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2007，8月號之1，主題：飯店！

每週一，我們將會介紹一些實用的單字、片語，藉由簡短的對話內容，讓你輕鬆學英語！

Staying at a hotel!

Jessie, Julia and Riana have just arrived in Las Vagas, and are looking at different hotels that they can stay at.

One of the beautiful hotels in the advertisements:

Jessie: This tourist map has a lot of different hotels for us to choose from.

Julia: True, but all of them paid to advertise there. We may end up in some really expensive place!

Riana: My friend came here last summer, and she stayed at the Hotel D. It was a fair price, and she told me that the quality was ok.

Julia: I think we’d better go and check it out then. We don’t want to find out that it’s been booked solid!

Riana: What if we don’t like this hotel?

Jessie: There are other hotels in the area. We can always look around until we find something better.

Julia: Well let’s check out this Hotel D first.

Riana: I think that it should be pretty good if my friend stayed there.

Jessie: If it’s as good as your friend says it is then they mightn’t have any rooms left! C’mon…

The girls could see advertisements for different hotels

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End up: to result in something, lead to a situation

Eg: I might end up having to do private tutoring if I fail another exam.

Booked solid: all the rooms have been booked, and there are no vacancies.

Eg: That hotel is always booked solid, sometimes for up to 6 months in advance!

Check out: to discover the facts about something or someone.

Eg: I think I’d better check out that new book that everyone has been recommending.