Unit 9  Booking

第九单元  预订

导    读

通过本课的课文Dialogue A:I’d like to book a seat on a flight. Dialogue B:I’d like to book a room at your gotel.和Passage:A letter for booking a room . 我们学习用英语电话预定飞机票和旅馆房间；语法我们讲情态动词can 、man 、must 注意情态动词后面的动词要用原型。

译    文

对话  A 我想订一张飞机票    

秘书打电话为布莱克先生订一张从伦敦到北京析飞机票。

    职员：英国航空公司。早上好，愿意为您服务。

    秘书：请给我订一张10月2日从伦敦到北京的飞机票。

    职员：您想要上午的航班还是下午的航班？

    秘书：下午17：30的班机最方便。

    职员：很踞那个航班己预订完毕。

    秘书：请您查一下2号下午有没有其他的从伦敦飞住北京的航班？

    职员：16：15的航班还有票。

    秘书：我想可以，请给我订一张好吗？

    职员：当然可以。请问您的姓名？

    秘书：是给布莱克先生订的。

    职员：要一等舱还是经济舱？

    秘书：经济舱。

    职员：单程票还是往返票？

    秘书：单程票。
         职员：感谢电话订票，再见。

    秘书：再见。

对话二  B 我想在你们酒店订个房间        

一次为马肯先生预订房间的电话对话。

    接待员：樱桃树大酒店接待处，愿意为您服务。

             秘书：我想为马肯先生预订一个房间。我们的经理通常都住你们酒店。

    接待员：请您告诉我日期好吗？

             秘书：9月21日到10月2日（含10月2日）。

    接待员：您杨订单人间还是双人间？

             秘书：带洗澡间的单人间，最好能俯瞰公园的。

    接待员：好的，有一个带洗澡羊的单人间，504房间，可以俯瞰公园。

             秘书：房间有电话分机吗？

    接待员：有的。

             秘书：可以用接待室开业务会议吗？

    接待员：是的，有几个接待室可用。

             秘书：谢谢。请给马肯先生订一个上述日期的房间好吗？

    接待员：当然可以，我己记下了。我们恭候马肯先生的光临。

             秘书：非常感谢，再见。

    接待员：再见。

短文      一封预订房间的信

尊敬的先生：

我想预订一个带洗澡的单人间，从9月21日到10月2日（含10月日）。是为我们的销售经理马肯先生订的。正如你们所了解的，我们的经理到伦敦时通常都是住在贵店的。望您能提供一个带电话分机的房间，最好能俯瞰公园的。马肯先生将于9月21日早晨到达，10月2日下午离开。望您能回信予以确认盼复。

Main points of the text

Dialogue A

1. 对话一里有三个词组都是“订机票”的意思，加上book与上一课传真里的flight ticket组合共是三个，请一一列出。

2. I’d like to book a seat on a flight from London to Beijing on the 2^nd of October, please.

注意这几个介词的用法。

from… to … “从…到…”指时间、地点均可。

eg. It’s only ten minutes’ walk from my home to the school.

3. There is a flight leaving at 17:30 in the afternoon.

leaving at 17:30 in the afternoon是flight的定语。

4. I’m afraid that flight is fully booked.

也许有的同学会认为is fully booked是被动语态，其实booked已经从被动语态中的过去分词进化为形容词，而that flight is fully booked 一句也变成主系表结构了。这种现象在英语中很普遍：

eg. I’m worried about my mother’s health. 我为母亲的健康担忧。

Dialogue B

1. book/reserve a room

订购商品、点饭菜我们用order，定单也是order。

eg. I have ordered myself two bottles of beer. 我给自己订了两瓶啤酒。

2. The 21^st of September to the 2^nd of October, inclusive.

序数词用时前面要加the，用于日期时可以不写，但必须读出来。

inclusive 意为“包括的”，用来说明某个用数字表示的范围，这里指包括十月二日。

3. Yes, there are reception rooms available.

本课又出现了available，这个形容词作为定语是置于它所修饰的名词之后的？

4. I’ve made a note of it.

现在完成时由助动词have/has (用于主语为第三人称单数时) + v.（过去分词）构成，表示发生在过去的动作与现在的紧密联系，属于现在时态。

eg. She has written many books in this field. 在此领域她著作颇丰。

She hasn’t written many books in this field.

Has she written many books in this field?

Yes, she has. // No, she hasn’t.

What has she done?

学用现在完成时你得记住动词的过去分词，尤其是不规则的，就象过去时的动词过去式一样。

5. look forward to sth./ doing sth.

这里的to不是动词不定式的符号，后面不加动词原形。这个to是介词， 由它后面的动名词seeing亦可得到证实。

Passage

1. stay at your hotel

stay意为“逗留”。“呆在家里”是stay at home

2. a room with a telephone extension and overlooking the park

这两部分都是后置的定语，修饰room。

3. hear from 有两个含义：“收到某人的来信”或“听到某人的消息”，在本句中意为什么？

4. 注意信的格式。本文不是很完整的信，这里你只需要明确：抬头 (Dear sirs) 和敬意末尾(Yours faithfully)的位置和标点 (逗号)；打印的信必须加写亲笔签名；如有日期，要写在抬头之上，左右均可；每段开头空四个格（不空亦可，但必须保持一致）。

More practice of the text

Dear Sirs,

I would like to book a single room    1    bath from the 21^st of September    2    the 2^nd of October, inclusive. It’s     3   John Smith, our general manager(总经理).    4   you know, our executives usually   5   at your hotel when in London. We   6    like you to provide a room with a    7    extension and overlooking the park, if    8   . Mr. Smith will arrive    9   the morning of the 21^st of September, and   10   in the afternoon on the 2^nd October. Could you    11  confirm this booking   12    a return letter? We look forward to   13  from you.

