- •Предисловие
- •2. Agree or disagree with the following statements.
- •3. Name various kinds of travelling you know. Say a
- •4. How would you define a traveller? Are you a
- •5. Which type of travelling probably takes longest?
- •6. Types of travellers.
- •7. Look at the words below. They are all connected
- •8. Put a correct form of a verb of movement in each of
- •9. Describe an interesting journey that you have made
- •In detail.
- •10. Read the title of the article. Answer the following:
- •Travel - Who Needs It?
- •Travel and Accommodation
- •11. Read the following trying to memorize phrases in
- •A Visit to a Hotel.
- •12. What would you say in these situations?
- •13.*** Read the following excerpts from tourists'
- •Vocabulary.
- •14.*** Read an interview with Steven e. Bryant,
- •Breathtaking Natural Beauty
- •15.*** Read what Hillary j. James, General Manager of
- •Luxury Accommodations for Longer Stays.
- •16. Use active vocabulary to express these sentences
- •17. Match the words on the left with their collocations
- •18. Which expressions given in a. Do you associate
- •19. Use the correct expression from the previous
- •20. Discuss the following in pairs:
- •21.*** Translate the text: Where Nobody Else Would Dare to Go.
- •Air travel
- •22. You need to get to the airport to catch a plane. It's
- •23. Divide these words and phrases into two
- •24. What is the difference between the following:
- •25. Which word goes with all three sentences in each
- •Verb: (take ride drive catch)
- •26. Match the types of trips to the texts that describe
- •31. Complete the words or phrases below using the
- •32. What do you call:
- •33. The following sentences describe what you do
- •34. What is the order of events when you fly into an
- •35. Complete this part of a letter about an unpleasant
- •36. Fill in the blanks. The words you need can be
- •37. Read the text. Put the verb in the correct form,
- •Catching a plane
- •38. Complete the text with the correct form of the
- •Verbs, Past Simple or Past Continuous. A Special Holiday in Florida.
- •A Sightseeing Holiday
- •39. Read the text. Try to understand the meaning of all
- •40. Match a word or a phrase in a with its definition
- •41. Translate the following into Russian:
- •42. Fill in a preposition:
- •46. Look at these extracts from travel and tourism
- •47. Fill in the gaps with a derivative based on the word
- •48. Read Marisol's story. The grammar she uses is
- •Very good, but she keeps repeating the same
- •The Most Frightening Experience of My Life
- •49. Write a story of your own about a frightening
- •On the Beach and in the Country
- •55. Put a number 1-6 next to the nouns in the gap,
- •56. Read the texts and use the context to help you
- •57. Translate the following words:
- •58. Translate paying attention to the phrases in black
- •59. Fill the gaps with the correct words:
- •60. Tick the correct word in these sentences:
- •61. Write down two different words that can combine
- •62. Are these statements true or false?
- •63. Read the following. Note the collocations.
- •64. Complete the conversation with the Simple Past
- •At the Scene of a Traffic Accident
- •65. Fill the gaps in the sentences with one of the
- •66. Respond to these comments as in the example, so
- •67. What do you think the underlined expressions
- •68. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of one
- •69. Read the text and fill each gap with one of these
- •The Road to Ruin
- •70. An Unforgettable Journey.
- •Verbs in brackets. More than one form is possible in
- •71.*** Present Participles often improve the style of a
- •72.*** Read this article from the science section of a
- •Transportation of the Future.
- •73.*** Read this transcript of a radio interview with
- •74.*** Radio listeners are calling in with questions for
- •Education and Bringing Up Children
- •1. Why do you go to school / university? Number these reasons in their order of importance from 1 (most important) to 12 (least important):
- •Teachers and Actors
- •5. Translate the following phrases into Russian:
- •6. Are Teachers Born or Made?
- •7.*** Education Empowers
- •8.*** Read the text and answer the questions:
- •Attacking Poverty
- •9. Think about the following:
- •10. Match a line in a with a line in b:
- •11.*** Work in small groups. Discuss the following
- •12.*** Read these texts in which two Irish writers recall
- •1. Molly Keane
- •2. Mary Lavin
- •13.*** Cohesion.
- •In the following text the writer has used an excessive
- •14. Read the following. Do you agree or disagree with
- •15. Look at the list of ideas about the good and the
- •The Good Language Teacher
- •The Bad Language Teacher
- •16. Do the personality quiz to discover what type of
- •17.*** A Teacher's Story
- •18.*** Read the second part of the text.
- •Vocabulary.
- •19.*** Read the passage below about a child with
- •20. Before reading the article look at its title. What do
- •Teaching with a Magic Touch
- •21.*** A Tale of Two Teachers
- •22.*** In the passage below George Finley, a teacher
- •In his early forties, describes some of his experiences
- •Cinema. Television.
- •Read the following paying attention to the phrases
- •In black type:
- •2. Look at the film titles below and match them with
- •3. Giving your opinion about films:
- •4. Read the text. Answer the following questions:
- •Famous faces
- •5.*** The Cinema Comes to Hollywood
- •6. Discuss the following points in pairs:
- •7.*** Read one of the given texts. Where do you think
- •It came from – a popular magazine? a specialist
- •Information about the two authors by comparing your
- •8. Web Movies
- •9. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- •Read the film review and match paragraphs 1- 4
- •10.Read the text and complete it with linking words:
- •11. Complete the film review with the verbs in the
- •Tootsie
- •12. Write a review of a film you have seen. Include the
- •13. Image Queen.
