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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.
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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。
经典背诵 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.
生词小结
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
注释
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。
单词扩展 Vocabulary Builder
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
家庭总动员Do it together
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。
