order 点菜

serve 上菜

tip 小费

change 零钱

Keep the change! 不用找零钱了！

treat 请客 （This is my treat! 我请客！）

go Dutch AA制 (Let’s go fifty fifty. )

steak 牛排

cheese奶酪

sandwich 三明治

bacon 培根（腌肉）

soup 汤

plain water 自来水（西餐中洗手用的）

doughnut 多纳圈

appetizer 开胃菜

dessert甜品，水果（作为正餐的最后一道）

go out for dinner / dinner out 出去吃饭

snack bar 小吃街；大排挡

hamburger 汉堡包

coke 可口可乐

French fries 炸薯条

dining hall大餐厅、食堂

coffee shop 咖啡店;

restaurant饭店、饭馆 ;

cafeteria自助餐厅

buffet 自助餐

stamp邮票

envelope信封

package / parcel 包裹

overweight 超重

extra postage 额外邮资

send / post / deliver a letter / mail 寄 /发信

express mail 快件

airmail 航空信件

surface mail 陆地邮寄

open an account 开一个账户

aspirin 阿司匹林

emergence department 急诊室

ICU (= intensive care unit)特护病房

treatment 治疗手段

take one’s temperature / blood pressure 测量体温/血压

medicine: pills / tablets 药丸/药片

heart attack 心脏病

cold / flu 流感：have/catch a cold

headache 头痛

stomach-ache 胃痛

backache 背痛腰痛

sore-throat 喉咙痛

cough 咳嗽

fever 发热

How is it going? How are you?

回答好：I’m fine. / I feel good / terrific. / I couldn’t be better. / Nothing is very wrong with me.

回答不好：I am not feeling good. / I feel terrible/horrible/awful. / I am not myself these days. （注意听语气：身体好的时候，语调上扬，语气非常欢快； 身体不好的时候，降调，语气非常郁闷。）

library card 借书证

borrow 借入

lend 把…借给（借出去）

bookshelf 书架

novel（长篇）小说

science fiction科幻小说

magazine杂志

periodical期刊

reference book参考书; 工具书;

librarian 图书管理员

pay a fine 交罚款

operator 接线员

Extension six two six, please. 请转626。

The line is bad/ busy / engaged. It kept a busy line. 电话占线。

long distance call 长途电话

collect call 对方付费的电话

put through 接通电话

hold on / up Hold the line, please. 请稍等一下

I’ll call back later / again. 我一会回电话

Sorry, I’m afraid you have the wrong number. 抱歉，你打错电话了。

make a reservation 预定房间

reception desk 接待处

check in 入住

check out 结帐

single room 单间

suite 套间

Do you have a reservation Sir? Have you got any vacant room? (= Is there any room available here?)有空房间吗？

All the room are occupied. 房间已满

Meals included. 包括饮食

 

 

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超速场景

六月的风中飘散着麦子熟透的气息---又一个毕业的季节来临

speeding 超速行驶

May I see your license, please? 我可以看一下你的执照吗？

You will be fined by $20. 你将被罚款20美元。

store 杂货店

department store 百货商场

shopping center 购物中心

expensive, cheap 商品论贵贱

high, low 价格论高低

bargain 便宜货

popular / fashionable 流行的

in fashion 流行，时尚

out of fashion 过时的

brand 品牌

counter 柜台

pay in cash 用现金支付

pay in check 用支票支付

credit card 信用卡

shop assistant 商店营业员

out of stock 脱销/缺货

in stock 有货

flight 航班

Welcome on board 欢迎登机

bound for…飞往……方向去的

check in 办理登机手续

behind schedule 晚点

take off 起飞

land 降落

cloudy 阴天

overcast 多云

thunder 打雷

strong/ high wind 大风

tornado 龙卷风

typhoon 台风

storm 风暴

blizzard 暴风雨

It rains cats and dogs. (=The rain is pouring.)下着倾盆大雨。

downpour 倾盆大雨

shower 阵雨

clear up 天空放晴

put away clothes 下雨收起衣服

weather in London / Seattle 意指不好的天气

weather in California 意指好天气

经常和天气相联系的情况：vacation 和 flight（航班）（be delayed/cancelled by the bad weather）