开口ABC 之 寻找洗手间

Nice day, huh? Follow me for fun on ABC Happy Express!

　　天气无限好啊！坐上ABC快乐快车,跟我去寻找快乐吧!

　　First One: Where's the washroom?

　　Restroom, ladies'/men's room, the john, toilet, lavatory¹, bathroom, are all synonyms² that you can safely use.

　　洗手间在哪？"restroom, ladies'/men's room, the john, toilet, lavatory, bathroom"都可以用来表示洗手间,你可以放心大胆地使用，没问题。

　　Second One: I need to take a leak.

　　This is a very casual way of telling someone that you need to urinate. You can use this sentence as a precursor³ to requesting help finding a restroom.

　　我想小解。这是一种较为随意的方式，告诉别人你想小便。你可以使用这句话，要求别人帮你找到洗手间。

　　Third One: Is it open to the public?

　　If you are not allowed to enter an area, you may see a sign posted on the door: Not open to the public. Other sentences that mean the same things are, "Employees only" and "Authorized⁴ personnel only".

　　它对公众开放吗？如果某个区域禁止外人进入，你通常可以在入口处看到这样的标志"闲人免进"。其他类似的句子有："内部员工使用"、"指定人员使用"。

1 lavatory   

n.盥洗室，厕所

参考例句：

• Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗？
• The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间，盥洗室暂停使用。

2 synonyms   

同义词( synonym的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• If you want to grasp English, you must carefully discriminate synonyms. 如果你想掌握好英语，你必须仔细区分同义词。
• Study the idioms and synonyms l wrote down before your test. 学考试前我给你写的习惯用语和同义字。

3 precursor   

n.先驱者；前辈；前任；预兆；先兆

参考例句：

• Error is often the precursor of what is correct.错误常常是正确的先导。
• He said that the deal should not be seen as a precursor to a merger.他说该笔交易不应该被看作是合并的前兆。

4 authorized   

a.委任的，许可的

参考例句：

• An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。