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.

 

听看学

 

本杰明：嗨，托德，好久不见了。

 

托德：嗨。见到你真高兴。哦，对了，这是我的妻子蕾娜。蕾娜，这是本杰明。

 

蕾娜：我也很高兴见到你。

 

本杰明：我已经为你们预定好了一个房间了。现在想去看一下吗？

 

托德：当然可以，听你的。

 

服务生：下午好。有什么能为您效劳的吗？

 

本杰明：上周我用本杰明这个名字为这对美国夫妇预定了一个房间。现在他们来了。

 

服务生：请稍等。本杰明……哦，是的，这儿呢。一个双人间预定一周。这是登记卡。能麻烦您填一下吗？

 

托德：非常乐意。填完了。给你。

 

服务生：谢谢。全都处理好了。你们的房间号是8715。

 

托德：房间在87层吗？哇噻！

 

服务生：不，先生。在中国8只是一个幸运数字。房间在第七层。

 

托德：谢谢你。顺便问一下，房间里有梳妆台吗？

 

服务生：有的。是一个传统的木质梳妆台。

 

经典背诵 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.

 

生词小结

 

couplen.一对夫妻

 

wholeadj. 整个的

 

registrationn.登记

 

skipvt. 跳过

 

dressing table梳妆台

 

traditionaladj. 传统的

 

注释

 

1.wanna = want to口语的常见表达方式，意思是“想要做……”

 

2.lucky number幸运数字，中外的幸运数字有很大的不同，在中国6和8是幸运数字，4是不吉利的数字，在国外很多国家13被视为是不吉利的数字，而且有很多人不喜欢星期三。

 

单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder

 

表示房间种类设施的词汇

 

基础词汇

 

bed床

 

door门

 

chair椅子

 

mirror镜子

 

table桌子

 

drawer抽屉

 

window窗户

 

couch长沙发

 

提高词汇

 

bookshelf书架

 

fireplace壁炉

 

cupboard壁橱

 

armchair扶手椅

 

cabinet橱柜

 

folding chair折（叠）椅

 

fitment家具

 

家庭总动员Do it together

 

两人一组，一方随机大声朗读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并表演出来，并用中文给出一个理由。

 

There is a ( ) in the room.

 

[例]家长读bed 床

 

宝贝读 There is a bed in the room. 妈妈买的。