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Quite a good sprinkling of passengers rose to their feet to obey the sum-mons. By this time though, more passengers had entered the transitlounge waiting for other planes. Announcements followed as to fog atGeneva and other disabilities of travel. A slim man of middle height wear-ing a dark blue cloak with its red lining¹ showing and with a hood² drawnup over a close-cropped head, not noticeably more untidy than many ofthe heads of young men nowadays, walked across the floor to take hisplace in the queue for the plane. Showing a boarding ticket, he passed outthrough gate No. 9.
More announcements followed. Swissair flying to Zürich. BEA to Athensand Cyprus–and then a different type of announcement.
‘Will Miss Daphne Theodofanous, passenger to Geneva, kindly³ come tothe flight desk. Plane to Geneva is delayed owing to fog. Passengers willtravel by way of Athens. The aeroplane is now ready to leave.’
Other announcements followed dealing⁴ with passengers to Japan, toEgypt, to South Africa, air lines spanning the world. Mr Sidney Cook, pas-senger to South Africa, was urged to come to the flight desk where therewas a message for him. Daphne Theodofanous was called for again.
‘This is the last call before the departure of Flight 309.’
In a corner of the lounge a little girl was looking up at a man in a darksuit who was fast asleep, his head resting against the cushion of the redsettee. In his hand he held a small woolly panda.
The little girl’s hand stretched out towards the panda. Her mother said:
‘Now, Joan, don’t touch that. The poor gentleman’s asleep.’
‘Where is he going?’
‘Perhaps he’s going to Australiatoo,’ said her mother, ‘like we are.’
‘Has he got a little girl like me?’
‘I think he must have,’ said her mother.
The little girl sighed and looked at the panda again. Sir Stafford Nye con-tinued to sleep. He was dreaming that he was trying to shoot a leopard⁵. Avery dangerous animal, he was saying to the safari6

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1 lining
n.衬里，衬料
参考例句：
The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。 Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。

2 hood
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
参考例句：
She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。 The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。

3 kindly
adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地
参考例句：
Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。 A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

4 dealing
n.经商方法，待人态度
参考例句：
This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。 His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

5 leopard
n.豹
参考例句：
I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。 The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。

6 safari
n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队
参考例句：
When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。 They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

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