New Flight (Part 1)

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今天jīn tiān早上zǎo shang,空服员kōng fú yuán林可lín kě很hěn早zǎo就jiù起床qǐ chuáng。This morning, flight attendant Lin Ke woke up very early.她tā一边yī biān喝hē咖啡kā fēi,一边yī biān检查jiǎn chá今天jīn tiān的de航班háng bān资讯zī xùn。She drank her coffee while checking today's flight information.

今天jīn tiān的de航班háng bān从cóng台北tái běi飞fēi到dào新加坡xīn jiā pō。Today's flight goes from Taipei to Singapore.飞行fēi xíng时间shí jiān不算bù suàn长cháng,但dàn旅客lǚ kè很多hěn duō。The flight isn't long, but there are many passengers.

到dào机场jī chǎng后hòu,她tā和hé同事tóng shì打招呼dǎ zhāo hu。After arriving at the airport, she greeted her coworkers.他们tā men一起yī qǐ做zuò安全ān quán检查jiǎn chá。They did the safety checks together.

林可lín kě喜欢xǐ huan这zhè部分bù fen,因为yīn wèi准备zhǔn bèi好hǎo会huì让ràng她tā安心ān xīn。Lin Ke likes this part because being prepared makes her feel at ease.登机dēng jī时间shí jiān到dào了le,一位yī wèi阿姨ā yí走向zǒu xiàng她tā。Boarding time arrived, and an auntie walked toward her.

阿姨ā yí问wèn:“我wǒ的de座位zuò wèi在zài哪里nǎ lǐ?”The auntie asked, "Where is my seat?"

林可lín kě微笑wēi xiào说shuō:“请qǐng跟gēn我wǒ来lái。”Lin Ke smiled and said, "Please follow me."

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