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Wining and dining 1. . Id like to reserve a table for four, please.2. We have two tables reserved.3. Weve made a reservation for dinner under the name of 4. How many people are there in your party?5. Please come this way. Heres your table. Is this all right?6. Well, is that table free? Wed like one near the window. / Wed like to sit by the window.7. Im sorry. That table is occupied.8. Then well take that one near the window.9. Wed prefer to sit in the non-smoking section.1. May I take your order now? / Are you ready to order now? / Have you decided what to order?2. Could you show me the menu? / Would you like to see the menu?3. Take a look at the menu. What shall we order?4. What would you recommend?5. Which do you prefer? / What dishes (courses) would you like?6. Do you prefer Chinese or Western food?7. What about having Western food today?8. How would you like that prepared / like that done?9. What would you like to drink, tea or coffee?10. I prefer noodles to rice.11. I prefer to drink coffee without sugar.12. What is your favorite dish / fruit? 13. You go ahead with the ordering, Ill have whatever you do.14. What is todays specialty?15. Please show me the wine list.16. Wed like a bottle of red / white wine, please.17. A bottle of champagne, please.18. Please bring me another orange juice.1. Have another helping of beef.2. Its appetizing and tasty.3. This dish looks good and tastes great too.4. It is truly delicious, but I cant eat any more.5. No, I enjoyed it very much, but I just dont have room for any more.6. Nothing for me, please.7. I couldnt eat another bite.8. I hope youll leave room for dessert9. Please pass me the salt and pepper.10. This food is a bit too heavy / salty for me.11. Oh, thats too much for me to handle.12. May I have just a little to taste? We dont have this in my country.13. Sliced pork with tomato sauce is one of my favorite dishes.14. Lets make / give a toast to / Id like to propose a toast to / Lets toast to1 Waiter, may I have the check, please? / Well take the bill now. / Can you bring us the check?2. Can I pay by credit card?3. Do you accept travelers checks?4. Lets go Dutch on this. / Lets split the bill.5. Its my treat today. Let me pay. / Its my round today. / Let me settle the bill. / Ill pick up the check today. / Let me foot the bill. / Let me take care of the bill today. / Let me have the bill. / Please allow me to pay. / Its on me this time.6. I think you made a mistake in this bill.Make an apology 1. I really am so sorry.2. Im sorry, it was all my fault.3. Im awfully / extremely sorry.4. Im sorry. I didnt mean to hurt your feelings.5. It was most careless of me/6. It was really quite unintentional.7. It was wrong of me.8. I didnt mean it.9. I cant tell you how sorry I am.10. I do beg your pardon / forgiveness.11. I do apologize about that.12. Im really sorry for not keeping my promise.13. Please accept my heart felt apology.14. Excuse me for 15. Im terribly sorry for 16. I really feel bad about 17. I apologize for18. It must have been very embarrassing to 19. How clumsy of me to 20. please forgive me for 11. Please dont feel bad about it.12. Please dont blame yourself.13. There is no need for you to worry.14. There is no reason for apologies.15. Its really not necessary.Shopping spree1. Are you free this Saturday, Mary? How about we go shopping together? I am afraid not. I have my hands full until next Wednesday. I have nothing planned for next weekend. 2. This Sunday will be my mothers birthday. I need to find something special for her .What do you want to buy her as a gift?3. Shall we make a shopping list before we go? We havent gone shopping for a long time. Its better to sort things out first lest we leave anything out with all that food, groceries, stationery, cosmetics, clothes, detergents, etc.4. Its convenient to shop in just one store for all the items you want to buy, but theres more choice if we go to a shopping mall or area.5. Lets head for/Lets go to Carrefour.6. I am sure we can get all we want on Nanjing Road. No need to hesitate. Lets go.7. Lets go downtown where there are many stores we like.8. I havent made up my mind what to buy.9. Its up to you to decide. I am here only to give you some advice.1. What can I do for you, sir/madam/miss?2. Excuse me, where is the department for womens clothes?3. Are you looking for something special/particular? We can offer customers a lot of choices. Besides, we have a clearance sale on today. Take your time and find what you really want.4. Do you know what size you are?5. This dress would be perfect on you. Would you like to try it on?/Please try it on. 6 I think it is too loose/tight for me. Would you please find me a smaller/larger one?7. Will this one be OK?8. Its all right, but I dont think much of its color. Do you have any other colors?9. Do you have this in blue?10. Im afraid we dont have it in stock.11. How much is it? Id buy it if it were cheaper. Dont you think it is unreasonably expensive?12 The price has already been brought down. Its cheap enough.13. I hear other stores are having great mark-downs on this item. And Ive seen this cheaper in other places. Could you give me a 50% discount?14. We can give you a 40% discount at the most.15. Its really a bargain. Ill take it.16. How are you going to pay cash, check or credit card?17. I have no cash on me. May I pay by credit card?18 Sure. It will save you the trouble of carrying lots of cash around if you have a Master Card/a Peony Card.19. The cashier is around the corner.20. Here is your dress and take good care of your receipt/ invoice. If you want to return anything, you have to show us the receipt/invoice.21. There is a Chinese saying: The seller is always more canny than the buyer. So be careful not to be taken advantage of.1. How much is it? 2. It will only cost you 30 yuan. 3. These shoes retail at $10.4. He buys wholesale and sells retail. 