view 景色、美景;視野,視線
朝陽(yáng)面的房間叫做“a front view”,背陰面的房間則是“a rear view”,比如你可以主動(dòng)和前臺(tái)要求自己更喜歡的朝向:
I’d like a room with a front/rear view!
我想要一個(gè)陽(yáng)面/陰面的房間!
side 邊、緣、面
比如想要一間陽(yáng)面的臥室,就可以表達(dá)為:
I want a bedroom on the sunny side.
我想要一個(gè)陽(yáng)面的臥室。
這里要給大家擴(kuò)展一下sunny side up這個(gè)短語(yǔ),在煎雞蛋的時(shí)候,fried on one side only是只煎一面的煎蛋,是西方很常見的一種煎蛋類型,外表酷似太陽(yáng),底面煎的略焦,另一面是半熟的蛋黃。而雙面煎的煎蛋叫做over and easy,這種煎蛋中間是溏心的。如果你記不住“Sunny side up”,還可以簡(jiǎn)單直接表達(dá)為:
Cook it/Fry it on one side only, please.
請(qǐng)只煎一邊。
sea 大海
ocean 海洋
那海景房可以從這兩個(gè)單詞中組成:
sea-view room 海景房
ocean-view room 海景房
要區(qū)分sea和ocean
sea是大海,比如渤海,黃海這樣地方叫sea
ocean 海洋 比如太平洋,印度洋這叫ocean
情景模擬:
A:Hello, this is Hilton Hotel. How may I help you?
你好,這里是希爾頓酒店,請(qǐng)問有什么可以幫您?
B:Hi. I would like to make a reservation on this Friday.
你好,我想訂一間周五的房。
A:OK. What kind of room do you want? We have single rooms, twin rooms, double rooms and suites available on Friday.
好的。請(qǐng)問您需要什么樣子的房間?周五有單人間、雙人雙床間、雙人間和套間。
B:I want a single room with ocean view. Do you have one?
我想訂一間帶海景的單人間,可以嗎?
A:Let me check. Yes.
我看一下??梢?。
B:OK. I will take it.
好的,那我訂這間了。
A:When do you check in? How long are you planning to stay? Do you have any special requirements?
請(qǐng)問您什么時(shí)候入住?打算住幾天呢?有什么特殊要求嗎?
B:I guess I am going to arrive at 9:00 in the morning and I would like to leave at 200 in the afternoon on Sunday. Please give me a room away from the elevator. I hate noises while I am sleeping.
我想我應(yīng)該周五早上9點(diǎn)入住,周日下午2點(diǎn)退房。請(qǐng)幫我訂一間遠(yuǎn)離電梯的房間,我睡覺怕吵。
A:OK. No problem.
好的。沒問題。