英国游客在威尼斯被“宰” 天价午餐花掉近500欧_BEC初级作文

英国游客在威尼斯被“宰” 天价午餐花掉近500欧

A British tourist has written a letter of complaint to Venice’s mayor after he and his parents were charged €526 (£463) for lunch in a restaurant near St Mark’s Square.

英国一位游客近日向意大利威尼斯市长写信投诉，称他和父母在圣马可广场附近的一家餐馆吃午餐时，被收取了526欧元餐费。

Luke Tang, a university lecturer from Birmingham, said he and his 70-year-old parents were shocked to be charged so much for the seafood meal, much of which they had not ordered.

来自伯明翰的大学讲师卢克-唐说，他和70岁的父母吃了一顿海鲜饭而被索要如此高的餐费，感到很吃惊，上的菜中很多他们压根没有点。

He accused the waiters in the restaurant, Trattoria Casanova, of taking advantage of the fact that neither he nor his parents spoke any Italian.

这家餐厅名为Trattoria Casanova，他指责餐厅服务员利用他与父母不会讲意大利语宰客。

英国游客在威尼斯被“宰” 天价午餐花掉近500欧1

Waiters brought them dishes that they had not asked for and failed to tell them the cost, he said, describing the restaurant as “a disgusting place”.

他说，服务员给他们上了一些他们没有点的菜，并且没有告知他们价格。他表示，这家餐厅实在是“糟糕透了”。

In a letter to Luigi Brugnaro, the mayor of the World Heritage city, Mr Tang, 40, wrote: “I do not expect there will be any refund, but I wanted to draw your attention (to) the behaviour of this business, (which) will ruin the reputation of Venice. It is disgraceful and indeed the shame of Venice.”