- •At the hotel
- •1. Memorize the following words and expressions:
- •2. Read and translate the following sentences:
- •3. Read and translate the dialogue:
- •4. Fill in the blanks with the words and expressions from ex.1:
- •5. Fill in the forms and register in a hotel:
- •6. Memorize the following words and expressions:
- •7. Read and translate the following sentences:
- •8. Give the English equivalents to the following words and expressions:
- •9. Make up sentences of your own using the words and expressions from ex.8.
- •10. Read the texts and answer the questions following them: Types of hotels
- •Types of hotel accommodation
- •11. You are staying in quite a good hotel (e.G. Two-star or three-star) in your country. Would you expect to have the following?
- •12. Consider the list of hotel facilities:
- •13. Explain the meaning of the signs which you may meet in a hotel:
- •Explain what the following signs mean:
- •15. Put these sentences in a logical order:
- •16. Study the following rules of staying in the hotel:
- •17. Paraphrase some of the above instructions using the following phrases:
- •19. Disagree with the statements. Prove your reasons. Use the expressions:
- •20. Read and translate the dialogues. Practise them in pairs.
- •1. Which hotel to stay at.
- •2. I’d like a single room.
- •3. Have you filled in the arrival card?
- •4. Unfortunately we are packed full.
- •5. How long will you stay?
- •6. Wake me up at seven.
- •7. I’d like to have it by tomorrow.
- •8. I’m signing out today.
- •21. Keep these conversations going:
- •22. What would you say in these situations?
- •Answer the following questions:
- •24. Study these problem situations. Discuss or dramatize them.
- •25. Read and translate the text:
- •26. Be ready to talk on one of the following topics.
- •27. Study the following advertisements. Discuss with your friends where to stay. Kings Lodge Private Hotel
- •Hotel “ Arcade “
- •Avenue House Hotel
- •Grasmere House
- •Hotel “ Europe”
- •28. Advertise the hotel you are staying at. Say why you like it.
- •29. Read the jokes and retell them to your friend:
- •30. Say it in English:
- •31. Experienced travellers make a reservation by telegram. For example:
- •32. Sending a fax:
17. Paraphrase some of the above instructions using the following phrases:
Make sure you…
It is highly recommended that the guest should…
The guest had better …
The guest is (not) allowed to …
Add something to explain why these instructions are given.
Model:
-The guest must vacate the room by noon on the date of departure.
- It is highly recommended for the guest to vacate the room by noon on the date of departure because the unique checking- out time here is 12 o’clock.
-The guest must close the door securely whenever he is in the room.
- Make sure you close the door securely whenever you are in the room so that you could be safe from interruption and theft.
Agree with what your friend says. Use the expressions:
Exactly so / I suppose so / I fully agree / You are quite right.
Prove your reasons.
When you travel in summer it is best to reserve rooms in advance.
The visitor must answer all the questions when he fills in the arrival form.
The guests are to pay the bill when they sign out.
The guests should tell the reception clerk the date when they plan to leave the hotel.
Returning to the hotel late at night the guests should not make too much noise.
The guest must leave the key at the desk when going out.
The duty of the hotel porter is to help the visitors with their luggage.
The chambermaid must do the rooms every morning.
19. Disagree with the statements. Prove your reasons. Use the expressions:
Are you sure? It seems to me…
It’s not always true.
I’m afraid you are wrong.
There is a rule at hotels requiring that guests should pay in advance.
Suites are usually the cheapest rooms in hotels.
When a national or international congress takes place in the town it is usually very easy to get hotel accommodation.
If the guest wants his breakfast in the room the reception clerk will bring it to him.
At present the most common practice is to reserve a room at a hotel by letter.
The bellman is the person who keeps the rooms in order.
Nowadays TV sets are usually found in every room of a hotel.
The rates for those who stay at a hotel longer are higher than for those who stop for a night or two.
20. Read and translate the dialogues. Practise them in pairs.
1. Which hotel to stay at.
Pavlov: Can you recommend a good hotel for me to stay at?
Mr Hall: Why, yes. I think you can put up at the Lancaster House Hotel. It’s a new modern and very comfortable hotel: telephone, hot and cold running water in every room, well-trained personnel.
Pavlov: Is it far from the center of the city?
Mr. Hall: It’s just minutes away from the center. Very close to the shops, cinemas and parks.
Pavlov: It must be a rather expensive hotel, I think.
Mr. Hall: It surely isn’t very cheap.
2. I’d like a single room.
Rogov: Good afternoon! I’d like a single room with a bath for a week or so.
Reception Clerk: Very well, sir. Have you made reservations?
Rogov: In a way, yes. I rang up my friend and he said he had booked accomodation with you.
R.C.: Let me see. What is your name, please?
Rogov: My name is Rogov, Oleg Rogov.
R.C.: I’m sorry, I didn’t quite catch your name. Would you mind spelling it or writing it down here in block letters?
Rogov: R-o-g-o-v, of Ukraine.
R.C.: Thank you. Well, everything is all right. Will you register, please? Here is an arrival card.