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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 registration 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 dressing table in the room?
Waitress: Yes. A traditional wooden one.
聽(tīng)看學(xué)
本杰明：嗨，托德，好久不見(jiàn)了。
托德：嗨。見(jiàn)到你真高興。哦，對(duì)了，這是我的妻子蕾娜。蕾娜，這是本杰明。
蕾娜：我也很高興見(jiàn)到你。
本杰明：我已經(jīng)為你們預(yù)定好了一個(gè)房間了。現(xiàn)在想去看一下嗎?
托德：當(dāng)然可以，聽(tīng)你的。
服務(wù)生：下午好。有什么能為您效勞的嗎?
本杰明：上周我用本杰明這個(gè)名字為這對(duì)美國(guó)夫婦預(yù)定了一個(gè)房間。現(xiàn)在他們來(lái)了。
服務(wù)生：請(qǐng)稍等。本杰明……哦，是的，這兒呢。一個(gè)雙人間預(yù)定一周。這是登記卡。能麻煩您填一下嗎?
托德：非常樂(lè)意。填完了。給你。
服務(wù)生：謝謝。全都處理好了。你們的房間號(hào)是8715。
托德：房間在87層嗎?哇噻!
服務(wù)生：不，先生。在中國(guó)8只是一個(gè)幸運(yùn)數(shù)字。房間在第七層。
托德：謝謝你。順便問(wèn)一下，房間里有梳妝臺(tái)嗎?
服務(wù)生：有的。是一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)的木質(zhì)梳妝臺(tái)。
經(jīng)典背誦 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.
生詞小結(jié)
couple n.一對(duì)夫妻
whole adj. 整個(gè)的
registration n.登記
skip vt. 跳過(guò)
dressing table 梳妝臺(tái)
traditional adj. 傳統(tǒng)的
注釋
1.wanna = want to 口語(yǔ)的常見(jiàn)表達(dá)方式，意思是“想要做……”
2.lucky number 幸運(yùn)數(shù)字，中外的幸運(yùn)數(shù)字有很大的不同，在中國(guó)6和8是幸運(yùn)數(shù)字，4是不吉利的數(shù)字，在國(guó)外很多國(guó)家13被視為是不吉利的數(shù)字，而且有很多人不喜歡星期三。
單詞擴(kuò)展 Vocabulary Builder
表示房間種類設(shè)施的詞匯
基礎(chǔ)詞匯
bed 床
door 門
chair 椅子
mirror 鏡子
table 桌子
drawer 抽屜
window 窗戶
couch 長(zhǎng)沙發(fā)
提高詞匯
bookshelf 書(shū)架
fireplace 壁爐
cupboard 壁櫥
armchair 扶手椅
cabinet 櫥柜
folding chair 折(疊)椅
fitment 家具
家庭總動(dòng)員Do it together
兩人一組，一方隨機(jī)大聲朗讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀并表演出來(lái)，并用中文給出一個(gè)理由。
There is a ( ) in the room.
[例]家長(zhǎng)讀bed 床
寶貝讀 There is a bed in the room. 媽媽買的。
