Ethnic food in Paris

French food is one of the reasons a great 12) ……… people come to Paris but there are other types of food as well. Two Chinatowns, one near Belleville and the other south of the Place d’Italie have excellent restaurants. In the Belleville area you are spoilt for choice as there are also 13) ……… Algerian. Tunisian and Moroccan restaurants. But if you are looking for Japanese food there is very 14) ……… choice, although there are 15) ……… good places in the Opera quarter.

There are 16) ………vegetarian restaurants in Paris although North African establishments will serve you couscous without 17) ……… meat. However, you can get a good salad from 18) ……… restaurants and 19) ……..., if not most, cafés will make you a vegetarian dish on request if you are prepared to wait 20) ……… more time before you eat.

Vocabulary

Conferences and meetings. Match the sentences with the words in the box.

21 lecture 22 congress 23 workshop 24 trade fair 25 board meeting

A A group of hoteliers who want to listen to a formal talk on management techniques from a specialist speaker.

B Travel agents going to see promotions from tour operators and tourist boards in order to find new packages and venues for their clients.

C An international group of tour operators meeting to discuss global problems.

D Hotel staff needing practical know-how to improve their work techniques.

E The directors of a company going to their monthly decision-making meeting.

Use the words in the box to complete the gaps in this brochure extract.

sound-proofed audio-visual closed-circuit acoustics exhibition delegates auditorium syndicate

The Regent Conference Centre can accommodate 700 (26)………. The main (27) ……… has seating for 500, although it can be divided into smaller areas by using specially designed (28) ……… partitions. There is a 100-seat lecture theatre, which has excellent (29) ………. It can be linked via (30) ……… televisions to the ten (31) ……… rooms (ideal for smaller meetings), all of which have high-quality (32) ……… equipment. Finally, there is an (33) ………hall to display advertising material, products, plans and models.

Grammar

Choose the correct verb from the sentences below.

34. Thomas Cook organized / has organized the first tour in 1841.

35. Pathfinders wasn’t / hasn’t been the first to offer tailor-made holidays.

36. He worked / has worked in the travel industry since 19996.

37. When did you start / have you started working for Kuoni?

38. Customers became / have become more-demanding in the last few years.

39. The number of bookings fell / has fallen since the accident.

40. So far we had / ‘ve had a very successful season.

41. Visitors from the USA increased / have increased by 8 percent since last year.

42. We started / have started offering tours to Mexico two years ago.

43. Many operators put / have put their prices up lately.

Complete the sentences with a preposition.

34. Is it Ok if I pay ……… credit card?

35. I would like to congratulate you ……… these improvements in efficiency.

36. We must start the meeting. We can’t wait ……… Eleanor any longer.

37. I look forward ……… seeing you next week.

38. We may launch our new product in May, maybe later. It depends ……… the market.

39. In my job, I deal ……… complaints from customers.

40. I would be grateful if you could provide me ……… a reference.

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