英語口語大贏家Topic78:入住Check In
托德和本杰明在酒店門口見面。本杰明帶托德夫婦到前臺登記入住。來看一下具體情況吧。
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Benjamin: Hi, Todd. Long time no see.
Todd: Hi. Nice to see you here. Oh, this is my wife Lena. Lena, this is Benjamin.
Lena: Nice to see you.
Benjamin: Nice to see you too. I've made a reservation for you guys. Wanna go and have a look?
Todd: Sure, you are the boss.
Waitress: Good afternoon. Can I help you, sir?
Benjamin: Well, I made a reservation last week for this American couple by the name of Benjamin. Here you are.
Waitress: A minute, please. Benjamin… Oh, yes, here it is. One double-room for a whole week, here is the registration card. Will you please fill this form out, sir?
Todd: Love to Done. Here you are.
Waitress: Thank you. Now everything is in order. Your room number is 8715.
Todd: Is it on the 87th floor? Wow?
Waitress: No, sir. In China, 8 is only a lucky number. It's on the 7th floor.
Todd: Thank you. By the way, is there a dressing table in the room?
Waitress: Yes. A traditional wooden one.
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本杰明:嗨,托德,好久不見了。
托德:嗨。見到你真高興。哦,對了,這是我的妻子蕾娜。蕾娜,這是本杰明。
蕾娜:我也很高興見到你。
本杰明:我已經(jīng)為你們預定好了一個房間了?,F(xiàn)在想去看一下嗎?
托德:當然可以,聽你的。
服務生:下午好。有什么能為您效勞的嗎?
本杰明:上周我用本杰明這個名字為這對美國夫婦預定了一個房間。現(xiàn)在他們來了。
服務生:請稍等。本杰明……哦,是的,這兒呢。一個雙人間預定一周。這是登記卡。能麻煩您填一下嗎?
托德:非常樂意。填完了。給你。
服務生:謝謝。全都處理好了。你們的房間號是8715。
托德:房間在87層嗎?哇噻!
服務生:不,先生。在中國8只是一個幸運數(shù)字。房間在第七層。
托德:謝謝你。順便問一下,房間里有梳妝臺嗎?
服務生:有的。是一個傳統(tǒng)的木質(zhì)梳妝臺。
經(jīng)典背誦 Recitation
Todd: I'm an American scientist. Sometimes I travel to China for work. I have a good Chinese friend named Benjamin. He always helps me a lot when I'm in China. So I can always enjoy the time there. It's interesting that I always get a room on the 8th floor. A waitress once told me that 8 was the lucky number in China. It made me happy.
生詞小結
couple n.一對夫妻
whole adj. 整個的
registration n.登記
skip vt. 跳過
dressing table 梳妝臺
traditional adj. 傳統(tǒng)的
注釋
= want to 口語的常見表達方式,意思是“想要做……”
number 幸運數(shù)字,中外的幸運數(shù)字有很大的不同,在中國6和8是幸運數(shù)字,4是不吉利的數(shù)字,在國外很多國家13被視為是不吉利的數(shù)字,而且有很多人不喜歡星期三。
單詞擴展 Vocabulary Builder
表示房間種類設施的詞匯
基礎詞匯
bed 床
door 門
chair 椅子
mirror 鏡子
table 桌子
drawer 抽屜
window 窗戶
couch 長沙發(fā)
提高詞匯
bookshelf 書架
fireplace 壁爐
cupboard 壁櫥
armchair 扶手椅
cabinet 櫥柜
folding chair 折(疊)椅
fitment 家具
家庭總動員Do it together
兩人一組,一方隨機大聲朗讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文,另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子,大聲朗讀并表演出來,并用中文給出一個理由。
There is a ( ) in the room.
[例]家長讀bed 床
寶貝讀 There is a bed in the room. 媽媽買的。
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