酒店英语口语就该这么说 第61期:要求换房 灯光太暗

 要求换房能给我换个房间吗？

A: I'm Bell. I'm in Room 908. Can you change the room for me? It's too noisy. My wife was woken up several times by the noise the baggage elevator made. She said it was too much for her.我叫贝尔，住在908号房间。能给我换个房间吗？这儿太吵了，我妻子被行李电梯声音吵醒了几次。她说她受不了了。

B: I'm awfully¹ sorry, sir. I do apologize. Room 908 is at the end of the corridor². It's possible that the noise is heard early in the morning when all is quiet.真对不起，先生，我向您道歉。 908房间在走廊尽头。噪音在宁静的早晨可能会扰人。

同类问句：

Anyway, I'd like to change our room.

无论如何，我们要换房。

No problem, sir. We'll manage it, but we don't have any spare room today. Could you wait till tomorrow? The American People-to-People Education Delegation³ will be leaving tomorrow morning. There'll be some rooms for you to choose from.

没问题，先生。我们会尽力办到，但是今天我们没有空余房间。您能等到明天吗？明天早上，美国教育代表团的人就要离开。会有一些房间任您挑选的。

All right. I hope we'll be able to enjoy our stay in a quiet suite⁴ tomorrow evening and have a sound sleep.

好的。我希望明天晩上我们能好好地睡上一觉。

灯光太暗这房间里的灯光太暗了。

A: Good evening, madam. Did you ring for service? What can I do for you?

晩上好，女士。是您按铃要求服务的吗？我能为您做些什么？

B: Yes. The light in this room is too dim⁵. Please get me a brighter one.

是的。这房间里的灯光太暗了。请绐我换个亮点的。

同类问句：

Certainly. I'll be back right away...Do you mind if I move your things?

当然可以。我马上就回来……我动一下您的东西可以吗？

Oh, no. Go ahead.

哦，可以，你动吧。

Thank you...How is the light now?

谢谢……现在怎么样?

It's much better now. Thank you.

比原来亮多了，谢谢。

1 awfully   

adv.可怕地，非常地，极端地

参考例句：

• Agriculture was awfully neglected in the past.过去农业遭到严重忽视。
• I've been feeling awfully bad about it.对这我一直感到很难受。

2 corridor   

n.走廊，回廊，通路

参考例句：

• The corridor opens into Mr.Brown's office.这条走廊通到布朗先生的办公室。
• There was a ring of laughter in the corridor.走廊里传来响亮的笑声。

3 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

4 suite   

n.一套(家具)；套房；随从人员

参考例句：

• She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
• That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。

5 dim   

adj.昏暗的；朦胧的；v.(使)暗淡，(使)模糊

参考例句：

• The light is too dim for me to read easily.光线太暗，我很难阅读。
• I was so tired that my eyesight grew dim.我太累了，眼睛有点发花。