一、餐館場景
order 點菜
serve 上菜
tip 小費
change 零錢
Keep the change! 不用找零錢了!
treat 請客 (This is my treat! 我請客!)
go Dutch AA制 (Let’s go fifty fifty. )
steak 牛排
cheese奶酪
sandwich 三明治
bacon 培根(腌肉)
soup 湯
plain water 自來水(西餐中洗手用的)
doughnut 多納圈
appetizer 開胃菜
dessert甜品，水果(作為正餐的最后一道)
go out for dinner / dinner out 出去吃飯
snack bar 小吃街;大排擋
hamburger 漢堡包
coke 可口可樂
French fries 炸薯條
dining hall大餐廳、食堂
coffee shop 咖啡店;
restaurant飯店、飯館 ;
cafeteria自助餐廳
buffet 自助餐
二、郵局場景
stamp郵票
envelope信封
package / parcel 包裹
overweight 超重
extra postage 額外郵資
send / post / deliver a letter / mail 寄 /發(fā)信
express mail 快件
airmail 航空信件
surface mail 陸地郵寄
open an account 開一個帳戶
三、圖書館場景
library card 借書證
borrow 借入
lend 把…借給(借出去)
bookshelf 書架
novel(長篇)小說
science fiction科幻小說
magazine雜志
periodical期刊
reference book參考書; 工具書;
librarian 圖書管理員
pay a fine 交罰款
四、醫(yī)院及健康場景
aspirin 阿司匹林
emergence department 急診室
ICU (= intensive care unit)特護病房
treatment 治療手段
take one’s temperature / blood pressure 測量體溫/血壓
medicine: pills / tablets藥丸/藥片
heart attack 心臟病
cold / flu 流感：have/catch a cold
headache頭痛
stomach-ache胃痛
backache背痛腰痛
sore-throat喉嚨痛
cough咳嗽
fever發(fā)熱
How is it going? How are you?
回答好：I’m fine. / I feel good / terrific. / I couldn’t be better. / Nothing is very wrong with me.
回答不好：I am not feeling good. / I feel terrible/horrible/awful. / I am not myself these days. (注意聽語氣：身體好的時候，語調(diào)上揚，語氣非常歡快; 身體不好的時候，降調(diào)，語氣非常郁悶。)
五、電話場景
operator 接線員
Extension six two six, please. 請轉(zhuǎn)626。
The line is bad/ busy / engaged. It kept a busy line. 電話占線。
long distance call 長途電話
collect call 對方付費的電話
put through 接通電話
hold on / up Hold the line, please.
Hello! This is …speaking.
Who’s speaking? / who is this?
call/ telephone/ ring/ phone sb. ;
give sb. a call/ ring
I’ll call back later / again.
I’ll ring him / her up again.
I couldn’t get through.
Sorry, I’m afraid you have the wrong number.
六、酒店場景
make a reservation 預(yù)定房間
reception desk 接待處
check in 入住
check out 結(jié)帳
single room 單間
suite套間
Do you have a reservation Sir? Have you got any vacant room? (= Is there any room available here?)有空房間嗎?
All the room are occupied. 房間已滿。
Can I have a suite please?
How much do you charge for that?
Smoking or no smoking?
Meals included. 包括飲食。
Can I show you your room? / Can I carry your luggage?
七、超速場景
Speeding超速行駛
May I see your license, please?
You will be fined by $20.
八、購物場景
store 雜貨店
department store 百貨商場
shopping center 購物中心
商品信息：size; color; style; price
What color/size/kind do you want?
商品論貴賤expensive, cheap
價格論高低high, low
bargain便宜貨
popular / fashionable 流行的
in fashion 流行，時尚
out of fashion 過時的
brand 品牌
counter 柜臺
pay in cash 用現(xiàn)金支付
pay in check 用支票支付
credit card 信用卡
shop assistant 商店營業(yè)員
out of stock 脫銷/缺貨
in stock 有貨
九、天氣場景
cloudy 陰天
overcast 多云
thunder 打雷
strong/ high wind 大風(fēng)
tornado 龍卷風(fēng)
typhoon 臺風(fēng)
storm 風(fēng)暴
blizzard暴風(fēng)雨
It rains cats and dogs. (=The rain is pouring.)下著傾盆大雨。
downpour傾盆大雨
shower 陣雨
clear up 天空放晴
put away clothes 下雨收起衣服
weather in London / Seattle 意指不好的天氣
weather in California 意指好天氣
經(jīng)常和天氣相聯(lián)系的情況：vacation 和 flight(航班)(be delayed/cancelled by the bad weather)
十、機場場景
flight 航班
Welcome on board 歡迎登機
bound for…飛往……方向去的
check in 辦理登機手續(xù)
behind schedule 晚點
take off 起飛