8. Translate into English:

1. Я збираюся забронювати номер «люкс» у Вашому готелі. 2. Чи є у Вас вільні номери? 3. Ви маєте звіль­нити кімнату в призначений час. 4. Будь ласка, відне­сіть мої речі до моєї кімнати. 5. Я чекаю на гостя.

6. Будь ласка, не турбуйте нас. Ми відпочиваємо.

7. Коли Ви від’їжджаєте з готелю? 8. У якому готелі Ви проживаєте?

9. Replace the Infinitives in brackets by the necess­ary tense-form:

1. Last year our family (to stay) at the Metropol Hotel.

2. It (to be) a many-storeyed building with all modern conveniences. 3. As for me I (to prefer) to reserve a room in advance. 4. If we (to engage a room) at this hotel next time we (to reserve) a suite. 5. While you (to fill) in the form at the reception desk the porter (to take) your things upstairs. 6. He informed the receptionist he (to vacate) the room in due time and (to ask) to get his bill ready.

10. Change the following sentences using the Passive Voice according to the model:

Model: They are showing a new videofilm now.

• A new videofilm is being shown now.

Wait a minute, please, a chambermaid is cleaning your room. 2. Where is a bell-boy? We are looking for him. 3. The laundress is washing shirts now. 4. A hotel clerk is repairing a TV set at this moment. 5. They are vacating the room now. 6. I am waiting for the hotel man­ager.

Communicative situations

1. Speak about hotel service.

2. Book a room at a hotel.

3. Tell your friends about staying in a hotel.

4. Write a letter or a fax reserving a single room at a hotel for three days.

Lesson 9

In the town exercises

1. Read and memorize the following words: street вулиця

e.g. Stop! Look! and Listen! before you cross the street.

road дорога, шлях; бруківка

e.g. The auto stood in the middle of the road. We didn’t know the road, square площа, майдан

e.g. Can you show me the way to Trafalgar Square?

(to) walk прогулюватися, йти пішки

e.g. Bob is not running. He is walking.

Will you walk with me?

(to) drive вести, керувати

e.g. This man drives the auto. He is a driver.

tram трамвай

bus автобус

trolley-bus тролейбус

taxi таксі

motor-car легковий автомобіль

motor-cycle мотоцикл

motor-scooter моторолер

bicycle велосипед

vehicles транспортні засоби

e.g. The vehicles are: trams, buses, trolley-buses, taxis, motor-cars, motor-cycles, motor-scooters and bicycles,

traffic рух; транспорт

e.g. There is much traffic today. Many trucks and cars are going by.

traffic-light світлофор

e.g. Along the streets there are street lamps, at the cor­ners of the streets there are traffic lights,

bus stop/trolley-bus stop зупинка автобуса/тролейбуса

e.g. There are many people at the bus, trolley-bus and tram stops,

passenger пасажир

fare плата за проїзд

crossroad перехрестя

subway підземний перехід; (США) метро

pedestrian пішохід

e.g. At big crossroads in large towns and cities there are subways for pedestrians,

train поїзд

e.g. The train is on the track.

This train carries people and mail, plane літак

boat човен

helicopter гелікоптер

e.g. Outside the towns, we travel from one place to an­other by train, plane or boat. Now helicopters are used very much for transport,

corner куток; ріг

e.g. Go to the corner of the street and then turn to the right.

route маршрут

e.g. What is the route of this bus?

seat місце (для сидіння)

e.g. There is an empty seat, sit down.

taxi-rank /taxi-stop зупинка таксі

e.g. Is it a long way to the taxi-rank?

terminus кінцева зупинка

e.g. Are you going to the terminus?

turning поворот

e.g. Take the first turning to the right.

way шлях, дорога

e.g. Is it the right way to the British Museum?

Mary didn’t know which way to go.

passer-by перехожий

e.g. He asked a passer-by in the street to show him a way to the Post-Office

stranger незнайомець, приїжджий

e.g. I’m a stranger. I’m completely lost,

double-decker двоповерховий автобус