【英文导学】餐馆用餐

Short Conversation

Have Dinner in Restaurant餐馆用餐

Waitress：Good evening.Do you have a reservation?

Jim:No,we don't.

Waitress:How many people are you together?

Jim:Just two people.

Waitress:Would you like to sit in a smoking section,a non-smoking section or whatever comes open first?

Jim:We prefer non-smoking section.

Waitress:I'm awfully¹ sorry,but there are no vacancies² left now.

Would you like to wait for a moment?

Jim:How long a wait do you think there'll be?

Waitress:I think about 10 minutes.

Jim:OK,we will wait a while.（10 minutes later）

Waitress：I'm sorry for making you wait for so long.Now there's a table available in non-smoking section.

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 vacancies   

n.空房间( vacancy的名词复数 )；空虚；空白；空缺

参考例句：

• job vacancies 职位空缺
• The sign outside the motel said \"No Vacancies\". 汽车旅馆外的招牌显示“客满”。 来自《简明英汉词典》