A：Smith Steakhouse. Can I help you?
      史密斯牛排店。能为您效劳吗？

B：Yes, I’d like to make a reservation for (two at eight o’clock/ six at seven thirty/ three at a quarter to nine).
      好的。我想预订一张（八点钟的两人台/ 7点30的六人台/ 8点45的三人台）。

A：Hi, I’m Josephine Chen, the tour guide for the Jade Agency. We have a reservation of twenty rooms for tonight.
      嗨！我叫陈佐芬，是翡翠旅游公司的领队，我们订了20 个房间。

B：Please to meet you, Miss Chen. My name is Joey. Welcome to the hotel. Here are the keys, registration slips and breakfast vouchers. Breakfast will be served from seven tomorrow morning. Is there any change in your schedule?
      幸会，陈小姐，我叫祖儿，欢迎光临敝酒店。这是你们的房间钥匙、登记表及早餐券。早餐明早7 点供应。你们的行程有没有改变呢？

A：No, our check-out time will still be 8:30 tomorrow.
      没有，我们依然会在明早8 点半退房。

B：Then we will arrange a morning call at 7:30. Will that be fine?
      那么我把早晨唤醒服务安排在7 点半好吗？

A：That’s alright.
      很好。

B：Please put your luggage outside your room by eight. The bellboy will pick them up.
      请告诉团友们早上8 点把行李放于房间外，我们的服务员会前来收集的。

A：Thank you.
      谢谢。

B：Thank you very much. Hope you enjoy your stay.
      谢谢，希望你们住得愉快。

A：Do you have a reservation, sir?
      请问您订位了吗？先生，太太？

B：No, I am afraid we don’t.
      没有。

A：I’m sorry. The restaurant is full now. You have to wait for about half an hour. Would you care to have a drink at the lounge until a table is available?
      很抱歉，餐厅已经满座了。约要等30 分钟才会有空桌。你们介意在休息室喝点东西直至有空桌吗？

B：No，thanks. We’ll come back later. May I reserve a table for two?
      不用了，谢谢。我们等一会儿再来。请替我们预定一张二人桌，可以吗？

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A：Yes, of course. May I have your name, sir?
      当然可以。请问先生贵姓？

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B：Bruce. By the way. Can we have a table by the window?
      布鲁斯。顺便，我们可以要一张靠近窗口的桌子吗？

A：We’ll try to arrange it but I can’t guarantee, sir.
      我们会尽量安排，但不能保证，先生。

B：That’s fine.
      我们明白了。

A：Your table is ready, sir. Please step this way.
      你们的桌子已经准备好了，先生，太太。请往这边走。

1. 保留意见;疑义
    If you have reservations about something, you are not sure that it is entirely good or right.

    e.g. I told him my main reservation about his film was the ending...
           我告诉他我主要是对他电影的结尾有保留意见。
    e.g. After three days, the strikers' demands were met almost without reservation.
           3天以后，罢工人员的要求几乎全部得到了满足。

2. 预订;预约
    If you make a reservation, you arrange for something such as a table in a restaurant or a room in a hotel to be kept for you.

    e.g. He went to the desk to make a reservation...
           他到服务台进行了预订。
    e.g. Accommodation is restricted so a reservation is essential.
           铺位有限，所以有必要进行预订。

3. 保留地;居留地
    A reservation is an area of land that is kept separate for a particular group of people to live in.

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    e.g. Seventeen thousand Indians live in Arizona on a reservation.
           1.7万印第安人生活在亚利桑那州的保留地。

4. see also: central reservation