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?