22)Name the facilities you expect to find in a business hotel.

23)Read the text and answer the question:

Is “The Tower” a good hotel? Why? (use there is / there are).

The Tower Hotel

The Tower Hotel is in Shinjuku, the new business centre of Tokyo. It is an exciting area with excellent shopping and entertainment.

The Tower Hotel has luxurious rooms, which are ideal for the business traveller. Each room has TV channels in English such as CNN and the BBC. All rooms have voice mail, a fax machine and a personal safe. Each room is equipped for personal computer use and

Internet access is free.

Before your evening meal you can relax in the fitness centre and sauna. There are two excellent restaurants for your meals. One offers

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a variety of international dishes; the other offers traditional Japanese cuisine.

There is an executive lounge with its own check-in and check-out service. Here you can get a free American breakfast and evening drinks. It has also got laser printers in a comfortable work area with teaand coffee-making facilities.

There are ten function rooms with a full range of multimedia equipment for meetings and presentations. Technical and secretarial services are also available.

The Tower Hotel meets all the needs of the modern business traveller.

24)Choose the best hotel for your guest and say why.

Mr Erikson is a sporty person. He goes to the gym every two days. He prefers Japanese cuisine. He needs Internet in his room but a computer is not necessary. Mr Erikson has his laptop with him. He doesn’t need a TV because Mr Erikson doesn’t like watching television. He will have a lot of calls so voice mail is needed. He also needs a laser printer.

25)Make a full description of an ideal hotel.

26)Act out a conversation with Mr. Erikson.

•I am a sporty person. I go to the gym every two days. Is there a fitness centre in the hotel?

•Yes, there is. There is a big fitness centre.

27)Study the English alphabet.

28)Write the letters of the alphabet in the right column. Then listen and check (T4.2).

29)Play a bingo game.

30)Spell your name.

31)Practise the dialogue with your partners (4 people).

•What is your name?

•My name is Alec Gorsky.

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•Can you spell that?

•It’s A-L-E-C G-O-R-S-K-Y.

32)You are going to listen to a conversation. Study the following words and phrases.

to book - booking a private room set meals

to confirm

33)A gentlemen wants to book a private room in a restaurant. Listen to their telephone conversation and answer the questions (16).

•How many people does Toshiko Hori have?

•What is the girl’s name? Spell it.

•What is the price for set meals?

•What is the e-mail address? Spell it.

34)Listen again and complete these questions with the verbs

from the list.

book / give / confirm / spell / have(x2) / repeat / speak / tell

1.Can I ………… a private room ?

2.Can you ………… me your name, please?

3.Can you ………… me the prices?

4.Can you ………… that, please?

5.Can I ………… a special price?

6.Can you ………… my booking by email?

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7.Can I ………… your email address, please?

8.Can you ………… more slowly?

9.Can you ………… Hori?

35)What is the function of the verb can here?

36)Study and translate the following conversational phrases.

37)Listen and read the conversation and complete it.

A.Hello. Giorgio’s.

B.Hello. Can I 1………… a private room in your restaurant for next Monday, please? It’s for a group of twenty.

A.Twenty people? Yes, of course. 2…………you …………me your name, please?

B.Yes, 3…………. It’s Toshiko Hori. But the booking is in the name of BKD.

B That's fine. So 4…………set meals for groups?

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A.Yes, we do.

B.5…………you …………me the prices?

A.Yes, 6…………. Twenty-five pounds or thirty-five pounds.

B.7…………you …………that, …………?

A.Twenty-five and thirty-five.

B.OK. Um. It’s for a group of twenty. 9…………I have a special price?

A.10…………but we don't have special prices for food. But if you have wine maybe we can do…

B. 11…………you …………my booking by email?

A.Yes, of course. 12…………I …………your email address, please?

B.13…………. It’s T, dot, hori, at, BKD...

A.Sorry, 14…………you …………more slowly?

B.T dot hori at bkd dot...

A.15…………, can you spell Hori?

B.It's H-O-R-I at bkd dot com.

38)You are a receptionist at the Pacific Hotel. Act out conversations with your guest.

39)How do you like traveling? Why?

•by car

•by train

•by plane

•by ship

40)Listen to 8 statements. Where do they take place? (T4.1)

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42)Read the text and give the order of actions when you travel by plane.

First you go to the check-in desk where you check in and they weigh your luggage. Usually you it can weigh 20 kilos, but if your bags weigh more, you pay excess baggage. The airline representative checks your ticket and gives you a boarding card for the plane with your seat number on it. Then you go through passport control where an official checks your passport, and you go into the departure lounge. Here, you can also buy things in the duty-free, for example, perfume, alcohol and cigarettes.

About halt an hour or forty minutes before take-off, they tell you the gate number, for example, gate 14, where you wait before you get on

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