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Day 596 I'd like to book a room, please. (Part one)

Receptionist: Four Trees hotels, how may I helpyou?

Wilma: Yes, I'd like to booka room, please. Do you have any vacanciesfor next weekend?

Receptionist: Letme see. Actually, it looks l ike we're completelybooked. However, we dohave another hotel just around the corner. Do you want me to check its availability?

Wilma: Sure, that'd be great. Is the pricing the same?

Receptionist: Thisone is a boutique hotel, so the pricesare slightlyhigher. Is that OK?

Wilma: I suppose so.

【参考译文】

前台：四棵树酒店，我能帮您什么吗？

威尔玛：是的，我想请您帮我订个房间。您这儿下周末有空房间吗？

前台：让我看看啊。实际上，好像我们已经预订满了。不过我们在附近确实有另一家酒店。您想让我查一下那里是否有房间吗？

威尔玛：当然，太好了。定价是一样的吗？

前台：那一家是精品酒店，所以价格稍微高一点。这可以吗？

威尔玛：我觉得可以吧。

【注释】

receptionist n. [ rɪˈsepʃənɪst] [C] someone whose job is to welcome and deal with people arriving in a hotel or office building, visiting a doctor 接待员，前台服务员

bookv. [ bʊk] to make arrangements to stay in a place, eat in a restaurant, go to a theater etc at a particular time in the future 预定（餐厅或剧院等）位置

The flight was already fullybooked. 此航班已预定满了。

I'd like to book a table for two for 8 o'clock tonight. 我想订一张今晚8 点钟的二人餐桌。

(Day 180) I've booked a table at an exclusive restaurant downtown. 我在市中心一家高档饭店订了一桌。

知识点拓展

reservev. [rɪˈzɝːv] to arrange for a place in a hotel, restaurant, plane etc to be kept for you to use at a particular time in the future 预订，预约（房间、席位、座位等）

I'd like to reservea table for three for eight o'clock. 我想预订八点钟供三人用餐的桌位。

I've reserveda room in the name of Jones. 我以琼斯的名字预订了一个房间。

(Day 282)That one fills up quickly, so we should try to reserve our campsites soon. 那个公园很快就会满的，所以我们应该努力尽快定好我们的营地。

vacancyn. [ ˈveɪk ə ntsi ] 1. [C] a room in a hotel or building that is not being used and is available for someone to stay in 空房

Let me see if we have a vacancy for tonight. 让我看看我们今晚是否还有空房。

'No vacancies', the sign read. “客满”牌子上写道。

知识点拓展

vacancyn. 2. [C] a job that is available for someone to start doing 空缺的职位

We have vacanciesfor typists. 我们缺少打字员。

强调肯定式(emphatic positive)

在肯定句和祈使句中，在谓语动词前加上助动词do 以加强语气。只用于一般现在时(do, does) 和一般过去时(did) 中。

I do need a car. 我的确需要一部车子。

He does speak English well. 他英语的确说得好。

So you did come after all. 这么说你到底还是来了。

Do come in. 快进来嘛。

Do shut up! 快闭嘴！

(just) around the corner: 1. very near here 就在附近

There’s a bus stop just around the corner. 就在附近有个公共汽车站。

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(just) around the corner: 2. coming very soon 即将到来的

Economic recovery is just around the corner. 经济复苏在即。

availabilityn. [ əˌveɪləˈbɪləţi] [U] the state of being able to be obtained or used 可获得的状态

the availabilityof affordable housing 可负担住宅的可获得性

The ready availabilityof guns has contributed to the escalating violence. 人们很容易弄到枪支导致暴力行为激增。

知识点拓展

available adj. [əˈveɪləbļ] able to be obtained, taken, or used 可获得的，可购得的，可找到的

There are plenty of jobs availablein the area. 这儿有许多工作可以找到。

(Day 242) Take a look at this one ... This is not usually available. 看一下这个吧……这通常是买不到的。

pricingn. [ ˈpraɪsɪŋ] [U] the act of deciding the price of something that you sell 定价

a competitive pricingpolicy 有竞争力的定价策略

boutique n. [ buːˈtiːk] [C] a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other objects 时装店，精品店

boutique hoteln. [C] a stylish small hotel, typically one situated in a fashionable urban location 时尚酒店，精品酒店

slightlyadv. [ ˈslaɪtli] to some degree but not to a very large degree 轻微地，稍微

Each person learns in a slightlydifferent way. 每个人学习的方式都略有不同。

His family then moved to a slightlylarger house. 他家后来搬到了一栋稍微大一点儿的房子。

(Day 512) l think you're exaggerating slightly. 我觉得你有点夸张了。

I suppose so: used for showing that you mainly agree with something but you have some doubts about it （表示有保留地同意）我想是这样的吧，我觉得可以吧

‘I think their new building is really impressive.’ ’Well, I suppose so.’ “我觉得他们的新大楼可真漂亮。”“嗯，我想是这样的吧。”

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