一、 航空貨運基本介紹
英文原文：The movement of freight by air is more complicated than the movement of passengers by air. For one thing, of course, freight cannot speak for itself or walk from plane to plane when making a connection or take care of its own travel documents.
注釋：freight: 貨物 complicated: 復(fù)雜的 passenger: 乘客，旅客 for one thing: 首先 speak for: 代表…說話 make a connection: 中轉(zhuǎn) take care of：照料，照顧 travel document: 旅行證件
中文意思：空運貨物要比空運旅客復(fù)雜的多，首先，貨物本身不會說話，中轉(zhuǎn)時不會從一架飛機走到另一架飛機，同時也不會照料自己的旅行證件。
英文原文：Every piece of freight has to be carefully labeled and transported from place to place – not just from airport to airport, but also from point of origin to point of destination – door to door, to use a common expression.
注釋：label: 貼標(biāo)簽于, 標(biāo)注
中文意思：每件貨物必須仔細(xì)地貼上標(biāo)簽，從一個地方運到另一個地——不僅是從機場到機場，還包括從發(fā)貨地至目的地的運輸——用通常的話說就是，門到門。
英文原文：In addition, there are more government regulations, and usually more complicated ones, for international shipment of freight than for passengers.
注釋：government regulation: 政府管制，政府法規(guī)
中文意思：除此之外，政府對國際貨物運輸?shù)墓苤票葒H旅客運輸?shù)囊嗟枚啵瑖H貨物運輸也更為復(fù)雜。
英文原文：Because of these complications, a large proportion of air freight shipments are handled by freight forwarding agencies, which fill a function similar to that performed by travel agencies for passengers. In other words, they take care of making all the necessary arrangements so that a customer is not bothered with many of the details.
注釋：complication: 復(fù)雜，復(fù)雜化 a large proportion of：一大部分 freight shipment：貨運 fill：充任，執(zhí)行 similar to: 相似，與…類似 travel agency：旅行社 bother with：為…費心
中文意思：因為如此復(fù)雜，大部分的航空貨運都是由貨運代理人來操作的，他們履行的職責(zé)類似于為旅客服務(wù)的旅行社的職責(zé)。換句話說，他們負(fù)責(zé)所有必要的安排使得顧客不再為許多細(xì)節(jié)操心。
英文原文：Many shipments are also made by companies or government offices that do so much shipping that they are experienced in all the procedures. Many of these companies and offices employ special shipping clerks.
注釋：government office：政府機關(guān)，政府機構(gòu) be experienced in：在…方面有經(jīng)驗 shipping clerk：運務(wù)員，裝運人員
中文意思：許多運輸也由從事過許多裝運業(yè)務(wù)的公司或者政府機構(gòu)操作，他們在所有的程序方面都很有經(jīng)驗。他們中許多公司和機構(gòu)都雇用專門的運務(wù)員。
英文原文：Like the reservation agent, the air freight agent does most of his work by telephone. Let’s suppose that a shipping clerk calls in from a company that wants to send a large number of shipments by air freight. The air freight agent assigns an air waybill number to the shipment. Then he arrange for the pickup of the shipment from the customer. He can also book the shipment on whatever flights are necessary. When the shipment is received by the airline, each piece is marked with the air waybill number for identification.
注釋：reservation agent: 預(yù)定員 air freight agent: 航空貨運代理人 suppose: 假定，假設(shè) call in: 來電，打電話 assign: 分配，指派air waybill: 航空運單 pickup: 收取 fight: 班機，航程 necessary: 必須的 airline：航空公司 be marked with: 表明，被標(biāo)上 identification: 識別，核對
中文意思：比如預(yù)定員，航空貨運代理人大部分工作都是通過電話完成的。我們假設(shè)一家公司運務(wù)員來電表示欲通過空運發(fā)送大量貨物。航空代理人將為這批貨物分配航空運單號碼。隨后他將安排從客戶那里收取貨物。他同樣需要預(yù)定班機。當(dāng)航空公司接收到貨物后，每件貨物都會被標(biāo)上航空運單號碼以供識別。
英文原文：Air freight is carried either in the baggage compartment of regular passenger flights or by freight flights on planes that have been especially designed or adapted for carrying cargo.