5. The jacket is a real bargain at such a low price.6. You should learn how to bargain with retailers, who usually ask exorbitant prices.7. You can go to different shops to compare the prices of similar goods.8. How much do you charge for that jacket?9. You thought you got a bargain? I think you were overcharged.10. There is a lot of bargaining at the flea market.11. You can get a lot of goods at bargain prices. 12. That is a steal. 13. What a deal!14. Its a recent purchase of mine. 15. You can buy a TV in installments.16. If you are in a hurry, you wont have time to compare quality and price. 17. to compare price and quality (of a purchase) in different stores 货比三家18. to drive a hard bargain 杀价19. Bring your receipt to customer service, and they will refund you. 20. Can you give me the invoice?21. Id like to return this sweater because it shrank a lot and it is now too small for me. 22. You have to show us your invoice or a photocopy if you want to return a big purchase such as a color TV.23. Its up to the shop to replace the faulty item with a better one.24. We made it clear that underwear cannot be returned.25. If you find anything wrong with what you have bought, you can ask for refund as long as the item has not been dirtied or damaged.26. You can claim extra compensation if you end up with a flawed purchase.27. If you have the right to return something, take it back in person, if you can. 10. To be on the safe side, it is better to use signed delivery (须由收件人签收确认的记录式邮寄).11. If you cant solve my problem, Ill take it to the Consumers Association. How to see the doctor1Whats the matter / trouble with you?2. How long have you been like this?3. When did the pain start? / When did you begin feeling unwell?4. Hows your blood pressure / your sleep?5. Have you had this problem before?6. Have you got any feeling of nausea?7. Do you have any difficulty breathing?8. Do you have any appetite? / Have you lost your appetite?9. Can you describe how you feel? Any unusual symptoms?1 Ive got a sore throat and a headache / a bad stomachache / a fever.2. I really feel terrible. / I feel very bad. / I feel feverish. / I feel dizzy. / I feel nauseous.3. My arms and legs feel weak. / My whole body feels very weak. / My body aches.4. I dont feel like eating. / Ive got no appetite.5. It hurts me when I breathe.6. Im aching all over / running a temperature.7. I keep coughing / sneezing.1Open your mouth wide and say Ah so that I can look at your throat.2. Show me your tongue, please.3. Put this thermometer under your tongue.4. Let me check your lungs and heart / take your temperature / feel your pulse / take your blood pressure.5. Does it hurt when I touch / press here?6Youve got a bad cold / the flu.7. You have a temperature / have a bad case of the flu / have a bad cold.8. Youve got heart trouble, but its not very serious.9. Ill have to give you a shot. / I advise you to have an injection first.10. Ill give you some medicine for the flu / the skin allergy.Making complaints11. Im afraid youve made too many typing mistakes in your report.12. Im sorry to have to point this out, but you arrived late this morning.13. Im afraid I have a complaint to make. There seems to be something wrong with the air conditioner I bought three days ago.14. Im sorry, but Im afraid thats not possible. The thing is there going to be the World Cup finals tonight. Id like to use my new video recorder to tape it live, you know.15. I wonder if you could help me with the sweater, you see when I washed it, the color ran and the sweater shrank even though I followed the washing instructions exactly.16. Ive got a bit of a problem here, you see, I bought this video recorder here two days ago and there already seems to be something wrong with the remote control.17. I want to make a complaint about this mobile phone.18. Whats the point of talking about it?19. Ive just had enough of that.20. She is all talk and no action.21. Couldnt you speak a bit slowly / turn down the radio a little bit?22. I wish you would come here earlier next time.23. Im sorry to trouble you / I dont mean to trouble you, but the soup is a bit too salty.24. There seems to be something wrong with the TV in my room.25. Will you please stop talking?26. Why dont you turn on the air conditioner?27. If you dont do something about it, Ill report this to the manager.28. I didnt want to bring this up, but this lateness really cannot go on, you know. Expressing sympathy 1. Im sorry to hear about it.2. Im deeply (really, truly) sorry to hear about 3. You must be feeling bad / terrible / awful about 4. Dont take it too much to heart.5. Dont let it get you down.6. Its no use crying over spilt milk.7. It could have happened to anybody.8. You cant win everything all the time.You must be annoyed about 10. I do hope