The Hotel (Part 2)

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下午xià wǔ,他们tā men到了dào liǎo海边hǎi biān的de城市chéng shì。In the afternoon, they arrived at the seaside city.

他们tā men坐zuò出租车chū zū chē去qù酒店jiǔ diàn。They took a taxi to the hotel.

前台qián tái:你们nǐ men好hǎo!Front desk: Hello!

约翰yuē hàn:你好nǐ hǎo,我wǒ订dìng了le房间fáng jiān。John: Hi, I booked a room.

前台qián tái:好的hǎo de,这是zhè shì房卡fáng kǎ,房间fáng jiān在zài五wǔ楼lóu。Front desk: OK, here is the room card; the room is on the fifth floor.

小婷xiǎo tíng:请问qǐng wèn,早餐zǎo cān几点jǐ diǎn?Xiaoting: Excuse me, what time is breakfast?

前台qián tái:早上zǎo shang七点qī diǎn,在zài二èr楼lóu。Front desk: Seven in the morning, on the second floor.

他们tā men坐电梯zuò diàn tī上了shàng le五wǔ楼lóu。They took the elevator up to the fifth floor.

房间fáng jiān很干净hěn gān jìng,也yě很大hěn dà。The room is very clean and very big.

小婷xiǎo tíng:约翰yuē hàn,你nǐ看kàn!Xiaoting: John, look!

窗外chuāng wài就是jiù shì大海dà hǎi!Right outside the window is the sea!

约翰yuē hàn:明天míng tiān我们wǒ men去qù海边hǎi biān玩wán吧ba!John: Tomorrow let's go play at the beach!

小婷xiǎo tíng:好hǎo!我wǒ今天jīn tiān太tài开心kāi xīn了le!Xiaoting: OK! I'm so happy today!

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