travel vocabulary.doc

旅游出行 wing 配楼/建筑的一部分 travel agency 旅行社 annex 配楼/主楼的附属建筑 flight number 航班号 basement 地下室/第一层ground floor （英）首层take off 起飞 twin building 由两个完全相同的部分构成的建筑 land 降落 landmark 标志性的建筑 check in 办理登机手续 block/complex 由若干建筑构成的建筑群/街区 motel 汽车旅馆 stair 楼梯 hostel 青年旅馆 step 台阶 book the ticket 订票 wheel chair access 无台阶的/残疾人用 passport 护照 aisle 过道 credit card信用卡visa签证 security check安检 detector 检测器 intersection/crossroad 十字路口 driving license/licence驾照 a fork on the road 分岔路口 expire v.驾照，护照等过期a T road 丁子路口 platform 站台 intersection/crossroads/junction/clover-leaf 立交桥 museum 博物馆 souveair 纪念品 art gallery 画廊 hiking 徒步旅行，攀登 hitch-hike 搭便车旅行 surfing 冲浪 sking 滑雪 bag-packer 肩背大包进行自助旅行的人 Means of Travel - AnswersBy railBy bus / coachBy airBy seastationbus terminalairportporttrainbusaircraftshipcatch / get oncatch / get on / boardget on / boardembarkget offget offget off / disembarkdisembarkplatformdeparture gatedeparture gatequay / dockpassenger traincoach / buspassenger jet / airplanelinerjourneyjourneyflightvoyagedepart / leavedepart / leavetake offsailarrivearrivelanddockenginedrivers seatcockpitbridgeengine driverbus driverpilotcaptaincorridor / aisleaisleaislegangwayUseful travel expressions General travel vocabulary Public transportation (Brtish public transport) is a system of vehicles such as buses and trains which operate at regular times on fixed routes and are used by the public.Means of transport The road / the highway / the port / the airport Arrival / departure time Wheres the information desk, please?To commute is to make the same journey regularly between work and home.Its exhausting commuting from Brighton to London every day.A journey is travelling from one place to another, especially in a vehicle. I love going on long journeys.To journey (verb - usually used with adverb or preposition) = to travel somewhere.We journeyed south.At the airport Show me your passport, please!lm here on business / vacationlm travelling alone / with my familyCustoms is the place at a port, airport or border where travellers bags are looked at to find out if any goods are being carried illegallyCustoms officer is a person whose job is to look inside travellers bags to make certain they are not taking goods into a country without paying taxesAnything to declare?No, theres nothing to declare / Nothing to declareYouve got a lot of baggage! Why dont you use the baggage cartHow much is a one-way ticket (British usually single) to New York?If you make a round trip, you go on a journey and return to where you started from.A journey in an aircraft is a flight. Flight also means an aircraft that is making a particular journeyIll never forget my first flight.Flight 474 to Buenos Aires is now boarding at gate 9First class / Business class / Economy classWhat time does the plane for. take off / land?Check-in is the place at an airport where you show your ticket so that you can be told where you will be sitting.A representative from the tour company will meet you at the check-in.At the train station How much is a ticket to.?Direct / transfer trainIs there a reduced fare for children / large families?Where is the station?Where can we buy tickets?What time will the train to.leave?Where is platform number .?By ship / boatA ferry (boat) is a boat or ship for taking passengers and often vehicles across an area of water, especially as a regular service.Were going across to France by/on the ferry. A cruise is a journey on a large ship for pleasure, during which you visit several placesBy bus / coach Where is the the bus station, please?When does the bus leave for.?How many stops before.?A bus with/without air-conditioner By carWhere is the parking lot, please?Where can I park my car?Can I park my car here?Where can I rent a car?I would like to rent a car for. days / weeks.The car costs 30 a day to rent, but you get unlimited mileage (= no charge for the miles travelled)A car breakdown I had a breakdown (= my car stopped working) in the middle of