Step 4 Vocabulary practice

Task 1. You are in the meeting room in a hotel You want to see the facilities you need for a conference.

Study the list of facilities below and explain what they are for.

flip chart podium socket lectern plug

slide projector OHP* Pointer lecture theatre PC

remote control photocopier marker pens screen

*Over Head Projector

Task 2. Conferences and meetings.

Where are these people going? Match the sentences with the words:

1) lecture; 2) workshop; 3) board meeting; 4)congress; 5) trade fair

A group of hoteliers who want to listen to a formal talk on management techniques from a specialist speaker.

Travel agents going to see promotions from tour operators and tourist boards in order to find new packages and venues for their clients.

An international group of tour operators meeting to discuss global problems.

Hotel staff needing practical know-how to improve their work techniques.

The directors of a company going to their monthly decision-making meeting.

Task 3. Use the words below to complete the gaps in this brochure extract:

1) sound-proofed 4) audio-visual 7) closed-circuit

2) acoustics 5) exhibition 8) delegates

3) auditorium 6) syndicate

The Regent Conference Centre can accommodate 700 (a)__. The main (b)__has seating for 500, although it can be divided into smaller areas by using specially designed (c) __partitions. There is a 100-seat lecture theatre, which has excellent (d)__. It can be linked via (e)__televisions to the ten (f) rooms (ideal for smaller meetings), all of which have high- quality (g) equipment. Finally, there is an (h) __ hall to display advertising material, products, plans and models.

Task 4. Meetings.

4.1. Match the verbs in a with the noun phrases in в to make expressions which are often used in meetings.

A find round face put invite reach second raise (something) go come

В in circles comments to a decision agreement the proposal facts to the vote the subject common ground

4.2. Match the adjectives in a with the nouns in b. Use a dictionary, if necessary.

A a foregone a fruitful a heated a key a stumbling a vested a workable

В argument arrangement block collabouration conclusion interest issue

4.3. Use the expressions from 4.2 (above) in the sentences.

Perhaps the main__to responsible tourism is the profit motive.

There’s been a very__between local pressure groups and the Ministry of Tourism and most of the problems have been resolved.

There’s no point in holding the meeting - the result’s a__,

He owns a number of hotels in the area so he has a__promoting the growth of tourism.

It’s not the best solution but it’s a__for the time being.

There was a__on the proposal to build a new motorway and some people got very angry.

Although the effect of tourism on the environment is a__people still don’t want to measure the effects.