Benjamin: Hi, Todd. Long time no see.

Todd: Hi. Nice to see you here. Oh, this is my wife Lena. Lena, this is Benjamin.

Lena: Nice to see you.

Benjamin: Nice to see you too. I've made a reservation for you guys. Wanna go and have a look?

Todd: Sure, you are the boss.

Waitress: Good afternoon. Can I help you, sir?

Benjamin: Well, I made a reservation last week for this American couple by the name of Benjamin. Here you are.

Waitress: A minute, please. Benjamin… Oh, yes, here it is. One double-room for a whole week, here is the registration card. Will you please fill this form out, sir?

Todd: Love to Done. Here you are.

Waitress: Thank you. Now everything is in order. Your room number is 8715.

Todd: Is it on the 87th floor? Wow?

Waitress: No, sir. In China, 8 is only a lucky number. It's on the 7th floor.

Todd: Thank you. By the way, is there a dressing table in the room?

Waitress: Yes. A traditional wooden one.

本杰明：嗨，托德，好久不見了。

托德：嗨。見到你真高興。哦，對了，這是我的妻子蕾娜。蕾娜，這是本杰明。

蕾娜：我也很高興見到你。

本杰明：我已經為你們預定好了一個房間了。現在想去看一下嗎？

托德：當然可以，聽你的。

服務生：下午好。有什么能為您效勞的嗎？

本杰明：上周我用本杰明這個名字為這對美國夫婦預定了一個房間。現在他們來了。

服務生：請稍等。本杰明……哦，是的，這兒呢。一個雙人間預定一周。這是登記卡。能麻煩您填一下嗎？

托德：非常樂意。填完了。給你。

服務生：謝謝。全都處理好了。你們的房間號是8715。

托德：房間在87層嗎？哇噻！

服務生：不，先生。在中國8只是一個幸運數字。房間在第七層。

托德：謝謝你。順便問一下，房間里有梳妝臺嗎？

服務生：有的。是一個傳統的木質梳妝臺。

Todd: I'm an American scientist. Sometimes I travel to China for work. I have a good Chinese friend named Benjamin. He always helps me a lot when I'm in China. So I can always enjoy the time there. It's interesting that I always get a room on the 8th floor. A waitress once told me that 8 was the lucky number in China. It made me happy.

couple n.一對夫妻

whole adj. 整個的

registration n.登記

skip vt. 跳過

dressing table 梳妝臺

traditional adj. 傳統的

1.wanna = want to 口語的常見表達方式，意思是“想要做……”

2.lucky number 幸運數字，中外的幸運數字有很大的不同，在中國6和8是幸運數字，4是不吉利的數字，在國外很多國家13被視為是不吉利的數字，而且有很多人不喜歡星期三。

表示房間種類設施的詞匯

基礎詞匯

bed 床

door 門

chair 椅子

mirror 鏡子

table 桌子

drawer 抽屜

window 窗戶

couch 長沙發

提高詞匯

bookshelf 書架

fireplace 壁爐

cupboard 壁櫥

armchair 扶手椅

cabinet 櫥柜

folding chair 折（疊）椅

fitment 家具

兩人一組，一方隨機大聲朗讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀并表演出來，并用中文給出一個理由。

There is a ( ) in the room.

[例]家長讀bed 床

寶貝讀 There is a bed in the room. 媽媽買的。