H = Host P = Patron
H: Good evening, ma'am. Table for one?
领台员：晚安，小姐，您一个人吗?
P: Yes, please.
顾 客：是啊。
H: Will this table be all right?
领台员：坐在这张桌子好吗?
P: Actually, I'd like a booth by the window if that's possible.
顾 客：其实，如果可以的话我喜欢坐在窗边的桌子。
H: Certainly. How about this one?
领台员：当然可以。坐在这张桌子怎么样?
P: This will be fine, thanks.
顾 客：可以，谢谢你。
H: (Handing her a menu) Your waiter will be here in a minute to take your order.
领台员：(递给她菜单)服务生马上过来为您点菜。
P: Thank you. (to be continued)
顾 客：谢谢。(待续)
智慧补给站
1.host n. (戏院、餐厅等的)领台/位员
2.ma' am n. 小姐;女士
3.Table for one? (您)一个人吗?
注意：
" Table for + 数目(one, two, ...)" 是餐厅服务人员询问上门的顾客用语，表示“一个/两个……客人吗”。
4.Parton n. 顾客
5.actually adv. 实际上，事实上，其实
6.I'd like... 我想……
=I would like...
例：I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
(请给我一杯咖啡。)
7.booth n. (餐厅中)有矮墙分隔的座位
8.How about...? ……怎么样/好吗?
例：How about this tie?
(这条领带怎么样?)
9.hand vt. 递给
例：Mary handed her husband a broom and told him to sweep the floor.
(玛丽拿了一把扫帚给她丈夫并叫他打扫地板。)
10.menu n. 菜单
11.in a minute 立刻，马上
=in a moment
=in a second
=in a sec (second的缩写)
例：Wait here. I'll be back in a minute.
(在这儿等我。我马上就回来。)
