【读新闻学英语】乘客坐错了航班，美联航居然没让她下飞机？！

By 新西兰中文先驱网· 2017年05月08日 02:24

该让人下飞机时不让人下，不该让人下飞机时非要逼着人下……美联航到底在搞神马鬼？！

Under-fire United Airlines has been forced to admit a "horrible failure" which saw a woman allowed to get on the wrong flight in a 28 hour ordeal.

遭炮轰的美联航被迫承认犯了一个“极其严重的错误”，让一名女士经历了28小时错误飞行的煎熬。

Under-fire：受到抨击，在炮火下

Be forced to：被迫

Ordeal：折磨，煎熬

Lucie Bahetoukilae, who speaks no English, thought she was getting on a flight to Paris from Newark, Daily Mail reports. But she was horrified when she ended up in San Francisco.

根据每日邮报报道，Lucie Bahetoukilae不会说英语，她以为自己乘坐的航班是从Newark飞向巴黎。但是当她最终抵达旧金山时，简直吓坏了。

Be horrified：十分惊讶

End up：结束

After getting onboard the plane, she even showed her boarding pass to a member of the crew after finding someone in the seat she thought was hers. Instead of spotting the error and helping Bahetoukilae find the correct aircraft, the crew member instead directed her to another seat on the same flight.

登机后她发现自己的座位上有人，她就把登机牌给空中服务人员看。但是空乘并没有发现她上错了飞机，而是在同一个航班上又帮她找了个座位。

Get onboard：登机

Boarding pass：登机牌

Instead of：替代

She was unaware that United had changed the gate number, and she said no announcements were made in French, and she was not emailed, ABC reports.

根据ABC的报道，她说她并不知道登机口发生了变化，也没有法语的通知，她也没有收到邮件。

Announcement：通告

Be emailed：邮件告知

After traveling 5000km in the wrong direction, Bahetoukilae had to wait for 11 hours in San Francisco before she could be put on a flight which would take her to France.

在错误的方向上飞行了5000公里后，Bahetoukilae不得不在旧金山等11个小时，再搭乘飞机回法国。

Direction：方向

San Francisco：旧金山

United awarded the passenger a refund - although she had not asked for one - and given her a voucher for another journey. The company said it is taking steps to ensure it does not happen again.

虽然她并没有要求退款，美联航还是退还了她的机票费用，并且给了她一张其他的旅行代金券。公司表示会进一步采取措施，避免这样的事情再度发生。

Refund：退款

Voucher：代金券

Ensure：确保

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