Languages / Mandarin / Level 2 · Unit 4

我需要订位 — Reservations

Lesson 58 of 170 · Level 2 of 6All lessons
In this lesson

You are learning reservations: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (需要 / 可以 + verb — making requests), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.

The scene

Calling to make a reservation at a popular Shanghai restaurant

Booking a Table

今天晚上我们要去鼎泰丰吃饭,但是鼎泰丰总是很忙。我决定打电话订位。

我打了电话。「你好,我需要订位。今天晚上七点,三个人。」服务员说「请等一下,我查一查。」

过了一会儿,服务员说「对不起,七点满了。八点可以吗?」我想了想,说「可以。有没有包间?」她说「包间也满了,但是有大厅的位子。」

我说「好的,大厅可以。我姓王。电话号码是138-1234-5678。」她说「好的,王先生,八点三位,已经确认了。」太好了!预约成功。