                                                                                                                   14    faithfully,

                                                                                                                         Li Li

                                                                                                                             (Miss Li Li)

Key:

1.   with   2. to  3 for  4. as  5. stay  6. would  7. telephone  8. possible

9. on   10. leave    11. please      12. with   13. hearing     14. Yours

Helping you with the exercises

1 Are the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the dialogues?

Key:

1. T    2. F (地点相反)   3. T    4. T     5. F (afternoon)    6. F (it is fully booked)  

7. T    8. T             9. T    10. F (with)    11. T    12. T

2 Answer the following questions according to the letter.

Key:

1. To book a room in a hotel for her manager.

2. London.

3. A room with an extension and overlooking the park.

4. About 10 days.

5. With a return letter.

3 Here is a summary of the patterns and expressions often used in booking. Read them and try to remember them by heart.

1. reserve a table.

2. check other flights for Beijing (看还有没有其它去…的飞机)

3. provide us a room with  reception room?

4 Change the following sentences into a more polite form.

Model例句:  Could you tell me where the airport is?

注意疑问句变成宾语从句时的语序：用陈述句的语序。

Key:

1. Could you tell me where the Cherry Hotel is?

2. Could you tell me where the Departure Lounge is?

3. Could you tell me where Flight BA723 arrives?

4. Could you tell me where the receptionist is?

5. Could you tell me where the train leaves for?

5 Make a phone call to book a room at the Cherry Hotel.

Key:

B: Yes, I’d like to book a room in your hotel.

B: A single room with bath and a telephone extension.

B: Three days, from May 16^th to 18^th. Could you let me know the cost?

B: OK, I’ll take it（好吧，我订了）.

B: Frank Mann.

B: Thank you. Good-bye.

6 Match the words in column A with explanations in Column B.

Key:

1.g    2.h     3.i    4.d    5.e   6.f   7.a   8.b    9.c

7 Translate the following sentences, using the words and expressions provided.

Key:

1. I’d like to book a seat on a flight from London to Beijin on the 2^nd of October, please.

2. I’m afraid that flight is fully booked.

3. There are seats available on a flight leaving at 16:15.

4. First-class or economy?

5. I’d like to book a room for Mr.Black.

6. Can you give me the dates, please?

7. The 21^st of October to the 10^th of November, inclusive.

8. Would you like a single or a double room?

9. We look forward to hearing from you.

10. I’d like a single room with bath, overlooking the park, if possible.

8 Read the following letter and decide the statements that follow (跟随) are true (T) or  false (F).

Key:

1. T   2. F (it says “again” in the letter)   3. F (Thomas Green)   4. T     5. T    6. T

cost: price 价格  cover: include包括

注意：阅读理解题往往用不同的措辞表述与该篇文章一样的内容。既可以让我们学到新的表达法，又有助于我们从另一个角度理解文章，要善于利用这一点。

Grammar Focus

情态动词（Modal Verbs) 的用法

Practice your grammar

做题时要仔细体会这些句子中所要用的情态动词表示的是可能、必要、愿望、义务、猜测等哪一种含义。

1 Fill in the blanks with can, may, must.

Key:

1. can (可能性)     2. may (请求允许)    3. can (可能性)       4.can (可能性)    

5. must (必须)      6. can (能力)         7. must (可能性)     8. may (允许)  

9. can  (能力)     10.can, can (能力)     11. must (不允许)    12.can (可能性)

2 Complete the dialogue.

Key:

Can, can, can, May, Must, need, may

Merry Learning

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Listening In and Speaking Out

1 Conversations

Listen to the conversations and choose the best answers to complete the statements.

1. ____ will type the report.

a. Mrs. Robinson     b. The man     c. Mary     d. Mr. Green

2. The train will leave at ____.

a. 8 o’clock      b. 8:30       c. 9:00     d.9:30

3. The man will travel by ____.

a. train         b. Bus        c. plane      d. boat

4. The two speakers will meet ____.

a. at the airport   b. at the hotel  c. on the plane  d. at the man’s office

5. Kate is now in ____.

a. the meeting room  b. At home   c. in her office   d. in a shop

2 Passage

Listen to the passage and then decide whether the following statements are true (T) or    false (F).

(  ) 1.The speaker didn’t get a pay raise.

(  ) 2. Alice is more careful than the speaker.

(  ) 3. Alice can’t speak French at all (一点也不).

(  ) 4. Alice and the manager’s wife are sisters.

3 Spot Dictation

Listen to the short passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words.

I have ____ to change my plan. I’m going to Beijing on ____, not on Thursday. Please give Mr. Johnson a ____ and tell him of my ____ time. Don’t ____ to ask him to meet me at the airport.

4 Picture Identification

Listen to the six statements and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1.    2.    3.    4.    5.    6.