【英语趣味课堂】他喜欢的宾馆-The Hotel He likes

Erina: So Mike, you know the other day my friends and I were talking about ideal hotels. What is your ideal hotel?

Mike: Well, there are many hotels that would appeal to me but I'd say my ideal hotel would number one have to have a gorgeous view from the room. And if we're talking about idealistic, I would choose a hotel that is suspended over the water, just off the beach. And my ideal hotel would be not a hotel where the rooms are all connected but rather rooms being separate villas¹ or bungalows² and those villas to be situated³ just above the water so when you wake up in the morning, you're literally⁴ above the water already. You're already on the beach and to get from your room to the beach you have to walk out and you wade⁵ in the water until you get to the beach, so a place like that, definitely my ideal hotel would be, you know, something like that.

 

My ideal hotel would have to be situated in nature and I would really love it to have a location that would provide me with opportunities to do a lot of cool activities. You know, perhaps adventure stuff in nature dealing⁶ with animals that type of thing, being able to see the local color of the area. So that would probably be my ideal hotel.

 

One other point I would like to make is that the hotel would have to have unbelievable food and I think a hotel with good food and not just good food but a lot of options for food. So when you wake up in the morning and you go for breakfast buffet⁷, you have a choice of virtually any different type of food that there is. A lot of good hotels are limited to what kind of food they offer even if the food is high quality so that would be another aspect for me that would be quite important for my ideal hotel.

 

Erina: Yeah, it sounds like a nice hotel what you just described.

 

Mike: Yeah, absolutely.

 

重点词汇：

 

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appeal to me

 

There are many hotels that would appeal to me.

 

Something that 'appeals to you' is something you find interesting or enjoy. Notice the following:

 

That movie doesn't appeal to me at all.

Does Italian food appeal to you tonight?

suspended over

 

I would choose a hotel that is suspended over water.

 

A hotel that is 'suspended over' water is hanging from something over the water or built in a way that it is out over the water. Notice the following:

 

There is a huge chandelier suspended over the dining room table.

I want the speakers suspended over those tables over there.

situated

 

 

The villas would be situated above the water.

 

Where something is 'situated' is where it is located. Notice the following:

 

Many of the farms in rural areas are situated on the side of mountains.

My desk is situated in the back left corner of the classroom.

wade

 

 

To get from your room to the beach, you have to wade out in the water.

 

'Wading⁸' means walking in shallow water. Usually the water isn't deeper than your knees. Notice the following:

 

We will have to wade across the river, because there is not bridge.

You can wade along the shore, but don't go too deep into the water.

local color

 

 

I want to do things dealing with animals to be able to see the local color.

 

Here, the 'local color' refers to how the people really live and what they normally do every day. Notice the following:

 

Eating at markets, instead of restaurants, really helps you see the local color.

Traveling to another country during a holiday really gives you a chance to see the local color there.

virtually any

 

 

In my ideal hotel, you would have your choice of virtually any different type of food.

 

'Virtually any' is like 'almost any.' The hotel would have almost any type of food. Notice the following:

 

They serve virtually any kind of pizza you could imagine.

Teaching is something you can do virtually anywhere.

1 villas   

别墅，公馆( villa的名词复数 )； （城郊）住宅

参考例句：

• Magnificent villas are found throughout Italy. 在意大利到处可看到豪华的别墅。
• Rich men came down from wealthy Rome to build sea-side villas. 有钱人从富有的罗马来到这儿建造海滨别墅。

2 bungalows   

n.平房( bungalow的名词复数 )；单层小屋，多于一层的小屋

参考例句：

• It was a town filled with white bungalows. 这个小镇里都是白色平房。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We also seduced by the reasonable price of the bungalows. 我们也确实被这里单层间的合理价格所吸引。 来自互联网

3 situated   

adj.坐落在...的，处于某种境地的

参考例句：

• The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
• She is awkwardly situated.她的处境困难。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

6 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。

7 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

8 wading   

（从水、泥等）蹚，走过，跋( wade的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起裤子，准备涉水。
• The children were wading in the sea. 孩子们在海水中走着。