职场英语百科：有关与饭店的对话(1)我可以预订吗?
Can I make a reservation?
(我可以预订吗?
) Sure.
When will you be arriving?
(可以。
您什么时间到?
) make a reservation “预订”。
arrive “来”、 “到达”。
May I make a reservation?
I’d like to make a reservation.
I’d like to reserve a table.
reserve “预订”。
我们想要一个靠窗的餐桌。
We’d like a table by the window, please.
(我们想要一个靠窗的餐桌。
) I’ll see if I can accommodate you.
(我查一查， 看能否满足您的要求。
) 这里的by指“……的旁边”、 “……的附近”。
see “查看”。
accommodate “使适应”、 “满足愿望”。
We’d like to have window seating.
seating “坐位的排列”。
We’d like to sit by the window, please.
我们不接受预订。
I’d like to reserve a table, please.
(我要订个餐桌。
) We don’t take reservations.
(我们不接受预订。
) take a reservation “接受预订”。
常用于电话预订饭店餐桌的场合。
We don’t accept reservations.
accept “接受”。
We operate on a first come, first served basis.
(我们的经营方式是先来先接待。
) first come, first served “先来先接待”。
你们开到几点?
How late are you open?
(你们开到几点?
) We’re open until 9∶00 p.
m.
(我们开到晚上9点。
) 打听商店等的营业时间可以这么说。
When do you close?
(你们几点关门?
) What time do you close?
(你们几点关门?
) How late do you stay open?
你们有几位?
How many in your party?
(你们有几位?
) Just two of us.
(就我们俩。
) party “团体”、 “一行”。
这里的party不是聚会的意思， 要注意。
客人进饭店的时候店员会这么问。
How many are in your party?
(你们有几位?
) There’ll be only two of us.
(就我们两位。
) There’ll是There will的缩写。
A table for how many?
What size table do you need?
(你们需要多大的桌子?
) What’s the number in your party?
How many?
(几位?
) 语气不当会给人粗鲁的印象。
How many in your group?
group “集团”、 “一伙人”。
How many of you are there?