When Phillip was on his way to the airport one afternoon, he asked the driver to wait outside the bank while he collected some traveler’s checks.
The plane was to take off at 5:30 pm.From there was still a long journey to the airport so Phillip merely watched the scene along the way . Shortly before arriving ,he began checking the things he would need for the trip: tickets, money, the address of his hotel, traveler’s checks, but how about his passport? Phillip went through his pocket. He sudenly realized that he must have left his passport at the bank .
What could he do ? It was now five past four and there would be no time to return to the bank.This was the first time he was representing his firm for an important meeting with the manager of French firm in Paris the following morning. Without a passport he would be unable to board the plane. At that moment,the taxi stopped outside the air terminal (候机楼) .Phillip got out, took his suitcase and paid the driver. He then noticed a good deal of confusion in the building . A voice could be heard over the loudspeaker.
“We very much apologize that owing to a twenty-four-hour strike of airport staff,all flights for the rest of today have had to be called up assengers are advised to get in touch with their travel agents or with this terminal for informaion on tomorrow’s flights.”Phillip gave a deep sigh. He would let his firm know about this situation and , thank goodness, he would have the opportunity of calling at his bank the following morning to recover his passport.

一天下午，在去机场的途中飞利浦让司机在银行外面等他一下，以便他取一些旅行支票。
飞机5：30就起飞。到机场仍然还有很长一段路，所以飞利浦只是注视着沿途的风景。快到的时候他开始检查旅行需要的东西－机票、钱、饭店的地址、旅行支票，但是他的护照哪去了？飞利浦翻遍了他的衣袋。它突然意识到他一定是把护照忘在了银行里。
怎么办？现在已经是四点半了，再回去几经来不及了。这是他第一次代表他的公司参加与法国巴黎的一家公司经理的重要会议。第二天一早就开。没有护照的话他可能不能登机，正在这时，出租车停在了候机楼的外面。飞利浦下了车，拿了他的手提箱并付钱给了司机。他发现候机楼里很混乱，一个声音从扩音器里传了出来。
“由于机场员工罢工一天，所有今天剩余的班机全部取消飞行，建议乘客与他们的旅行代理商或终到站联系改乘明天的班机。”飞利浦深深的叹了口气。他要通知他公司这里的情况，并且谢天谢地，他终于有机会在第二天早晨去拜访银行，找回他的护照了。

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