XI. Перескажите следующий рассказ и закончите его:

Once a businessman arrived in Paris. He stayed at a hotel and as soon as he had done all the formalities there he went for a walk. He asked the receptionist to tell him the way to the post-office because he wanted to send a telegram to his wife. He wrote that he had come to Paris. He also let his wife know the address and the name of his hotel.

As it was his first visit to Paris he enjoyed looking at its streets and squares, visited a museum or two and then went to a small restaurant to have lunch. In the evening he went to the theatre. After the performance was over he called a taxi to go back to the hotel, but he couldn't remember the name or the address of his hotel. So he ...

once однажды; to visit ['vizit] посещать; a post-office [poust] почта; a museum музей; a square площадь; to remember помнить

XII. Перескажите следующий текст:

Three young men arrived in New York for a holiday. They had reserved a room at a big hotel for two nights. When they came to the hotel the receptionist told them that they could have a nice room on the 45th floor.

He gave them the key to their room after they hid filled in the forms. The porter showed them to the lift.

In the evening the three men went to the theatre. The theatre was a long way from the hotel and they came back very late.

"I'm sorry," Said the hotel clerk, "but our lifts don't work to-night. We can make beds for you in the hall."

"No, thank you," answered one of the young men. "We'll go up to our room."

Then he turned to his friends and said, "On our way to the room I'll tell you some jokes, then you, Andy, will sing some songs; then you, Peter, will tell us some sad stories. So the time will fly fast."

So they began to walk up. Tom told them a few jokes, Andy sang some songs. At last they came to the thirty-fourth floor.

"Now, Peter, it's your turn to tell us a long sad story."

"Oh, I have a very sad story to tell you. It isn't long, but it's very sad. We've left the key to our room in the hall."

to turn (to) обратиться к кому-л.; a joke шутка; to sing (sang, sung) петь; a song песня; sad печальный; грустный; a story ['sto:ri] история, рассказ; fast [fa:st] быстро; а turn очередь; а hall [ho:l] зал, вестибюль

XIII. Составьте диалоги иа основе следующих ситуаций:

1. Comrade Belov got instructions to go to London on business. He went to the booking-office to book a seat for a plane. He found out that the plane would take off at 11 a.m. and land in London at 2 p.m.

2. Mr. Belov arrived at the hotel. The receptionist could let him have a room on the 6th floor. Then he asked Mr. Belov to write down his name, address, nationality and occupation. After that the receptionist gave Mr. Belov the key to his room and the porter showed him to his room.

3. Mr. Belov rang the bell for a chambermaid. The chambermaid asked him what she could do for him. Mr. Belov wanted to have his jacket and trousers pressed. She told him she could do it right away. Mr. Belov wanted to have an extra pillow and the chambermaid said she would attend to it.

a pillow ['pilou] подушка