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I’m sorry my friends that I posted my July roster so late. We crews in my company are actually offered 5 quotas to swap anything we want, but I usually do not have my latest roster posted on until I finish all the swaps and sometimes am just too lazy to do it. Well, still thankful for your reminding. 
 

這個月飛超過了一百個小時說。原本是預定的標準時數七十個小時左右，但因為有一週的屎登拜，怕被抓，換了不少班將飛行時數加到八十幾個小時後，依然被抓個墨爾本，結果時速則飆到破百，天哪公司真的有那麼缺人嗎！不過辛苦是辛苦，但看到領到的外站津貼和月底領薪水時，總是會感很安慰的。  

I will have flown 100 hours by the end of this month. Originally, I was just rostered the standard 70 hours or so, but as I was assigned to standby for one week again in this month, for fear of being called to fly, I made the most of the swapping quotas to have my flying hours exceeded 80. Gosh, I think my company must be experiencing a difficult month with a shortage of operating crews in flight, I was, to my surprise, called to fly to Melbourne . My flying hours for this month have thus rocketed up to over 100. Though tired due to the many flights and hours, I will feel quite relieved when seeing the good out-port allowance and the good salary of this month. 
 

這個月又要去舊金山囉！原本是多倫多四天班的，但聽不少組員說這班比「德里」還可怕，所以就不得不把它換走囉，累為那班太累啦！  

I’m going to San Francisco again. It was a 4-day Toronto flight before I swapped it away. Hearing that Toronto flight can be much more horrible than the Dehli flight, I then couldn’t but swap it away because it would be a nightmare. 
 

月底又被我換到一個我愛去的奧克蘭了。這次還想再去吃那好吃的韓國餡餅，如果有空可能會去動物園看看說！  

I’m happy to have swapped with an Auckland flight for the end of this month. This time, I will try again the delicious Korean stuffed pancake, and, if I have time, will check out the Zoo there.

  說文解字  

Key Words  

1). …or so：大約  

2). for fear of ving/n：唯恐、避免~  (= for fear that S + V)  

3). to make the most of~：好好利用~、善用~  

4). to exceed：超過  

5). shortage：短缺  

6). to rocket：快速攀升  

7). relieved：感到安慰的、放鬆的