The View From Behind The Front Desk
柜台所见

There are all kinds of jobs. Some pay well and some don't.
有各种各样的工作，有些待遇好，有些待遇差。
Some are dangerous and others are boring.
有些有危险，有些令人烦厌。
I'm a desk clerk at the Palace Hotel.
我是皇宫大饭店的一个接待员。
My job is rarely boring.
我的工作很少令人烦厌。
I meet hundreds of new people every week.
每个星期我会见到几百个陌生人。
Our guests come from everywhere -- Asia, Africa, Europe, the Americas.
我们的客人来自世界各地 -- 亚洲、非洲、欧洲、美洲地区。
You ought to meet some of them.
你应该见见他们当中的几位。
Mrs. Denton is a regular guest.
田顿太太是常客。
She spends a few weeks here every year.
她每年都来这儿过几个星期。
She is very wealthy. She is a widow and quite elderly.
她很富有，是个寡妇，年纪相当大了。
Here she is now.
她现在就在这里。
Desk Clerk: Good morning, Mrs. Denton. May I help you?
接待员：早安，田顿太太，要我帮忙吗？
Mrs. Denton: Good morning. Yes. Please have room service send up some breakfast to my room. Two eggs,
 soft-boiled. Dry toast. Grapefruit juice and a pot of tea.
田顿太太：早安，请叫房间服务部送些早点到我的房间。两个蛋，半熟的。土司不涂奶油，葡萄柚汁，还有一壶茶。
Tell them to have it there at precisely 9:10.
告诉他们准九点十分时送到。
I'm on my way out now for my morning constitutional.
我现在要出去做晨间健康散步。
Mrs. Denton's "morning constitutional" is an eight-kilometer walk in the fresh air, rain or shine.
田顿太太的晨间健康散步是不论晴雨，在新鲜的空气中步行八公里。
She is the fastest walker I know. She is also old enough to be my grandmother.
她是我所知道走路最快的人而且她的年纪已经大得可以做我的祖母了。
She could call room service and order breakfast on the phone, but she never does. I think she likes to see people
 and talk to them face to face.
她大可打电话给服务部订早餐，可是她从来不那么做，我想她是喜欢看看人，跟她们面对面地讲话。