make his flight.
B. He was told that his flight had been delayed .
C. He was told that he had to give his ticket to an urgent standby passenger.
D. He was told to stay in Korea.
81.緊急待機(jī)乘客
在韓國時(shí)，猶他州的州長麥克·史密斯正在漢城機(jī)場的要人休息室里休息。他在等著飛往日本的航班。與此同時(shí)，他的新聞秘書、詹妮·維蕾拉，在售票房被告知沒票了。
她堅(jiān)持說要乘此航班，因?yàn)樗且晃幻绹闹蓍L的隨員，這樣美國大使館的一位副官介入了。維蕾拉拿到一張待機(jī)票并趕在飛機(jī)起飛前登了機(jī)。
略略鎮(zhèn)定后，維蕾拉到機(jī)艙前部去告訴史密斯她的經(jīng)歷。他不在那兒。她后來得知，有人告知州長，他的飛行被一位緊急待機(jī)乘客沖撞掉了。這個(gè)人就是維蕾拉。
練習(xí)參考答案：
①A②B③C④C⑤C
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