T= Traveler R= Receptionist
T: Hi, I'd like a single room.
旅客:嗨,我要一間單人房。
R: Do you have a reservation?
接待員:您預訂了嗎?
T: No, I'm afraid not.
旅客:不,我沒有。
R: Let me check if we have any vacancies... You're in luck. We have one single room available.
接待員:我看看我們是否還有空房間……您真幸運,我們尚有一間單人房空著。
T: How much is it?
旅客:要多少錢?
R: $60 a night. No charge for local calls on the phone or for the TV, unless you decide to watch the pay-per-view channels.
接待員:一個晚上60元。打本地電話或看電視不用付錢,除非您決定看按節(jié)目收費的頻道。
T: Okay, I'll take it. (to be continued)
旅客:好,我就住這間。(待續(xù))
單詞學習筆記
1.a single room 單人房
a double room 雙人房(一張雙人床)
a twin room 雙人房(一房內有二張單人床)
a suite 套房
2. receptionist n.招/接待員
3.reservation n.訂位,預訂
make reservations for... 預訂……
例:The travel agent made reservations for us at this hotel.
(旅行社幫我們在這家旅館預訂了房間。)
4.vacancy n.空房間
5.be in luck 運氣好
= be lucky
be out of luck 運氣不好
= be unlucky
例:We're in luck! There are still tickets available for the concert.
(我們運氣真好!演唱會的票還有剩。)
6.available a.可買得到的;有空的
注意:
available通常置于名詞后作后位修飾。
例:We have three rooms available.
(我們有3間空房間。)
Are you available this weekend? I want to treat you to dinner.
(你這個周末有空嗎?我想請你吃晚飯。)
7.charge n.費用
8.local a. 本/當?shù)氐?/p>
例:Mr. Chen is more interested in national affairs than local affairs.
(陳先生對國際事務比對本地事務更有興趣。)
9.pay-per-view a.按所看節(jié)目收費的
10.channel n.頻道
例:There's a good show on Channel Seven now.
(目前第7頻道有好節(jié)目在上演。)
11.take vt. 租住
例:We've decided to take the apartment.
(我們決定租下這間公寓。)