Intermediate - Snake on a Plane(C2138)

A: 飞机马上就要起飞了，请大家系好安全带。

fēijī mǎshàng jiùyào qǐfēi le， qǐng dàjiā jì hǎo ānquándài。

The airplane is about to take off. Everyone please fasten your seat
belts.

B: 对不起，靠窗的是我的座位。

duìbuqǐ， kào chuāng de shì wǒ de zuòwèi。

I'm sorry, the seat by the window is mine.

C: 不好意思，这是我儿子，可以让他坐靠窗的座位吗？

bùhǎoyìsi， zhè shì wǒ érzi， kěyǐ ràng tā zuò kào chuāng de zuòwèi
ma？

Sorry, this is my son. Could you let him have the window seat?

B: 行。那这个包也是你们的吗？

xíng。 nà zhè gè bāo yě shì nǐmen de ma？

All right. So is this bag yours too?

C: 嗯。可以麻烦你帮我放到行李架上吗？

ng。 kěyǐ máfan nǐ bāng wǒ fàngdào xínglijià shàng ma？

Yeah. Could I trouble you to put it in the overhead compartment?

B: 没问题。

méiwèntí。

No problem.

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 B: 行李架都满了，我整理一下。

xínglijià dōu mǎn le， wǒ zhěnglǐ yīxià。

The overhead compartment is full. I'll rearrange a bit.

（咚，掉下来一个东西）

（ dōng， diàoxiàlai yī gè dōngxi）

THUD! Something falls to the ground.

D: 啊，蛇！

à， shé！

Ah, a snake!

B: 蛇？飞机上有蛇！空姐！空姐！

shé？ fēijī shàng yǒu shé！ kōngjiě！ kōngjiě！

A snake? There's a snake on the plane! Flight attendant! Flight

attendant!

D: 会不会有恐怖分子？

huì bu huì yǒu kǒngbù fènzǐ？

Could there be terrorists?

C: 哦，大家不要慌，是……

ò， dàjiā bù yào huāng， shì……

Oh! Don't panic, everyone. It's...

D: 是什么？

shì shénme？

It's what?

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 C: 是我儿子的玩具蛇。

shì wǒ érzi de wánjù shé。

It's my son's toy snake.

D: 哎呀妈呀，吓死我了。

āiyā māyā， xiàsǐ wǒ le。

Mama mia, that scared me to death.

Key Vocabulary

起飞 qǐfēi to take off

就要 jiùyào to be about to
系 jì to fasten
安全带 ānquándài seat belt
靠窗 kào chuāng near the window
座位 zuòwèi seat
行李架 xínglijià luggage rack
满 mǎn full
整理 zhěnglǐ to arrange
掉下来 diào xiàlái to fall down
蛇 shé snake
空姐 kōngjiě flight attendant
恐怖分子 kǒngbù fènzǐ terrorist
慌 huāng to panic
玩具 wánjù toy
吓死 xiàsǐ to scare to death
妈呀 māyā mama mia

Supplementary Vocabulary
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 手枪 shǒuqiāng handgun
我的妈呀 wǒ de māyā mama mia
乘客 chéngkè passenger
恐怖 kǒngbù terror
非法 fēifǎ against the law, illegal
感叹词 gǎntàncí interjection

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