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Travel News wire… The U.S. Department of Transportation has for the first time given a penalty for an airline that forced passengers to wait onboard planes at airports for more than 3 hours. American Airlines' American Eagle subsidiary had to pay fines for 15 flights at Chicago's O'Hare Airport in May of 2011. New laws state that if a plane is delayed more than 3 hours, airlines must allow passengers onboard to leave the aircraft. The situation of an "onboard ground delay" can happen when aircraft are waiting to take off, or when one landing doesn't have an available gate at the airport.

 

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Hiroko's Memory Tips:

Look over the phrases for 5 minutes.
Say them to yourself without looking at the screen.
At lunchtime, say them to yourself again. Can you remember all three phrases?

Achilles' Heel

Emily: "Someone in the accounting department told me that our profits are starting to head south."

Mark: "That's true, but I think that we can turn things around by next winter."

The phrase "head south" often means that a situation is going bad. The idea is that the profits and trends are heading down, or "south."

 

Prescription drug abuse

Doctor: "We have a DNR order on the cancer patient in room five. So even if he goes into cardiac arrest, we shouldn't try to revive him.
The phrase "DNR order" means "do not resuscitate," in other words, "do not use artificial or emergency methods to save the patient." This is often the situation when patients are very old and in great pain. They prefer to die naturally instead of spending a long time in the hospital. The decision to sign a DNR order is made by the family or the patient.

This week's E-mail Phrase

practical application(s)

Dear Albert:
I think that the demonstration of the singing robot was very impressive, but here's a question: What is the practical application of this technology? Does anyone really want a singing robot?

The phrase "practical application" means that a new technology should have a useful way of being used. One example is the robot Asimo. It is very cute, but does it have any practical applications?

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