注釋：baggage compartment: 行李艙 design for: 設(shè)計來做 adapt for: 調(diào)整，為…改變
中文意思：空運的貨物或者放在正?？瓦\航班的行李艙里運送，或者由運貨而專門設(shè)計或改裝的貨運航班承運。
英文原文：The freight flights usually operate between major shipping points. In the United States, for example, a freight might be routed from New York to San Francisco by way of Chicago. From large stations that are not served by direct freight flights, the freight office probably has an allotment of space on passenger flights that connect with a freight flight – from Washington to New York, for example.
注釋：shipping point: 裝運地點 San Francisco: 舊金山 by way of: 經(jīng)由，通過 Chicago: 芝加哥 large station: 大型站 freight office: 貨運辦公室 allotment: 分配，份額 Washington: 華盛頓
中文意思：貨運航班通常在主要裝運地之間運行。在美國，例如，一架貨運航班可能從紐約經(jīng)由芝加哥飛往舊金山。從沒有直達(dá)貨運航班的大站起飛，貨運辦公室很可能安排與貨運航班銜接的客運航班艙位運送貨物——比如從華盛頓至紐約。
英文原文：At smaller stations, freight would probably go out on a space available basis on passenger flights. Making room for freight, incidentally, is another reason for weight limitations on passenger baggage.
注釋：go out: 出去(在這里指“運出”)make room for: 為…騰出空位，給…騰出地方 incidentally: 附帶的，順便的 limitation: 限制，限度
中文意思：在較小的航站，貨物則用客運航班上的可利用的艙位運出。客機附帶為貨物騰出艙位，這也是限制旅客行李重量的另一個原因。
英文原文：The movement of freight by air is more complicated than the movement of passengers by air. For one thing, of course, freight cannot speak for itself or walk from plane to plane when making a connection or take care of its own travel documents.
注釋：freight: 貨物 complicated: 復(fù)雜的 passenger: 乘客，旅客 for one thing: 首先 speak for: 代表…說話 make a connection: 中轉(zhuǎn) take care of：照料，照顧 travel document: 旅行證件
中文意思：空運貨物要比空運旅客復(fù)雜的多，首先，貨物本身不會說話，中轉(zhuǎn)時不會從一架飛機走到另一架飛機，同時也不會照料自己的旅行證件。
英文原文：Every piece of freight has to be carefully labeled and transported from place to place – not just from airport to airport, but also from point of origin to point of destination – door to door, to use a common expression.
注釋：label: 貼標(biāo)簽于, 標(biāo)注
中文意思：每件貨物必須仔細(xì)地貼上標(biāo)簽，從一個地方運到另一個地——不僅是從機場到機場，還包括從發(fā)貨地至目的地的運輸——用通常的話說就是，門到門。
英文原文：In addition, there are more government regulations, and usually more complicated ones, for international shipment of freight than for passengers.
注釋：government regulation: 政府管制，政府法規(guī)
中文意思：除此之外，政府對國際貨物運輸?shù)墓苤票葒H旅客運輸?shù)囊嗟枚啵瑖H貨物運輸也更為復(fù)雜。
英文原文：Because of these complications, a large proportion of air freight shipments are handled by freight forwarding agencies, which fill a function similar to that performed by travel agencies for passengers. In other words, they take care of making all the necessary arrangements so that a customer is not bothered with many of the details.
