4. Complete the diagram and tell about the capsule hotel.

Project work

Imagine you are a representative of a newly opened hotel. Prepare a PowerPoint presentation to attract guests to your hotel. You need to persuade people that your hotel is better than others in your place.

Telephoning

1. Discuss the following questions:

1. What associations and ideas come to your mind when you hear the word “telephone”?

2. Do you have a telephone? How often do you use it?

3. They say that it is impossible to live without a phone today. Do you agree?

4. What are disadvantages of having a phone?

5. Do you prefer to use a mobile or a landline?

6. Do you always talk in one and the same way when you call different people? Why?

2. A) Complete the questionnaire below using the correct form of the following verbs:

have lose shout wish keep try want sound misunderstand

Can you remember a time when you …

1 totally ______ what someone said on the phone?	Oh, yes	No
2 really _____ rude and unhelpful because you were busy?	Oh, yes	No
3 constantly _____ to ask the other person to repeat what he said?	Oh, yes	No
4 actually ______ at someone on the phone?	Oh, yes	No
5 completely ______ track of the conversation?	Oh, yes	No
6 just ______ you could talk to the person face to face?	Oh, yes	No
7 even ______ pretending you were out to avoid taking a call?	Oh, yes	No
8 really _____ to kill the person on the other end of the phone?	Oh, yes	No

b) Comment your answers, describing a situation from your life.

Vocabulary

1. Working in small groups, look at the words below. They present different kinds of telephones. Characterise each of them.

1. mobile phone, mobile (BrE) / cellphone, cellular phone, cellular (AmE)

2. public telephone/payphone

3. WAP phone

4. cordless phone, cordless

5. pager

6. videophone

7. videoconferencing

2. Which equipment would each of these people need (use the words from ex.1)?

1. A lawyer who needs to stay in contact in court, but can't have a ringing phone.

2. A building contractor who works in different places.

3. Someone who wants to stay in touch whilst they are in the garden.

4. A company manager who wants to discuss something with managers in different offices at the same time.

5. A computer enthusiast who wants to see the person she is talking to.

6. Someone who is out but doesn't have a mobile.