No matter how you make your reservation, you always run a tiny risk of arriving at your hotel and finding it overbooked — just like an airline may not have that seat it promised.

不管通过什么方式预订，总是存在这种风险：你达到酒店后，发现它已经超额预定了——就如同航空公司可能并没有它事先承诺的座位。

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M: No reservation? Tony, didn't you phone?

没有预定？托尼，你没打电话吗？

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B: No, you just need do put down a small deposit to hold your reservation.

不用，你只需要交少量押金，以保留你的预订。

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This man had heart surgery, and shortly afterward had been dropped off at the curb to buy a ticket with no reservation to fly to New Orleans alone.

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