SPEAKING IN CONTEXT
Hotel check-in in Chinese: confirm your room and breakfast
At check-in, state the booking name and room details, then ask what is included before agreeing to an extra. Hearing where breakfast is served does not tell you whether your rate includes it. A clear follow-up question prevents that misunderstanding.
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酒店入住时确认早餐
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Audio file (MP3)Chinese transcript
您好，我预订了两晚的单人间，姓林。林先生，您好。房间已经准备好了，早餐在二楼，早上七点到十点供应。请问早餐包含在房费里吗？您的订单不含早餐，需要的话可以单独购买。好的，我先不买，谢谢。
Pinyin support
Nín hǎo, wǒ yùdìng le liǎng wǎn de dānrénjiān, xìng Lín. Lín xiānsheng, nín hǎo. Fángjiān yǐjīng zhǔnbèi hǎo le, zǎocān zài èr lóu, zǎoshang qī diǎn dào shí diǎn gōngyìng. Qǐngwèn zǎocān bāohán zài fángfèi lǐ ma? Nín de dìngdān bù hán zǎocān, xūyào dehuà kěyǐ dāndú gòumǎi. Hǎo de, wǒ xiān bù mǎi, xièxie.
English meaning
Hello, I reserved a single room for two nights, under the surname Lin. Hello, Mr Lin. Your room is ready. Breakfast is on the second floor, from seven to ten in the morning. Is breakfast included in the room rate? Your booking does not include it; you can buy it separately if you wish. Okay, I will not buy it for now. Thank you.
Shadow this sentence
请问早餐包含在房费里吗？
Listening cues and practice method
Serving breakfast and including it in the room rate are different facts. Not buying for now does not promise a later purchase.
Read the dialogue by role
- Guest
您好，我预订了两晚的单人间，姓林。
- Receptionist
林先生，您好。房间已经准备好了，早餐在二楼，早上七点到十点供应。
- Guest
请问早餐包含在房费里吗？
- Receptionist
您的订单不含早餐，需要的话可以单独购买。
- Guest
好的，我先不买，谢谢。
Keep booking facts separate
两晚 tells you the stay length; 单人间 tells you the room type; 姓林 identifies the booking surname. Two nights does not mean two rooms. When a detail differs from your booking, ask to check it before moving on.
Availability does not establish inclusion
The receptionist first gives breakfast’s place and time. The guest then asks whether it is included and learns that this order excludes it. The lesson does not state a breakfast price; inventing one would go beyond the dialogue.
我先不买 politely declines for now. It neither purchases breakfast nor commits to buying it tomorrow. To ask the price, use 如果单独购买，多少钱？ before making a decision.
Practise a clarification, not just a script
Take the guest’s role and pause after the breakfast information. Ask the inclusion question yourself before opening the transcript. On a second pass, change the room to a double room and the stay to three nights while keeping the questions polite.
Swap a phrase and change one condition
Change one condition at a time and keep the remaining facts consistent. These alternatives are not synonyms.
- 我姓林 → 我姓陈
- 两晚的单人间 → 三晚的单人间
- 早餐几点开始？ → 早餐包含在房费里吗？
Common pitfalls: wording, context and information
我订了两晚，所以是两间房。
A response for this context
我订了两晚，房间数量要按订单确认。
晚 counts nights and 间 counts rooms. The number of nights does not establish the number of rooms.
二楼有早餐，所以免费。
A response for this context
二楼有早餐。请问包含在房费里吗？
A service being available does not establish that it is included or free. Ask the separate inclusion question.
Answer first, then check the reasoning
1. What room type and length of stay does the guest state?
Answer and explanation
A single room for two nights is stated. The dialogue does not request two rooms; 两晚 counts nights.
2. Does breakfast on the second floor mean breakfast is included?
Answer and explanation
No. The later reply explicitly says this booking excludes it. Location and inclusion answer different questions.
3. What breakfast price is stated?
Answer and explanation
No price is stated. You can ask 如果单独购买，多少钱？ Do not turn an unspecified price into “free”.
Answer three prompts in your own words
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1. You booked a double room for three nights under the surname Chen. Introduce the booking, ask whether breakfast is included, and ask the price if it is extra. Do not agree to buy yet.
Reference and self-check
您好，我姓陈，预订了三晚的双人间。请问早餐包含在房费里吗？如果单独购买，多少钱？
Keep Chen, three nights and a double room. Your last question requests information and does not authorize a purchase.
2. You booked a single room, but the receptionist says double room. Ask them to check the room type politely.
Reference and self-check
不好意思，我预订的是单人间，能帮我核对一下房型吗？
State the mismatch and ask to check it; no need to invent a booking number.
3. You know breakfast is extra but have not decided to buy it. Ask its price and say you will decide later.
Reference and self-check
请问早餐单独购买多少钱？我先了解一下，稍后再决定。
Keep asking the price separate from agreeing to purchase. Do not invent a price.
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