Vocabulary

1 portmanteau - слово-гибрид (искусственное слово, составленное из двух слов, напр.: motel = motor + hotel)

2 to face - выходить, быть обращенным (в определенную сторону)

3 to be driven by - обусловлен, вызван (чем-либо)

4 predecessor - предшественник

5 reception - приемная (в гостинице)

6 distinction - отличие, различие

7 imagery - образы, мысли, представления

8 contemporary - новый, современный

9 mom-and-pop - семейный (имеется в виду небольшой магазин или какое-либо мелкое предприятие, обычно управляемое семейной парой)

10 outskirt - край, окраина

Text work

1. Find English equivalents in the text:

1 смежные комнаты

2 двери выходят на место стоянки автотранспорта

3 путешествие через всю страну

4 однородный (усредненный) внешний вид

5 привлекающие (бросающиеся в глаза, броские) неоновые огни

6 окраины города

7 идеальное место встречи

8 воровство, кража

9 расположение вдоль дорог

10 приходить в упадок

2. Agree or disagree:

1 The construction of motels was due to little number of people traveling about the country.

2 Each motel differs from all the others in shape structure.

3 Motels appeared in 1990s in the centre of different cities.

4 Such criminals as Bonnie and Clyde visited such courts frequently.

5 Motels had no differences from hotels.

3. Look through the text once again and find the meaning of the following dates:

1 the 1920s

2 1940

3 1952

4. Match the names on the left with the meaning on the right:

1 motel a) family-owned motels

2 'I'- or 'L'- or 'U'-shaped b) famous outlaws

3 mom-and-pop motor courts c) motor + hotel

4 "Camps of Crime" d) shape of building structure

5 Bonnie and Clyde e) name for motels in the article of American

Magazine

5. Look at the photos of different motels. What picture attracts you most? Why? Use active vocabulary from the text to explain your choice.

Holiday Inn 'Great Sign' Exterior of a Howard Johnson's motor lodge

Bates Motel set at Universal Studios

6. Project work.

Some hotels offer various combinations of meals as part of a room and board arrangement. These are often advertised as:

European Plan	no meals are included, or only a minimal breakfast
American Plan	all meals included (full board)
Modified American Plan	option of breakfasts and dinners

Find information about 3 different hotels in various countries (e.g. in Turkey, Japan and Italy) and make a similar table about facilities they suggest. Mention not only meals but also other services. Let your group mates discuss and compare the information; and then choose the one they would like to visit.

Chapter 7. Hotel and motel chains

Lead-in

1. What world-famous hotel chains do you know? Give some their names.

2. What difficulties occur running a hotel chains?

3. Are there any hotel chains in your city?

Discussion

Look at the photos of some well-known hotel – chains. Do you recognize some of them.

Text 1. Marriott Corporation

Study the text and note down the main facts of this chain development.