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每日对话围绕一家人在美国50个州的旅行见闻展开。请来跟随他们一起体验地方风情和历史。这个对话系列适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。
今天这家人在密苏里州(Missouri)的堪萨斯城(Kansas City)。Gina和Paul正在宾馆前台办理入住手续,同时打听当地有哪些好餐馆。
Gina: Excuse me, we would like to check in.
Hotel staff member: Of course. Could I have your passport and credit card, please?
Gina: Here you go.
Hotel staff member: Okay, you’re all set. Here are your keycards. You and your children have adjoining rooms on the fourth floor.
Paul: Thank you. We’re looking for a place to have dinner tonight. Do you have any suggestions?
Hotel staff member: I suggest going to a barbecue restaurant. The style of barbecue in Kansas City is unique. It has a mouthwatering tomato-molasses sauce.
Gina: Is there a good barbecue restaurant nearby?
Hotel staff member: Yes, there’s one right around the corner.
让我们复习一些词语:
在这个对话中, to check in 的意思是在宾馆酒店等办理入住。
A keycard :钥匙卡,即宾馆客房门的开门磁卡
Adjoining :相连的,毗邻的
在建筑物中,floor 指楼层。美国的楼层概念与中国一样,即地面层为一层(叫做the first floor 或ground floor),依次上去为二层(the second floor)、三层(the third floor)等。
动词 suggest +动名词 (即以ing结尾的动词形式) 表示建议某人做某事。例如: I suggest seeing this movie(我建议看这部电影). We suggest leaving early(我们建议早启程).
Barbecue :烤肉,用小火慢烤制成,往往带有木炭熏烧味。有些烧烤风味的餐馆采用专门的大烤炉来制作这种烤肉。
Mouthwatering :令人流口水/垂涎欲滴的
Molasses :糖蜜,即在提炼精糖过程中产生的浓稠的深色糖浆
Right around the corner :就在一转弯的地方,就在旁边
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