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Airplane Arrival

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ID: 0906 Intermediate
You're nine hours in, two family-oriented movies later. You have had waaaay too much time to ponder whether the chicken on rice would have sat better with you than the pork with noodle. The urban legend claiming alcohol has twice the effect in the air seems a little far-fetched as you down your third gin and tonic in an attempt to numb yourself. Then... the magic words... the blessed airplane arrival speech. Listen to this podcast and understand it, in Mandarin Chinese.
Sun Jun 08 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
各位 gèwèi each
乘客 chéngkè passenger
飞机 fēijī airplane
预计 yùjì to estimate
各位乘客：
gèwèi chéngkè ：
All passengers,
本架飞机预计在北京时间16点20分，当地时间3点20分到达机场。
běn jià fēijī yùjì zài Běijīng shíjiān shí liù diǎn èr shí fēn ，dāngdì shíjiān sān diǎn èr shí fēn dàodá jīchǎng 。
This aircraft is scheduled to arrive at 4:20pm Beijing time. The local time at our destination upon arrival will be 3:20am.
芝加哥地面温度21.2摄氏度，55.8华氏度。
Zhījiāgē dìmiàn wēndù èr shí yī diǎn èr shèshìdù ，wǔ shí wǔ diǎn bā huáshìdù 。
The temperature in Chicago is 21.2 degrees Celsius, 55.8 degrees Fahrenheit.
据最新天气预报，当地天气为晴天。
jù zuì xīn tiānqì yùbào ，dāngdì tiānqì wéi qíngtiān 。
According to the latest local forecast there are clear skies.
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