A2-09 / CEFR A2 / EPISODE 09

Booking a Restaurant

Booking a restaurant by phone

SceneTina phones a restaurant while Frank sits nearby.

At a table with a phone and restaurant photos, Tina points to the sunset outside as Frank sits beside her. — Select the illustration to view it at full size in a new tab.

Narrator

Tina is calling a restaurant to book a table for Saturday. The phone is on speaker. Frank is sitting nearby.

ティナは土曜日の席を予約するため、レストランに電話している。電話はスピーカーモードで、フランクはそばに座っている。

Tina01

Hi, I'd like to book a table near the window.

こんにちは、窓際のテーブルを予約したいのですが。

Host02

Sure. For how many people?

かしこまりました。何名様ですか？

Tina03

Four, on Saturday at seven.

4人で、土曜日の7時です。

Host04

We have a window table by the river. Best view of the sunset.

川沿いの窓際テーブルがございます。夕日が一番きれいに見える席です。

Tina05

The sunset? Frank! A sunset table!

夕日？…フランク！夕日の見える席だって！

Frank06

You're booking for four. Who are the other two?

4人で予約してるよね。あとの2人は誰？

Tina07

My appetite. And yours. We'll take it!

私の食欲。それとあなたの食欲。…その席でお願いします！

Frank08

Just two people, please. The appetites don't need chairs.

実際は2人でお願いします。食欲に椅子はいりませんから。

Host09

A window table for two, then. May I have your name?

では、窓際のお席を2名様で。お名前をいただけますか？

Tina10

Tina. And — do you take credit cards?

ティナです。それと——クレジットカードは使えますか？

Host11

Yes, we do. You're booked for Saturday at seven. Thank you. Goodbye!

はい、お使いいただけます。土曜日の7時でご予約を承りました。ありがとうございます。失礼いたします！

Tina12

All booked! Now, let's split the bill four ways. Our appetites can pay, too!

予約できた！じゃあ、お会計は4人で割り勘ね。私たちの食欲にも払ってもらおう！

Frank13

My appetite does not have its own card, Tina.

…僕の食欲は自分のカードを持ってないよ、ティナ。

WORDS & CONTEXT

Words & context

“book a table” / “We'll take it!” / “do you take credit cards?”

Book can be a verb meaning to reserve: book a table, make a reservation, and reserve a table are common alternatives. Take can mean choose or accept: We'll take it! accepts the table, while Do you take credit cards? asks whether cards are accepted for payment.

“let's split the bill four ways”

Split the bill means to divide the cost, and four ways means into four equal parts. Tina jokes about dividing the payment four ways, counting their two appetites as people along with herself and Frank.

“My appetite does not have its own card, Tina.”

An appetite is the desire to eat, and its own card means a card belonging to it. When Tina wants their appetites to pay, Frank plays along with the joke that treats appetites like people: his appetite does not have a card of its own.

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STORY English with optional Japanese translations

Words & context

“book a table” / “We'll take it!” / “do you take credit cards?”

“let's split the bill four ways”

“My appetite does not have its own card, Tina.”