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Vocabulary focus

4. Match each word or phrase on the left with the correct equivalent on the right:

1) luxury a) цена за номер (в гостинице, отеле)

2) supply and demand b) роскошь, роскошный

3) discount c) плотная (сытная еда)

4) entertainment and d) многокомнатный номер recreation

5) substantial food e) развлечения и приятный досуг

6) prosperity f) еда и напитки

7) suite g) процветание

8) room rate h) спрос и предложение

9) food and beverages i) официальный и неофициальный

10) formal and casual j) скидка

11) similar k) сходный, похожий

5. Match each word on the left with the correct definition on the right:

a) tremendous a) a shop or place where a particular product is sold

b) entrepreneur b) large objects like beds, tables, chairs, etc which you put in a room or house so that you can live in it

c) lounge c) an entrance hall just inside the main door to a hotel, theater, or other large building

d) outlet d) a period of 365 or 366 days divided into 12 month

e) year e) a person who uses money to start businesses and make business deals.

f) lobby f) a public comfortable room in a place such as a hotel, university, or hospital where people can sit and relax

g) furniture g) very great in size, amount, or degree [7], [8]

6. Match the synonyms:

1) degree

2) entertainment

3) economy

4) businessperson

5) alike

6) signature

7) formal

8) development

9) price

10) thrive

11) significant

a) entrepreneur

b) recreation

c) budget

d) level

e) official

f) growth

g) rate

h) important

i) prosper

j) similar

k) upscale

7. Match the antonyms:

1) north

2) slow

3) upscale

4) demand

5) prosperity

6) casual

7) similar

8) weak

9) spend

10) war

a) different

b) earn

c) south

d) poverty

e) supply

f) strong

g) formal

h) peace

i) fast

j) midpriced

Comprehension

8. Answer the questions on the texts:

Full-Service Hotels

1. How may hotels be classified by the degree of service they offer?

2. What services do full-service hotels provide for businesspersons?

3. What North American countries and major cities do you know?

4. What can help a hotel management to offer the guests more |competitive rates?

5. How may hotels be classified by the room rate?

Economy/Budget Hotels

1. What rooms do economy or budget hotels offer?

2. Why have chains like Travelodge, Motel 6, Days Inn, and La Quinta become popular?

3. What enabled them to offer rates at about 30 percent lower than the midpriced hotels?

4. What is the average rate for an economy hotel per night?

5. What success criteria were developed for a new budget concept called Microtek.

6. How can you prove that the hotel business can thrive even in a weak economy?

7. How does the economic law of supply and demand affect the hotel business?

8. Why will the economy hotel segment be close to the saturation point in 2007?

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