1. mess n.混乱 vt. 弄乱;弄脏

【双语例句】

The room is in a mess, please tidy it up房间太乱了，麻烦收拾一下吧！

【用法解析】

mess 可指实际的脏乱，也可以指生活的糊乱，比如“I've made such a mess on my life”,我把自己的生活弄得一团糟常用短语有“mess about/around”，胡闹;“mess something up”，把(事情)弄糟。

2. wash basin 洗脸盆;洗面池

【双语例句】

I'll place some fresh towels in there, and clean the toilet bowl, wash basin and tub.

我会把坐厕、洗面盆、浴缸都清理干净再放几条新毛巾。

【用法解析】

wash意为打扫、洗净，尤指用水、肥皂等。basin 意为盆、水坑、池塘，泛指水的容器。一般我们说的脸盆其实是“plastic wash-basin”，塑料脸盆而这里的 wash basin 多指洗面池。

3. convenient adj. 方便的

【双语例句】

Would it be convenient if I return in half an hour?

我半小时后再来可以吗?

【用法解析】

convenient词根“ven=come”,表示“来

“con”表示“共同”，合在-走”，起表示“全部能来，没有障碍的”。相关短语有“convenient store”，便利店:“convenience package”，简装。

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客房服务员：客房服务，我可以进来吗?

Guest: Come in, please. 客人：请进。

Room Maid: I'm sorry to disturb you, but may I clean the room now? 客房服务员：很抱歉打扰您，我现在可以清理房间吗?

Guest: Well, I'm a bit tied up at the moment. 客人：哦，我现在正忙着呢.

Room Maid: Shall I come back later sir? What time would you like us to come back? 客房服务员：先生，那我过会儿再来可以吗?您看我什么时候来合适呢?

Guest:An hour later, I just go down for my breakfast. 客人：一小时后吧，我正好下去吃早饭。

Room Maid:Sir, is it convenient to clean the room now? 客房服务员：先生，现在方便打扫房间吗?

Guest: Sure, by the way, I've just taken a bath, and it's quite a mess. Could you tidy up the bathroom first? 客人：当然，对了，我刚刚冲了凉，所以浴室有点乱，能不能先整理一下浴室呢?

Room Maid: Right away. I’ll clean the toilet bowl, wash basin and tub, then place some fresh towels in there. 客房服务员：我马上就打扫，把坐厕、洗面盆、浴缸一一清理于净，然后再放几条新毛巾。

Guest: Well. by the way, can you clean my room after 9 o'clock tomorrow? I usually wake up late. 客人：嗯，对了，以后能不能在9点以后来打扫我的房间，我一般醒得比较晚。

Room Maid: Ok, afterwards, we can do the housekeeping after 9 o 'clock. Please put out a "Do Not Disturb" sign on the door if you need to rest in the room, and the housekeepers won’t knock on the door again. 客房服务员：好的，以后我们都可以在9点后进行客房打扫。如果您需要在房间内休息，请在门上挂上“请勿打扰”牌这样服务员就不会再敲门了。

Guest: Ok, I got it. 客人：好的，我知道了。