
卡機門,因小失大
A British man traveling from Iceland to England was arrested for trying to board a plane while wearing an excessive amount of clothes.
一位從冰島搭機返回英國的英國男子因身上穿著太多衣服,試圖登機未果,而遭逮捕。
arrest(v.)逮補excessive(adj.)過多的;過分的
Ryan Carney Williams reportedly wanted to avoid paying for extra luggage and therefore wore eight pairs of trousers and ten shirts.
萊恩·卡尼·威廉斯據稱為避免被加收行李超重費,便將8條褲子、10件上衣同時穿在身上。
Williams was denied a boarding pass at the British Airways desk for his flight home after he put on all the clothes that wouldn’t fit properly in his checked luggage.
但在威廉斯把所有無法塞進行李的衣服穿在身上後,英國航空公司櫃檯卻拒絕發給他登機證。
deny(v.)否認boarding pass登機證
On Twitter, Williams said he couldn’t afford the excess baggage fee, about $125, for he had been “left homeless in Iceland for over a week.”
威廉斯在推特上說他負擔不起大約125美元的行李超重費,因為他在冰島已「超過一個禮拜無家可歸。」
excess baggage fees行李超重費homeless(adj.)無家可歸的
He also claimed British Airways had told him he could board the flight if he wore all of his clothes at once but then rejected him anyway.
威廉斯也聲稱英航告訴他,如果他把所有的衣服統統穿在身上還是可以登機,但之後英航還是拒絕為他辦理登機手續。
at once同時=at the same time
The airline staff said that Williams was rude and they called the police when he refused to leave.
英國航空的工作人員説,威廉斯的態度很不友善,在他拒絕離開後報警。
The following day, he was again banned from boarding after attempting the same stunt on an easyJet flight.
隔天威廉斯又故技重施,想搭乘易捷航空公司的班機返國,又再次被拒登機。
sb. be banned from doing sth.被禁止做stunt(n.)特技、引人注目的花招、噱頭
Williams was stuck in Iceland airport without money and without luggage, owing to the fact that his bag, which had checked in successfully, traveled to England without him.
威廉斯被困在冰島機場,身上毫無分文,也沒有行李,因為他的行李已成功托運抵達英國。
owing to~=due to=because of~因為
Eventually he returned to the UK on a Norwegian airline flight.
最後他搭乘挪威某航空公司的班機回到英國。
Both British Airways and EasyJet have agreed to refund Williams.
英國航空和易捷航空都已同意退款給威廉斯。
refund(v.)(n.)退款
Williams questioned whether his treatment could have been racially motivated, in a post on his Twitter account directed at British Airways.
在推特上,威廉斯質疑他因為「種族因素」而遭到英國航空不公平的對待。
question(v.)質疑=doubtracially(adv.)與種族有關motivate(v.)使產生動機、激起
But British Airways said that “the decision to deny boarding was absolutely not based on race,” and that “the airline does not tolerate threatening or abusive behavior from any customer.”
但英航表示「拒絕登機的決定跟種族完全無關」,且「航空公司無法容忍顧客脅迫或辱罵的行為。」
tolerate(v.)容忍threatening(adj.)威脅性的abusive(adj.)辱罵的、毀謗的