一、餐馆场景
order 点菜
serve 上菜
tip 小费
change 零钱
Keep the change! 不用找零钱了!
treat 请客 (This is my treat! 我请客!)
go Dutch AA制 (Let’s go fifty fifty. )
steak 牛排
cheese奶酪
sandwich 三明治
bacon 培根(腌肉)
soup 汤
plain water 自来水(西餐中洗手用的)
doughnut 多纳圈
appetizer 开胃菜
dessert甜品，水果(作为正餐的最后一道)
go out for dinner / dinner out 出去吃饭
snack bar 小吃街;大排挡
hamburger 汉堡包
coke 可口可乐
French fries 炸薯条
dining hall大餐厅、食堂
coffee shop 咖啡店;
restaurant饭店、饭馆 ;
cafeteria自助餐厅
buffet 自助餐
二、邮局场景
stamp邮票
envelope信封
package / parcel 包裹
overweight 超重
extra postage 额外邮资
send / post / deliver a letter / mail 寄 /发信
express mail 快件
airmail 航空信件
surface mail 陆地邮寄
open an account 开一个帐户
三、图书馆场景
library card 借书证
borrow 借入
lend 把…借给(借出去)
bookshelf 书架
novel(长篇)小说
science fiction科幻小说
magazine杂志
periodical期刊
reference book参考书; 工具书;
librarian 图书管理员
pay a fine 交罚款
四、医院及健康场景
aspirin 阿司匹林
emergence department 急诊室
ICU (= intensive care unit)特护病房
treatment 治疗手段
take one’s temperature / blood pressure 测量体温/血压
medicine: pills / tablets 药丸/药片
heart attack 心脏病
cold / flu 流感：have/catch a cold
headache 头痛
stomach-ache 胃痛
backache 背痛腰痛
sore-throat 喉咙痛
cough 咳嗽
fever 发热
How is it going? How are you?
回答好：I’m fine. / I feel good / terrific. / I couldn’t be better. / Nothing is very wrong with me.
回答不好：I am not feeling good. / I feel terrible/horrible/awful. / I am not myself these days. (注意听语气：身体好的时候，语调上扬，语气非常欢快; 身体不好的时候，降调，语气非常郁闷。)
五、电话场景
operator 接线员
Extension six two six, please. 请转626。
The line is bad/ busy / engaged. It kept a busy line. 电话占线。
long distance call 长途电话
collect call 对方付费的电话
put through 接通电话
hold on / up Hold the line, please. 请稍等一下
I’ll call back later / again. 我一会回电话
Sorry, I’m afraid you have the wrong number. 抱歉，你打错电话了。
六、酒店场景
make a reservation 预定房间
reception desk 接待处
check in 入住
check out 结帐
single room 单间
suite 套间
Do you have a reservation Sir? Have you got any vacant room? (= Is there any room available here?)有空房间吗?
All the room are occupied. 房间已满
Meals included. 包括饮食
七、超速场景
Speeding 超速行驶
May I see your license, please? 我可以看一下你的执照吗?
You will be fined by $20. 你将被罚款20美元。
八、购物场景
store 杂货店
department store 百货商场
shopping center 购物中心
expensive, cheap 商品论贵贱
high, low 价格论高低
bargain 便宜货
popular / fashionable 流行的
in fashion 流行，时尚
out of fashion 过时的
brand 品牌
counter 柜台
pay in cash 用现金支付
pay in check 用支票支付
credit card 信用卡
shop assistant 商店营业员
out of stock 脱销/缺货
in stock 有货
九、天气场景
cloudy 阴天
overcast 多云
thunder 打雷
strong/ high wind 大风
tornado 龙卷风
typhoon 台风
storm 风暴
blizzard 暴风雨
It rains cats and dogs. (=The rain is pouring.)下着倾盆大雨。
downpour 倾盆大雨
shower 阵雨
clear up 天空放晴
put away clothes 下雨收起衣服
weather in London / Seattle 意指不好的天气
weather in California 意指好天气
经常和天气相联系的情况：vacation 和 flight(航班)(be delayed/cancelled by the bad weather)
十、机场场景
flight 航班
Welcome on board 欢迎登机
bound for…飞往……方向去的
check in 办理登机手续
behind schedule 晚点
take off 起飞
land 降落
