露西的一天 第70期:工作與午餐講解(8)

A hostess, "hostess," is the woman, in this case, in a restaurant 一個女領位，在這種場合下，在餐館中，“女領位”是一個女人，

that says hello to you when you come in the restaurant - that greets you, 當你來餐廳時，向你問好的，

and she asks how many people are in your party, 她問你們有多少人用餐，

meaning how big is your group - how many people are in your group, 意思是你們這些人有多少——你們有多少人?

and then she takes you to a table. 然后她領你們去一張桌子。

The male version of this would be a host, "host." 如果是男士，那就是“男領位”。

So, a hostess is always a woman and host is a man. 所以，女領位永遠是女人，男領位是男人。

In very expensive restaurants - in what we would call fancy restaurants, 在非常昂貴的餐館里——我們稱之為高檔餐廳，

restaurants where you have to dress very nicely and you pay a lot of money for your food, 來這種餐廳，你必須穿得很漂亮，而且你要為你的食物花上大價錢，

they sometimes have what's called the maitre d', a maitre d', 有時候他們有所謂的領班，“領班”，

which is the person that takes reservations and shows you to your table. 那個人會(幫你)預訂座位并帶你來到你的桌邊。