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.

本杰明：嗨，托德，好久不见了。

托德：嗨。见到你真高兴。哦，对了，这是我的妻子蕾娜。蕾娜，这是本杰明。

蕾娜：我也很高兴见到你。

本杰明：我已经为你们预定好了一个房间了。现在想去看一下吗？

托德：当然可以，听你的。

服务生：下午好。有什么能为您效劳的吗？

本杰明：上周我用本杰明这个名字为这对美国夫妇预定了一个房间。现在他们来了。

服务生：请稍等。本杰明……哦，是的，这儿呢。一个双人间预定一周。这是登记卡。能麻烦您填一下吗？

托德：非常乐意。填完了。给你。

服务生：谢谢。全都处理好了。你们的房间号是8715。

托德：房间在87层吗？哇噻！

服务生：不，先生。在中国8只是一个幸运数字。房间在第七层。

托德：谢谢你。顺便问一下，房间里有梳妆台吗？

服务生：有的。是一个传统的木质梳妆台。

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.

couple n.一对夫妻

whole adj. 整个的

registration n.登记

skip vt. 跳过

dressing table 梳妆台

traditional adj. 传统的

1.wanna = want to 口语的常见表达方式，意思是“想要做……”

2.lucky number 幸运数字，中外的幸运数字有很大的不同，在中国6和8是幸运数字，4是不吉利的数字，在国外很多国家13被视为是不吉利的数字，而且有很多人不喜欢星期三。

表示房间种类设施的词汇

基础词汇

bed 床

door 门

chair 椅子

mirror 镜子

table 桌子

drawer 抽屉

window 窗户

couch 长沙发

提高词汇

bookshelf 书架

fireplace 壁炉

cupboard 壁橱

armchair 扶手椅

cabinet 橱柜

folding chair 折（叠）椅

fitment 家具

两人一组，一方随机大声朗读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并表演出来，并用中文给出一个理由。

There is a ( ) in the room.

[例]家长读bed 床

宝贝读 There is a bed in the room. 妈妈买的。