英語口語大贏家Topic77:預定Reservation

一位美國教授託德要來本傑明的研究所參加爲期一週的學術交流會。他妻子也隨他來到了中國旅遊。託德是本傑明的老朋友，於是本傑明就打電話到酒店幫他預定房間。

Waitress: Good morning. Morre Hotel. At your service.

Benjamin: good morning! I'd like to make a reservation, please. Do you have any rooms available for the next week?

Waitress: All right. Single-room or double-room?

Benjamin: Double-room, please. It's for an American couple.

Waitress: Hold on, please. Let me check the bookings. Yes, we have double-rooms available. What kind of room would you like, sir?

Benjamin: I'd like a room with a nice view, please.

Waitress: We have a nice garden-view room.

Benjamin: Good. I'll take that one. Is there a bar in your hotel?

Waitress: Yes, sir. And there is also a Party going on each Saturday night in the bar till next morning.

Benjamin: Party all night? Hotel California? No kidding. Anyway, what's the room charge?

Waitress: 888 Yuan per night. With breakfast. “Northern Star” buffet! What's there arriving time?

Benjamin: They turn up around 4p.m. next Monday, and they check out on next Sunday.

Waitress: I see. May I have your name and phone number?

Benjamin: Yes. 67101213. Benjamin.

服務生：早上好。這裏是摩爾酒店，竭誠爲您服務。

本傑明：早上好。我想要預定一個房間。你們有下週的空房嗎？

服務生：有的。請問要單人間還是雙人間。

本傑明：雙人間。我是爲一對美國夫婦預定的。

服務生：請稍等。讓我查一下房間的預定情況。是的，我們有剩餘的雙人間。請問您要什麼樣的房間？

本傑明：我想要一個帶漂亮風景的房間。

服務生：我們有一個帶漂亮花園風景的房間。

本傑明：好的。我就要那一間了。酒店裏有酒吧嗎？

服務生：有的。每週六晚上酒吧裏都會有晚會，而且會一直持續到第二天早上。

本傑明：整晚的晚會。《加州旅館》嗎？別開玩笑了。不管怎樣，房間收費標準是怎樣的？

服務生：每晚888元。帶早餐。早餐叫“北極星”自助餐。他們什麼時候到？

本傑明：他們下週一下午4點左右入住，下週日離開。

服務生：知道了。可以留一下您的名字和電話號碼嗎？

本傑明：好的。67101213。本傑明。

Receptionist: I'm a receptionist in a hotel. We get a lot of calls for reservations each day. Many customers call us to reserve rooms ahead of time in order to have nice view rooms. Some just want to know if there is a bar in the hotel. You know people like different things. I like my job.

hotel n. 旅館

service n. 服務

reservation n. 預定

double adj. 雙的

single adj. 單一的

Hotel California 《加州旅館》，美國著名搖滾樂隊“老鷹樂隊”（The Eagles）的經典歌曲