注釋：complication: 復(fù)雜，復(fù)雜化 a large proportion of：一大部分 freight shipment：貨運 fill：充任，執(zhí)行 similar to: 相似，與…類似 travel agency：旅行社 bother with：為…費心
中文意思：因為如此復(fù)雜，大部分的航空貨運都是由貨運代理人來操作的，他們履行的職責(zé)類似于為旅客服務(wù)的旅行社的職責(zé)。換句話說，他們負(fù)責(zé)所有必要的安排使得顧客不再為許多細(xì)節(jié)操心。
英文原文：Many shipments are also made by companies or government offices that do so much shipping that they are experienced in all the procedures. Many of these companies and offices employ special shipping clerks.
注釋：government office：政府機關(guān)，政府機構(gòu) be experienced in：在…方面有經(jīng)驗 shipping clerk：運務(wù)員，裝運人員
中文意思：許多運輸也由從事過許多裝運業(yè)務(wù)的公司或者政府機構(gòu)操作，他們在所有的程序方面都很有經(jīng)驗。他們中許多公司和機構(gòu)都雇用專門的運務(wù)員。
英文原文：Like the reservation agent, the air freight agent does most of his work by telephone. Let’s suppose that a shipping clerk calls in from a company that wants to send a large number of shipments by air freight. The air freight agent assigns an air waybill number to the shipment. Then he arrange for the pickup of the shipment from the customer. He can also book the shipment on whatever flights are necessary. When the shipment is received by the airline, each piece is marked with the air waybill number for identification.
注釋：reservation agent: 預(yù)定員 air freight agent: 航空貨運代理人 suppose: 假定，假設(shè) call in: 來電，打電話 assign: 分配，指派air waybill: 航空運單 pickup: 收取 fight: 班機，航程 necessary: 必須的 airline：航空公司 be marked with: 表明，被標(biāo)上 identification: 識別，核對
中文意思：比如預(yù)定員，航空貨運代理人大部分工作都是通過電話完成的。我們假設(shè)一家公司運務(wù)員來電表示欲通過空運發(fā)送大量貨物。航空代理人將為這批貨物分配航空運單號碼。隨后他將安排從客戶那里收取貨物。他同樣需要預(yù)定班機。當(dāng)航空公司接收到貨物后，每件貨物都會被標(biāo)上航空運單號碼以供識別。
英文原文：Air freight is carried either in the baggage compartment of regular passenger flights or by freight flights on planes that have been especially designed or adapted for carrying cargo.
注釋：baggage compartment: 行李艙 design for: 設(shè)計來做 adapt for: 調(diào)整，為…改變
中文意思：空運的貨物或者放在正?？瓦\航班的行李艙里運送，或者由運貨而專門設(shè)計或改裝的貨運航班承運。
英文原文：The freight flights usually operate between major shipping points. In the United States, for example, a freight might be routed from New York to San Francisco by way of Chicago. From large stations that are not served by direct freight flights, the freight office probably has an allotment of space on passenger flights that connect with a freight flight – from Washington to New York, for example.
注釋：shipping point: 裝運地點 San Francisco: 舊金山 by way of: 經(jīng)由，通過 Chicago: 芝加哥 large station: 大型站 freight office: 貨運辦公室 allotment: 分配，份額 Washington: 華盛頓
中文意思：貨運航班通常在主要裝運地之間運行。在美國，例如，一架貨運航班可能從紐約經(jīng)由芝加哥飛往舊金山。從沒有直達(dá)貨運航班的大站起飛，貨運辦公室很可能安排與貨運航班銜接的客運航班艙位運送貨物——比如從華盛頓至紐約。
英文原文：At smaller stations, freight would probably go out on a space available basis on passenger flights. Making room for freight, incidentally, is another reason for weight limitations on passenger baggage.
注釋：go out: 出去(在這里指“運出”)make room for: 為…騰出空位，給…騰出地方 incidentally: 附帶的，順便的 limitation: 限制，限度
中文意思：在較小的航站，貨物則用客運航班上的可利用的艙位運出。客機附帶為貨物騰出艙位，這也是限制旅客行李重量的另一個原因。