Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingSteve calls Emma from the inn at Whitewell: there is only one room, and he is with Rob Brydon, not Mischa. He clears up the mix-up, then makes her promise every later hotel has separate rooms. When the receptionist asks if they are friends or if he is the assistant, he settles for: in a way, yes.
Chapters
17 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingonly one room
只剩一间房
stay with
住对方那儿
happy to sleep here
我乐意、我没意见
friends or
你们是朋友,还是……
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Now I'm left having to share a room with Rob for the night.”
结果我今晚得跟罗布挤一间房。
把订房乌龙收成一句抱怨,责任、尴尬、同房全在里面。
I'm left having to + 动词
计划泡汤、只剩一个难看选项时用。
只好跟他挤一间 / 被逼着同房
informal
left having to 轻轻带过,share a room 咬实。
“Make sure all the other hotels have got separate rooms, right?”
其他酒店一定要订到分开的房间,好吗?
道歉之后立刻下指令,怕同一错误再来一遍。
Make sure + 从句, right?
委托别人办事、怕对方再搞砸时收尾。
千万订成两间 / 别再挤一间了
informal
Make sure 加重,right 轻轻上扬求确认。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Pin your location: I'm at the inn at Whitewell.
- State the booking problem in one line: There's only one room.
- Call out a mismatch: I thought you said you were going with…
- Lock the next request: Make sure all the other hotels have got separate rooms.
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Questions, then the linesWhat happens in this chapter?
Steve calls Emma from the inn at Whitewell: there is only one room, and he is with Rob Brydon, not Mischa. He clears up
What should I listen for?
The line that moves the relationship, not the filler.
