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第二十六课 宾馆
1、相关文化背景知识介绍
⑴ 关于北京建国饭店
位于北京市建国门外大街的北京建国饭店，属于四星级标准，设计独特且有着浓厚的西方文化气息，现已被列入《世界建筑史》。它是中国第一家合资饭店，在1980年由北京市旅游局和美籍华人陈宣远共同合资兴建的。饭店提高高质量和完备的服务，尤其是其先进的饭店管理经验，已经成为中国饭店行业的学习楷模。
⑵ 关于南京金陵饭店
1983年开业的南京金陵饭店是南京第一家五星级酒店，位于南京市繁华的商业中心。临近紫金山、皇冠假日、中心大酒店等。它是世界一流酒店组织（The Hotel of the World）的会员饭店，设计新颖、建筑 ，在其顶层是一个旋转餐厅供应自助餐，这一独特设计为饭店增添了一道亮丽风景。
2、核心词汇讲解
⑴ reservation n. 保留；预定
考点：with reservation of sth. 除某物之外；以某物为保留条件
without reservation 直率地，坦白地；无条件地
例句：Some members of the committee expressed reservation about these proposals.
⑵ situate v. 位于
考点：situate in/at/on…确定某事发生于某地
例句：The council are trying to decide where to situate the new hospital.
⑶ install v.安装
考点：install a heating system 装暖气设备
例句：We are having central heating installed.
⑷ furnish v. 装备；布置（家具）
考点：be furnished with 备有，安装有，陈设有
furnish sb. with sth. 供给某人某物
furnish sth. to sb. 供给某人某物
例句：That shop furnishes everything that is needed for mountaineering.
⑸ bargain n. 便宜的买卖或商品/ v. 砍价，议价
考点：close a bargain 成交，达成协议
bargain away 廉价出售，贱卖，抛售；牺牲
bargain for 讨价还价，想把。。。便宜地弄到手
例句：Finally he made a bargain with his wife: his wife cooks and he washes up.
3、核心短语讲解
⑴ make a reservation 预定，保留
通常是预定酒店房间、住处等，同义词组为hold a reservation. 例如：
Could you make a reservation for me?
⑵ check in 登记，报到
通常是为旅馆或者乘飞机等办理的登记，同义词组有check into .例如：
Would you like to check in before 11:00 a.m.?
⑶ traveler’s check 旅游支票，旅行支票
这是美语的用法，英式的用法为traveler’s cheque. 例如：
May I use traveler’s check?
⑷ owe to 归于
to 为介词，后面接sb./sth. ，同义词组为be attributed to . 例如：
The price is high owing to the shortage of goods.
⑸ run down 用完；撞倒
常用形式为 run sb./sth. down 这是个多义词组，还有‘贬低某人，找到某物’的含义。例如：
That car ran down the old woman.
4、核心句型讲解
⑴ There are too many bargains around, but as present the room prices in many of the middle-range hotels still compare very favourably against prices in the west.
讲解：middle-range 指‘中档水平’，as present 指‘目前，现在’，其同义词组还有at the present time , for the moment. Compare 用语词组为compare with sb./sth. 指‘同某人/某物比较’。如：
You don’t need to compare with others.
⑵ The Jianguo Hotel in Beijing is the height of western-style hotel with computerized cash registers, glass ceilings and well-trained staff.
讲解：western-style 指‘西方风格的’，cash register 是常用固定词组指‘收银机，现金出纳机’。Height 常用意思是高度、身高，这里是指‘极度，顶点’。例如：
That beautiful girl is dressed in the height of fashion.
⑶And they are a sign that the Chinese are learning that they must provide value for money if they are to attract more tourists to the country.
讲解：第一个that引导的句子，详细说明sign.第二个that 引导的句子作learning 宾语。词组provide sb. with sth./ provide sth. for sb. 指‘向某人提供某物’。例如：
That hotel provides free breakfast for the tourists.
5、重点语法知识讲解
部分倒装
部分倒装是指将谓语的一部分助动词或情态动词倒装至主语之前。如果句子的位于没有助动词或情态动词，则需添加助动词do, does 或did，并将其置于主语之前。其具体用法如下：
⑴ 当no, not, never, seldom, little, hardly, at no time, in no way, not until…等否定或半否定的词语位于句首时句子需用部分倒装。例如：
Never have I seen such a bad performance.
Nowhere will you find the answer to this question.
⑵ 如果否定词不在句首则不需用部分倒装。例如：
I have never seen such a bad performance.
The mother didn’t leave the room until he fell asleep.
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