It’s a good way to earn extra money.

　　这是额外挣钱的好方法。

　　A What’s it like working in the restaurant?

　　A 在餐馆工作怎么样？

　　B It’s OK. It’s in a restaurant in one of the big hotels.

　　B 还行。我在一家大旅馆的餐厅里工作。

　　A That sounds quite good. Is it hard work?

　　A 听起来相当不错。工作累吗？

　　B Well, it depends if the restaurant is very busy. But I enjoy it. I like seeing lots of different people all the time.

　　B 哦，这取决于客人是不是很多。但是我喜欢这份工作。我总是喜欢看到不同的人。

　　A Yes, I suppose a hotel restaurant must be a quite good place to work.

　　A 是的，我想旅馆里的餐馆是工作的好地方。

　　B Yes, it is. And it’s a good way for me to earn extra money.

　　B 是的，是这样。而且这还是我额外挣钱的好方法。

　　Notes 注释

　　1 If you want to ask someone to describe their experience of something, you can use What’s it like? / What’s it like? e.g. What’s it like working in a restaurant? / What’s it like working in a restaurant?; What’s it like living in New York? / What’s it like living in New York?

　　如果你想请某人描述他的某个经历，你可以用What’s it like? /那怎么样？例如What’s it like working in a restaurant? /在餐馆工作怎么样？； What’s it like living in New York? /住在纽约怎么样？

　　2 You can use It depends . . . / It depends when you are not certain about something, e.g. I may come tomorrow: it depends on the weather / I may come tomorrow: it depends on the weather; The work can be hard: it depends on how busy it is / The work can be hard: it depends on how busy it is.

　　当你对某事不太确定的时候用It depends . . . /它取决于. . . 例如：I may come tomorrow: it depends on the weather /我明天可能会来：这取决于天气情况；The work can be hard: it depends on how busy it is / 工作可能很辛苦：这取决于繁忙与否。

　　3To earn money / To earn money: we use earn / earn when we talk about the money we earn at work.

　　To earn money /挣钱：当我们谈论我们通过工作挣钱时我们用earn /挣。

Key phrases and sentences   What’s it like working in the restaurant? It’s OK.  It’s in a restaurant in one of the big hotels. That sounds quite good.  Is it hard work? Well, it depends if the restaurant is very busy.  But I enjoy it.  I like seeing lots of different people all the time. Yes, I suppose a hotel restaurant must be a quite good place to work. Yes, it is.  And it’s a good way for me to earn extra money.

重要的短语和句子   在餐馆工作怎么样？   还行。我在一家大旅馆的餐厅里工作。   听起来相当不错。 工作累吗？ 哦，这取决于客人是不是很多。   但是我喜欢这份工作。 我总是喜欢看到不同的人。   是的，我想旅馆里的餐馆是工作的好地方。     是的，是这样。而且这还是我额外挣钱的好方法。