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.

服务生：早上好。这里是摩尔酒店，竭诚为您服务。

本杰明：早上好。我想要预定一个房间。你们有下周的空房吗？

服务生：有的。请问要单人间还是双人间。

本杰明：双人间。我是为一对美国夫妇预定的。

服务生：请稍等。让我查一下房间的预定情况。是的，我们有剩余的双人间。请问您要什么样的房间？

本杰明：我想要一个带漂亮风景的房间。

服务生：我们有一个带漂亮花园风景的房间。

本杰明：好的。我就要那一间了。酒店里有酒吧吗？

服务生：有的。每周六晚上酒吧里都会有晚会，而且会一直持续到第二天早上。

本杰明：整晚的晚会。《加州旅馆》吗？别开玩笑了。不管怎样，房间收费标准是怎样的？

服务生：每晚888元。带早餐。早餐叫“北极星”自助餐。他们什么时候到？

本杰明：他们下周一下午4点左右入住，下周日离开。

服务生：知道了。可以留一下您的名字和电话号码吗？

本杰明：好的。67101213。本杰明。

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. 旅馆

service n. 服务

reservation n. 预定

double adj. 双的

single adj. 单一的

Hotel California 《加州旅馆》，美国著名摇滚乐队“老鹰乐队”（The Eagles）的经典歌曲