最可能的解释是他的飞机晚点了。
假设一架飞机晚点到达休斯顿，机上的“大陆”空乘人员已经结束了他们的轮班。
Let's say a plane arrived late in Houston and the "Continental" flight attendants onboard had finished their shift.
当我到达的时候，飞机晚点了。
要是飞机晚点了呢（怎么办）?。
是的。他们说我们的飞机晚点了。
我父亲乘坐去上海的那架飞机晚点了。
由于暴雨，飞机晚点半小时。
飞机晚点十分钟。
我也不知道，飞机晚点了。
我的飞机晚点了，这倒是购物的好机会。
My flight was delayed so it was a good opportunity for doing some shopping.
这架飞机晚点两小时。
飞机晚点，我们在机场等了整整八个小时。
The flight was delayed, and we waited in the airport for eight whole hours.
由于有雾飞机晚点了。
飞机晚点了2个小时。
这架飞机晚点了。
我们的飞机晚点好几个小时，等待的过程显得漫长。
飞机晚点起飞。
这位流行歌手今晚不能演出，因为他坐的飞机晚点了。
Thee pop singer won't be singing this evening because the plane was late.
航空公司在考虑乘客的成本问题上没有财政动机，比如飞机晚点。
Airlines have little financial incentive to take into account the cost to passengers of, say, delays.
晚上9点45分，我到达了纽约。由于起飞和降落的延误，飞机晚点了九小时。
I arrived in New York at 9:45 p.m., nine hours late, thanks to delays on both ends.
卡特：嗯，我还没怎么看，因为我那天下午刚从伦敦回来，飞机晚点了。
Carter: Well, I didn't get to see much of it because I came in from London that afternoon and the plane was late coming in.
很快，他的声音就在整个机舱里回响：“女士们、先生们，很抱歉飞机晚点了。
Soon his voice 6)boomed throughout the plane, "Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen."
很快，他的声音就在整个机舱里回响：“女士们、先生们，很抱歉飞机晚点了。”
Soon his voice boomed throughout the plane, "Sorry for the delay, ladies and gentlemen."
一位发言人说他们检查了飞机，没有发现炸弹，却导致飞机晚点一个半小时，他还说他们经常接到这样的警告。
A spokesman said the plane was checked, no bomb was found and the aircraft left an hour and a half late. He added that such alerts were relatively common.
现在，如果让我压力过大、过度疲劳并将我扔在机场而飞机晚点七个小时，我仍然会去搞几块盖满巧克力的脆饼。
Now, if you stress me and fatigue me and put me in an airport and the plane is seven hours late — I’m still going to grab those chocolate-covered pretzels.
让我们设想一下这个古怪情景：一架飞机晚点到达休斯顿，机上的“大陆航空”空乘人员已经完成了他们的工作班次。
Let's say a plane arrived late in Houston and the "Continental" flight attendants onboard had finished their shift and a "United" reserve crew was free.
虽然我们到的时候很晚，但还是有人来欢迎我们。因为我们已经发过两封电子邮件，说飞机晚点的事情。所以他没抱怨我们也不会内疚。
The man who greeted us seemed rather annoyed we had arrived so late but we had sent two emails detailing that our plane would be delayed and he did not openly complain so we simply felt guilty.
虽然我们到的时候很晚，但还是有人来欢迎我们。因为我们已经发过两封电子邮件，说飞机晚点的事情。所以他没抱怨我们也不会内疚。
The man who greeted us seemed rather annoyed we had arrived so late but we had sent two emails detailing that our plane would be delayed and he did not openly complain so we simply felt guilty.
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