住宿登記全攻略(二)

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Check-in登記住宿
    Scene One / 情景一
    Lisa和James踏入旅館準備登記住宿(check-in),沒想到出師不利,遇到了麻煩。原來他們并沒有事先訂房(to book / reserve a room in advance),而碰巧的是,旅館內(nèi)所有房間都被訂光了(be booked out)……
    以下是James跟接待員之間的對話:
    James: ……Excuse me.
    詹姆士: ……對不起。
    Receptionist: Yes. Good evening, sir. What can I do for you?
    接待員: 嗯。晚上好,先生。我能為您效勞嗎?
    James: Good evening. I want……I mean I'd like a room for tonight. Do you have any vacancies?
    詹姆士: 晚上好。我要……我是說,我想要訂一間今晚的房間。你們有空房嗎?
    Receptionist: Oh, I'm terribly sorry, but we are all booked out.
    接待員: 噢,很抱歉,全都客滿了。
    James: Pardon me?
    詹姆士: 您的意思是……
    Receptionist: I mean that we have rented out all the rooms today.
    接待員: 我是說今天所有房間都已租出去了。
    James: Not even one left?
    詹姆士: 一間也不剩嗎?
    Receptionist: No. I'm sorry.
    接待員: 是的,抱歉。
    James: That's O.K. Thanks anyway.
    詹姆士: 沒關(guān)系。還是很感謝你。
    重要句型解析
    1 表達意見時
    主詞 + mean (that) + 字句
    ……的意思是說……
    例:
    He didn't express himself very clearly, but he means that he doesn't agree with you on that point.
    他表達得不是很清楚,可他的意思是,他并不贊同你的那個觀點。
    2 表示抱歉時
    I am sorry, but + 子句
    很抱歉,……
    例:
    A: Do you want to ①come along?
    你要一起來嗎?
    B: I'm sorry, but my report is due tomorrow.
    很抱歉,我明天就要交報告了。
    3 想訂房時:
    I'd like to + 原形動詞
    我想要……
    例:I'd like to reserve a single room for tonight.
    我想要預(yù)訂一間今晚的單人間。
    例:I'd like a single room with (a) bath, please.
    我想要一間有浴室的單人間。
    4 要麻煩別人時:
    get + 某人+ to + 原形動詞
    例:I'll get him to ②sweep away the broken glass.
    我會叫他把這些碎玻璃掃干凈。
    5 當你要用某種方式付款時:
    Pay by……用……方法付款
    例:I'd like to pay by cash/traveler's check.
    我想用現(xiàn)金/旅行支票付款。
    6 當面點交東西時:
    Here you are. / Here you go.
    給你。/ 這是你要的。
    A: A cheese burger, please.
    請給我一個吉士漢堡。
    B: Wait a second…… OK! Here you are.
    稍待?!昧耍〗o你。
    vacancy /`veik9nsi/ n.空房
    ① come along 追隨;跟著來
    ② sweep away一掃而空