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fú wù yuán
服 务 员
Fú Wù yuán: Nín hăo! Zhúyuán fàndiàn.
服 务 员：您 好！ 竹园 饭店。
Waiter: Hello. This is the Zhuyuan Hotel.
Lì Bèi kǎ: Nín hăo, wŏ xiăng yùdìng yígè biāozhŭnjiān.
丽 贝 卡：您 好， 我 想 预订 一个 标准间。
Rebecca: Hello, I’d like to reserve a standard room.
Fú Wù yuán: Nín yào dìng nă tiān de?
服 务 员：您 要 订 哪 天 的？
Waiter: When do you want the reservation for?
Lì Bèi kǎ: Cóng bĕn yuè 15 hào dào 23 hào.
丽 贝 卡：从 本 月 15 号 到 23 号。
Rebecca: From the 15th to the 23rd of this month.
Fú Wù yuán: Duì bù qĭ, 15 hào de biāozhŭnjiān yĭjīng méiyŏu le.
服 务 员：对 不 起，15 号 的 标准间 已经 没有 了。
Waiter: Sorry, there are none standard room available on the 15th.
Lì Bèi kǎ: Dānrénjiān yŏu ma? Zĕnme shōufèi?
丽 贝 卡：单人间 有 吗？ 怎么 收费？
Rebecca: Is there a single room? What’s the price?
Fú Wù yuán: Yŏu. Dānrénjiān 300.
服 务 员：有。 单人间 300。
Waiter: Yes. 300 Yuan for a single room.
Lì Bèi kǎ: Wŏ yào yí gè dānrénjiān ba.
丽 贝 卡：我 要 一 个 单人间 吧。
Rebecca: OK, a single room, please.
Fú Wù yuán: Hăode, qǐng liú yí xià nín de xìngmíng hé diànhuà.
服 务 员：好的， 请 留 一 下 您 的 姓名 和 电话。
Waiter: May I have your name and phone number, please?
Lì Bèi kǎ: Wŏ jiào lìbèikă.shĭmìsī, wŏ hái méiyŏu diànhuà.
丽 贝 卡：我 叫 丽贝卡.史密斯，我 还 没有 电话。
Rebecca: My name is Rebecca Smith. I don’t have telephone yet.
Fú Wù yuán: Méi guān xi, nín dāngtiān guòlái jiù kéyĭ le.
服 务 员：没 关 系， 您 当天 过来 就 可以 了。
Waiter: That’s fine. Just check into our hotel on the 15th.
Lì Bèi kǎ: Xièxie!
丽 贝 卡：谢谢！
Rebecca: Thank you!
Fú Wù yuán: Bú kè qi. Zàijiàn!
服 务 员：不 客 气！再见！
Waiter: You’re welcome. See you later!
Lì Bèi kǎ: Zàijiàn!
丽 贝 卡：再见！
Rebecca: See you!
Additional Expressions
| shuāng rén jiān | dān rén jiān | pŭ tong tào fáng | shāng wù tào fáng |
| 双 人 间 | 单 人 间 | 普 通 套 房 | 商 务 套 房 |
| double room | single room | general suite | business suite |
Hotel Types in China
There are three types of hotels in China. They are fandian (jiudian, binguan), luguan and zhaodaisuo. Fandian, jiudian and binguan are high quality hotels with better facilities and services. The quality of the facilities and services of such hotels will determine whether they are stat rated hotels or non star rated hotels. Luguan is medium priced hotels providing accommodations for the general public at reasonable rates. Zhaodaisuo are usually run by big enterprises, local governments, and universities to provide accommodations for their own guests and their visiting staff from other regions. Gradually, zhaodaisuo have begun to function as binguan and provide limited service to the general public. By 2008, there will be up to 800 stat rated hotels and over 1000 non stat rated hotels to provide service to people coming to the Olympic Games.
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