luosteve的部落格

飛這次搶手的東京long stay前，我真的等了好久都沒有被公司排到這班。但誰也料想不到這班竟然是在我這回的待命期間被抓飛的。  

I’d been waiting for quite a while to be rostered to operate the hot flight of NRT long stay before I finally got one. But no one could have predicted that I actually chanced upon this opportunity to fly it from my last standby.

** before這個時間副詞前後都有兩個過去式的子句(都在過去發生)，先發生的用過去完成式(上面第一句用過去完成進行式強調持續性)，後發生的則用簡單過去式。 
 

哇，其他的組員們都說我真是有夠好運被call這趟日本黃金班耶。  

Wow, I must have gotten the lucky things going on, claimed by other crews, because of being called to fly this golden Japanese flight.

** 主詞 +  have/has gotten(got) the +  形容詞 + things going on是個很口語好用的片語，即稱某人有夠**的。如：史蒂芬真的是有夠復古的àSteven’s really got the retro things going on. 
 

之所以504這班會被稱作是日本黃金班之一，則因其為所有東京班裡頭外站停留時數最長的，有24小時說。所以，大部份組員都會好好利用他們在東京休息的期間到市區晃晃或者大肆採買。  

The reason why the 504 is dubbed as one of a Japanese golden flights is because its out-port rest hours are the longest, 24 hours, among other NRT overnight ones. Therefore, most crews will make the best of their stay in Tokyo to hang around downtown areas or to go crazy shopping.

到達飯店時，我決定和其中兩位女組員到離飯店不遠的一個大型購物商場—AEON Center走走。因為許多的組員們都很愛血拚，而且在AEON Center裡又可以找到各式各樣的雜貨，此商場成了大部份組員飛這班時必逛的首選之地。但是，老實說我那天並沒有逛街的衝動，而只是想走一走並看看這到底是個什麼樣的商場罷了。  

When reaching my hotel, I planned to go to AEON Center , a huge mall not far away from the hotel, with the other two female crews. It’s the first place that most of crews will always choose to visit, for many of them are very much into shopping and a wide variety of goods can be found there. Well, to tell you the truth, I was not quite feverish about shopping but just wanted to take a small walk and to see what kind of mall it actually is.

** 第一句的When這個副詞子句和主要子句的主詞相同(都是I)，所以可以省略副詞子句的主詞，而直接將動詞作分詞(主動則ing，被動則p.p.)表示。因為I是主格，所以動詞是主動，因此以Ving表示。 
 

我們不搭接駁車，一起用走的到商場，因為其中一位同伴說其實還滿近的，只要步行大概二十分鐘就到啦。在往AEON Center的途中，我們聊著天，四處看看風景，享受涼涼的微風，好愜意喔。 

Instead of taking the shuttle bus, we decided to walk there together since, according to one of my companions, the mall is just within walking distance, only taking about 20 minutes on foot. Along the way to AEON Center , we were chatting, browsing the views, and enjoying the breeze, so relaxing. 

由於女孩們都餓了，於是乎我們在一家壽司店前停了下來，並到裡頭吃點壽司。這家餐廳是一家旋轉盤式的自行點餐的壽司餐廳，也就是所謂的「旋轉壽司」。在旋轉盤上我們可以拿取喜歡的食物來享用。 

Because the two ladies were hungry, we stopped by a sushi restaurant and had some sushi there. It’s a conveyor-type Sushi-A-La-Carte restaurant, also called Sushi-Go-Round, where we take our favorite dishes in plates from a rotating conveyor. 

AEON Center是個很大型的商場，裡頭從麵包店、服飾店、到超市都可看得見，真的是應有盡有。我們抵達商場後就各自帶開殺時間。不過，因為我對這些眼花撩亂的產品並沒有多大興趣，所以就盡量快速地完成這趟「探險」之行，比兩位女孩們提早走回飯店，因為那天最後真的是累到爆。  

AEON Center is a very big mall, consisting of different shops ranging from bakery, clothing stores to supermarkets. You can name it. We parted from one another when arriving at the mall and killed our time there. Well, as I was not a big fan of those colorful goods, I tried my best to quickly finish my “exploration”in the mall and then walked back to hotel ahead of those girls since I was really beat in the end on that day. 

這些就是我從商場所買的有的沒的。沒啥啦，還不就是日常必需品。我尤其鍾愛日本的泡麵了，因為它的口味實在是獨一無二。瞧相片中那湯頭，可說是湯濃味美，而且拉麵中還有塊貨真價實的豬肉塊呢！這就是為什麼我選擇了吃泡麵當做我晚餐的其中一部份。  

These are the things I bought from a supermarket in the AEON Center . They are nothing but just daily necessities. I particularly like Japanese instant noodles because the taste is one of a kind. You can see from the picture that the soup looks deliciously creamy and a piece of authentic pork is also included in the La-Men. That’s why I chose to have a bowl of instant noodles as part of my dinner.

3). to claim：陳述、說道  

4). to make the best of~：善用~、好好利用~ (= take advantage of)  

5). to be into ~：對~有興趣、喜愛~ (= be interested in = have a liking for = enjoy)  

6). a wide variety of~：各式各樣的~  

7). to be feverish about~：對~相當有熱誠、熱衷於~  

8). within walking distance：走路就可以到的

9). on foot：步行  

10). to stop by：順道停留/拜訪  

11). conveyor：旋轉盤  

12). A-La-Carte：點菜的用餐方式，可以看著menu點一道一道菜，也就如同我們中國的合菜。雖然在旋轉壽司餐廳裡不用menu，但這種自行拿取自己喜歡的菜來食用也可以稱做A-La-Carte喔(此詞來自於法文，發音如同「阿拉卡特」)。  

13). Sushi-Go-Round：旋轉壽司。而我們到遊樂園玩的「旋轉木馬」叫做Merry-Go-Round (歡樂轉圈圈之意)。  

14). You can name it：應有盡有  

15). beat：累壞的 (= worn out = exhausted = very tired)  

16). daily necessities：日常必需品  

17). one of a kind：獨一無二、與眾不同的