- •Ask and answer questions to complete information
- •14.*** Material Girl
- •15. Use the verbs given in brackets in the correct
- •16. Charlie Chaplin
- •Quickly look at the questions and see if you know
- •17. Discuss the following:
- •18. No Sex, no Violence, Just Film
- •19. Behind the Camera
- •20. Editing
- •21. Television in Great Britain
- •22.*** Read the text. Pick up useful expressions to
- •Reality tv
- •23.*** Read what British and American teens say
- •24. Television is Doing Irreparable Harm
- •25. Read the text Television is Doing Irreperable Harm
- •26. Agree or disagree with the following:
- •26.*** Why You Watch What You Watch When You
- •Topical Vocabulary
- •010008, Г. Астана, ул. Можайского, 5а
- •1. Why do you go to school / university? Number these reasons in their order of importance (1 - most important, 12 - least important:
- •2. What kinds of pupils / students do you find it difficult to teach? Why?
- •3. Look at the list of factors contributing to a teacher's job satisfaction.
- •4. Read the text: Teachers and Actors
- •5. Translate the following phrases into Kazakh:
- •6. Give word combinations to characterize qualities of a good teacher:
- •7. Answer the questions:
- •8. Make up your own sentences with the following:
- •10. Are Teachers Born or Made?
- •7.*** Education Empowers
- •8.*** Read the text and answer the questions:
- •Attacking Poverty
- •9. Think about the following:
- •10. Match a line in a with a line in b:
- •11.*** Work in small groups. Discuss the following
- •12.*** Read these texts in which two Irish writers recall
- •1. Molly Keane
- •2. Mary Lavin
- •13.*** Cohesion.
- •In the following text the writer has used an excessive
- •14. Read the following. Do you agree or disagree with
- •15. Look at the list of ideas about the good and the
- •The Good Language Teacher
- •The Bad Language Teacher
- •16. Do the personality quiz to discover what type of
- •17.*** A Teacher's Story
- •18.*** Read the second part of the text.
- •Vocabulary.
- •19.*** Read the passage below about a child with
- •20. Before reading the article look at its title. What do
- •Teaching with a Magic Touch
- •21.*** A Tale of Two Teachers
- •22.*** In the passage below George Finley, a teacher
- •In his early forties, describes some of his experiences
15.*** Read what Hillary j. James, General Manager of
Bristol Plaza Hotel, tells about the development and
management of a luxury residential hotel.
Luxury Accommodations for Longer Stays.
Bristol Plaza, a luxury residential hotel, was conceived of and developed by Howard Milstein to meet the needs of those planning long-term stays in Manhattan. Its 152 suites feature fully equipped kitchens for home dining, and the property boasts a health club, swimming pool, and sun deck. We are already booking well into 2006. All indications point toward another splendid year. We are fortunate because currently there are probably no more than three properties such as ours in Manhattan with a minimum 30-day stay and full hotel services. Furthermore, our location is excellent and I think our swimming pool and health club are among the best in the city. We enjoy a great deal of repeat business from both corporations and individuals for whom staying at Bristol Plaza has, I am delighted to report, become a matter of course. Our health club is an important amenity for our guests. It is an absolute prerequisite for them. Certainly, there are some merits and dismerits in our hotel. We don't have a restaurant, for example. Our neighbourhood is full of wonderful restaurants that deliver. All of our suites have fully equipped kitchens so our guests can enjoy the occasional 'at home' at their leisure.
We have one- and two-bedroom suites as well as several junior suites and two penthouses to accommodate the larger families, many of whom travel with a nanny, we have connected a two-bedroom and one-bedroom suite. These three-bedroom units have proven to be very much in demand and are constantly occupied. People usually stay with us for not less than a month. Quite often a booking will be made for a month even when the requirement is for less, simply because it is more financially advantageous when compared with the cost of one of the better transient hotels. Besides, we have total flexibility provided that we have due notice, so our guests can extend their stays. We never rebook a suite until the guest confirms his or her departure date. Many of our guests stay with us while their homes are being renovated and, despite time estimates being given by their contractors, rarely are they met. If we didn't allow for flexibility in extending our lease terms, total chaos would ensue: both for them and us.
Our individual guests are typically those who are in the process of finding permanent housing or those who are undergoing renovations. We have quite a number of guests who are being relocated to New York by their various corporations or who are establishing new offices in the city. People come from all over the world to receive medical treatment. Lawyers hearing briefs in town, film companies on location, ambassadors and their support staff attending the U.N. General Assembly, are all comfortable knowing that they can stay at Bristol Plaza for as long as they wish. A great deal of our business comes from the multinational corporations and banks that have been placing their colleagues and business partners with us for years. Everybody wants to be connected to the Internet. Our newly installed telkonet system allows our guests to plug into any electrical socket in their suite.
Although none of our suites look as if they need remodeling, we nevertheless like to change the decor from time to time. Our guest roster is truly international. And I derive great pleasure knowing our reputation is worldwide. I think our concept is ideal for other markets. The cost of a hotel room, even for one night, in the major capitals of Europe make our kind of long-term operating a very appealing option. Personal attention is extremely important and our staff never fail to greet our guests warmly and are always willing to go that extra yard to make their stay a very pleasant one.
Answer the following questions:
1. Did Bristol have a strong year in 2005?
2. Is there much competition in New York's long-term-
stay hotel market?
3. Is their health club an important amenity for their
guests?
4. Do you think of Bristol Plaza's lack of a restaurant
as a drawback?
5. What kinds of suites do they offer?
6. Can people stay with them for less than one
month?
7. Can guests extend their stays for as long as they
like?
8. Are technological amenities very important for
corporate guests?
9. Is their business truly global?
10. Do you think the Bristol Plaza concept could work
in other markets?