每日英語 #090: Ordering from Room Service 客房服務點餐

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Ordering from Room Service 客房服務點餐

Room service offers many “benefits” (advantages; good things) to hotel guests. “First and foremost” (most importantly), it is very convenient. Hotel guests do not have to leave the hotel – or even their room – to eat. Instead, they can have food delivered directly to their room. This is especially helpful when the hotel guest is an “out-of-town” (not from the local area) traveler who doesn’t know the restaurants in the area or who doesn’t have a car.

客房服務為酒店客人提供了許多「好處」（優勢；好處）。“最重要的是”（最重要的是），這非常方便。酒店客人不必離開酒店，甚至不必離開房間就可以吃飯。相反，他們可以將食物直接送到房間。這對於不熟悉當地餐館或沒有車的“外地”（非當地）旅行者特別有幫助。

Another benefit of room service is that hotel guests can “place an order” (say what one wants to have or buy) for breakfast the night before. For example, the guest can ask to have breakfast delivered at 7:00 the next morning. This “eliminates” (gets rid of) the need to wake up early that morning, place an order, and then wait for the food to be delivered. Room service is also generally available anytime, so guests can order food even at 3:00 a.m. when most restaurants are closed.

客房服務的另一個好處是酒店客人可以提前一晚「下單」（說出自己想要的或購買的東西）早餐。例如，客人可以要求第二天早上7:00送早餐。這樣就「消除了」（去除了）早上早起、下單，然後等待送餐的需要。客房服務通常隨時可用，因此客人即使在凌晨3點大多數餐廳關門時也可以訂購食物。

However, not all hotel guests enjoy using room service, because it has some “drawbacks” (disadvantages; bad things). Room service “tends to be” (is usually) more expensive than food served in a restaurant. Even if the prices listed on the menu seem “reasonable” (not too expensive), the service charge makes room service expensive. Room service also has a “limited selection,” meaning that the menu is smaller than most restaurant menus and people might not be able to order what they really want to eat.

然而，並非所有酒店客人都喜歡使用客房服務，因為它有一些“缺點”（不利因素；壞處）。客房服務“往往”（通常）比餐廳提供的食物更昂貴。即使菜單上的價格看起來“合理”（不太貴），服務費也使客房服務變得昂貴。客房服務還有“選擇有限”的缺點，這意味著菜單比大多數餐廳的菜單小，人們可能無法點到自己真正想吃的東西。

The last drawback of room service is that the food is often delivered cold. In a restaurant, food can be moved from the kitchen to the tables quickly, but with room service there are often delays in taking food from the kitchen to the guests’ room, especially in a large hotel.

客房服務的最後一個缺點是食物通常是冷的。在餐廳，食物可以快速從廚房移到桌子上，但客房服務通常會在將食物從廚房送到客人房間時出現延誤，尤其是在大型酒店。

重點單字

• Benefits 好處 /ˈbenɪfɪts/
• First and foremost 最重要的是 /fɜːrst ənd ˈfɔːrmoʊst/
• Convenient 方便的 /kənˈviːniənt/
• Out-of-town 外地的 /aʊt əv taʊn/
• Place an order 下單 /pleɪs æn ˈɔːrdər/
• Eliminates 消除 /ɪˈlɪmɪneɪts/
• Drawbacks 缺點 /ˈdrɔːbæks/
• Tends to be 往往是 /tɛndz tuː biː/
• Reasonable 合理的 /ˈriːzənəbl/
• Limited selection 選擇有限 /ˈlɪmɪtɪd səˈlɛkʃən/