英语口语王 想说就说（五）05

Section¹ three Customs² 风俗习惯

So I'm on the fifth floor?How come this hotel has no fourth floor.

所以我在五楼?这间饭店怎么没有四楼?

Four is an unlucky number here,Peter.Four sounds like death in Chinese.Hotels often have no fourth floor.

"四"是不吉利的数字,Peter."四"在中文听起来像"死".这里的饭店常常没有四楼.

I see.Oh,I know what I wanted to ask.How much should I tip³ this guy?

我懂了.啊,我想起来我要问你的问题了.我应该给这位老兄多少小费?

People don't usually tip here,but you can.Fifty dollars should be more enough.

通常我们不给小费,但是如果你要给也可以.五十块应该就很多了.

详细解说:

1.How come this hotel has no fourth floor.这间饭店怎么没有四楼?

同义例句:How come the bill was so high?账单怎么会这么贵?

How come you are so late?你怎么迟到这么久?

2.Hotels often have no fourth floor.这里的饭店常常没有四楼.

同义例句:It's quite normal that hotels have no fourth floor.这里的饭店常常没有四楼.

It's common practice that hotels have no fourth floor.

3.I know what I wanted to ask.我想起来我要问你的问题了.

4.Fifty dollars should be more than enough.五十块应该绰绰有余了.

同义词句:Fifty dollars should be fine.五十块应该可以了.Fifty dollars should do.五十快就可以了.Fifty dollars would do.五十块就可以了.Fifty dollars should do nicely.五十块就可以了.Fifty dollars sounds about right.五十块差不多.

补充例句:I've eaten more than enough.I've eaten too much.我已经吃太多了.

1 section   

n.部分，章节，地段；断面，剖面；部门，科；阶层，界；vt.把…分成段

参考例句：

• There is one section of very long road to leave. 有一段很长的路要走。
• How many people work in your section?你部门有多少人？

2 customs   

n.海关，关税

参考例句：

• The customs officials turned the man over to the French police.海关官员把那个人移交给了法国警察。
• They are collecting customs.他们正在收缴关税。

3 tip   

n.顶，尖端，梢，末端；倾斜；垃圾场；小费；轻击；指点；秘密消息；vt.装顶端；使倾斜，使翻倒，泄露；告诫；暗示；给...小费，轻击；vi.倾斜，翻倒，倾覆，踮脚走，给小费

参考例句：

• She nearly forgot to give him a tip for his service.她几乎忘记给他的服务付小费。
• I have his name on the tip of my tongue.我几乎想起他的名字。