Text 2 Staying at a hotel

As I’m the manager of our company I often go on business trips to visit our trade partner's manufacturing plant London. When the plane lands at Heathrow airport I go through passport control and check my luggage at the Customs house. A representative of our Trade Delegation meets me at the airport and takes me to the Embassy Hotel. I often put up at this hotel. It's a comfortable hotel in the center of London near the Hyde Park. Prices for the rooms are reasonable and the hotel is usually full (booked out), so the rooms are reserved in advance.

It takes us about half an hour to get to the hotel. At the reception desk we address the receptionist and say that we have reserved hotel accommodation for Mr. Petrov at the hotel. The receptionist checks the reservation and informs us that one single room with private bath is reserved for Mr. Petrov from this day. The room is on the third floor, number 301. We thank the receptionist and I fill in the following form:

Surname	First name
Nationality	Date of birth
Occupation	Place of birth
Date of arrival in London	Address
Length of stay

The receptionist thanks us and gives me the key to my room. He calls the porter and asks him to take (show) me up to my room in the lift. My room is large and very light. There is a lot of sunshine in it. There is a big window faces a side street. To the right of the window there is a sofa and a standard lamp. To the left of the window there is a television-set. The wardrobe is in the left-hand corner of the room. Near it there are two easy-chairs and a little table with newspapers and magazines on it. The walls of the room are blue. The ceiling is white. The floor is brown. I like my room because it’s very comfortable and there is a hospitality tray.

The receptionist asks me not to miss breakfast served from 7.30 to 8.30. He also warns me that the hotel charges include breakfast and maid-service and I don't have to give any tips to the maids. I ask him to make a wake-up call because I set up an appointment. The receptionist wishes me to enjoy, my stay at the hotel.

Vocabulary

manufacturing plant – завод-изготовитель

Trade Delegation – торговое представительство

Embassy Hotel – отель посольства

to put up at a hotel – останавливаться в гостинице

reasonable price – умеренная, доступная цена

the hotel is usually full (booked out) – отель обычно переполнен

to reserve a room – заказывать, резервировать номер

to get to the hotel – добраться до гостиницы

to reserve hotel accommodation – заранее заказать номер в гостинице

to fill in a form – заполнить анкету

hospitality tray – поднос с пакетиками чая, растворимого кофе, сахара и т.п. в номере (в виде бесплатного угощения)

to warn – предупреждать; предостерегать; извещать, оповещать

hotel charges – плата за номер в отеле

maid-service – услуги горничной

to give tips – давать чаевые

to make a wake-up call – разбудить по телефону

to set up an appointment – назначить встречу, договориться о встрече