英语口语大赢家Topic78:入住Check In

托德和本杰明在酒店门口见面。本杰明带托德夫妇到前台登记入住。来看一下具体情况吧。

 

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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 registration¹ 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 dressing² table in the room?

Waitress: Yes. A traditional wooden one.

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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
couple n.一对夫妻

whole adj. 整个的

registration n.登记

skip vt. 跳过

dressing table 梳妆台

traditional adj. 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。

1 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

2 dressing   

n.(食物)调料；包扎伤口的用品，敷料

参考例句：

• Don't spend such a lot of time in dressing yourself.别花那么多时间来打扮自己。
• The children enjoy dressing up in mother's old clothes.孩子们喜欢穿上妈妈旧时的衣服玩。