7. Answer the following questions:

1. Who was in charge of the hotel list?

2. Whose idea was it to telephone the hotels instead of driving from hotel to hotel?

3. Who was the first to realize that they were at the hotel Stefani?

4. Who telephoned the hotels? Did it take long to find a room?

5. What was Patricia’s reaction to the news?

8. Tell the story: a) as if you were Paul; b) as if you were Patricia; c) as if you were Mr. Markie; d) as if you were the waitress; e) in your own words

9. Role-play the following situations according to the text

• Paul and Patricia have spent hours looking for a hotel to stay at

• Paul and Patricia’s unsuccessful attempts to find a hotel room

• Paul and Patricia have arrived at a restaurant-cafй and are discussing their unsuccessful attempts to find a vacant room at a hotel

• Paul is having a telephone conversation with the proprietor of the Hotel Stefani

1.2 Discussing the text

Discussion of the text in terms of its lexical and grammatical peculiarities

1. Present the text commenting on its genre, the form of narration, the general emotional tinge, the main characters and the place where the scene is laid.

2. Speak about the main characters of the story. Give as much information about them as you can. Describe the author’s attitude to the main characters.

3. Formulate the factual information of the text.

4. Divide the factual information of the extract into logically complete parts.

5. Summarize the factual information of the text.

6. Formulate the conceptual information of the text as you see it.

7. Group words and word-combinations around the main events of the text and compile thematic and lexico-semantic groups.

8. Account for the presence of certain thematic groups you have singled out.

9. Comment on the role of synonyms and antonyms.

10. Compose and write a coherent essay of the text “The Hotel Stefani” including its presentation, summary and vocabulary analysis.