- •Тhе Ассоmmоdаtiоn Industry
- •Vocabulary
- •The accommodations industry
- •1. Read and pronounce correctly:
- •2. Find English equivalents in the text and use them in the sentences of your own:
- •3. Give synonyms to the following words:
- •1) Hotel (2) facility (3) accommodation (4) luxurious (5) employee
- •4. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons.
- •5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
- •6. Fill in the spaces in the following sentences with the appropriate word or phrase:
- •7. Explain the meaning of the following terms:
- •8. Give the detailed retelling of the text.
- •1. Ask for things you want according to the model:
- •2. Ask questions according to the model:
- •3. Ask questions according to the model:
- •2. Translate into English:
1. Read and pronounce correctly:
Access, facilities, recreation, designed, accommodation, taverns, automobile, inexpensive, extended, resort, scenery, clientele, transients, diversely, convention, urban, luxury, luxurious, merely, furnishings, employee, ratio, maintenance, shelter.
2. Find English equivalents in the text and use them in the sentences of your own:
(1) временный кров (2) предоставлять возможности для отдыха (3) средства передвижения (4) разработаны для размещения путешественников (5) индустрия размещения (6) примитивны по современным стандартам (7) отдаленные районы (8) старомодные гостиницы (9) символ гостеприимства (10) относительно низкие цены (11) требовать большего комфорта (12) рукотворный (13) предоставлять обслуживание (14) банкетный зал (15) качество обслуживания (16) оборудование и обстановка (17) работники (18) вопрос первоначальной важности
3. Give synonyms to the following words:
1) Hotel (2) facility (3) accommodation (4) luxurious (5) employee
4. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Give your reasons.
Use:
For disagreement: For agreement:
— that's not quite right... − that's right...
— Oh, no, quite on the contrary... -- exactly...
— It says in the text... -- I agree entirely..
1) A hotel is a temporary home for people who are travelling.
2) The hotel usually does not offer facilities for recreation and never provides shelter and food.
3) By modem standards inns were a sort of luxury hotels with all kinds of recreational facilities.
4) The word "motel" was created by combining motor and hotel; it usually provides parking facilities for cars.
5) All hotels do not serve the same kind of guests.
6) Luxury hotels are at the bottom of the list comparing with the other kinds of hotels.
7) The difference in quality between hotels is not entirely a matter of equipment or furnishings.
5. Fill in the blanks with prepositions:
(1) The hotel may also provide facilities ... recreation. (2)... Europe and America, inns and taverns were spaced ... the roads ... the distance a horse could travel ... a day. (3) Modem mass transportation, that is, the movement... large numbers ... people ... relatively low prices, began ... the development... the railroads ... the 19th century. (4) Another way ... categorizing hotels ... its quality ... service they offer. (5) This system puts the top hotels ... a special deluxe category,... other receiving ... five stars ... one star or "A's". (6) ... a luxury hotel, there may be three employees ... every guest room. (7) The proportion ... employees ... guests and guest rooms is also a matter ... prime importance. (8) Engineering and maintenance ... a small establishment may be done ... contract... local firms, whereas a large hotel will hire its own staff... these functions. (9)... a large commercial hotel... a big city, the ratio is usually closer ... one employee ... guest room. (10) The traveller usually had to share his bed ...... least one other person, and as many as four other persons ... some remote areas.