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III. Answer the following questions.
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1. Why do travellers usually reserve rooms at the hotels in advance? 2. Is it easy to reserve a room at the hotels in your city? 3. How can you book a room at the hotel? 4. What are the duties of a desk-clerk? 5. What information is required for filling in the arrival card? 6. What kinds of rooms are available at the hotels? 7. What is usually located downstairs at the hotels? 8. What services do hotels usually run? 9. What are the duties of a doorman? 10. Have you ever stayed at a hotel?
IV. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Я заказал в вашей гостинице номер на одного с ванной. Могу я его занять? 2. Как долго вы собираетесь пробыть в нашей гостинице? Укажите, пожалуйста, дату приезда и предполагаемую дату отъезда. 3. Заполните листок прибытия, предъявите паспорт и уплатите за пять дней вперед. 4. У вас есть свободные комнаты на двоих с ванной и холодильником? 5. Заполните этот регистрационный бланк, пожалуйста, и не забудьте расписаться внизу. 6. Все номера на двоих находятся на пятом этаже. Вот ваш ключ. 7. Мне нужен номер на одного с ванной. Я собираюсь пробыть здесь неделю. 8. Могу я заказать междугородний разговор из своего номера? 9. Вы можете получить любую информацию у администратора гостиницы. 10. Где находится администратор? 11. Я бы хотел заказать одноместный номер с окнами во двор. 12. Я хочу остановиться в гостинице на три дня. Мне уплатить вперед? 13. В номере было довольно прохладно, и я попросил горничную принести мне ещё одно одеяло. 14. Эта комната мне подойдет. 15. Я освобожу номер завтра около полудня.
V. Read and translate the following dialogue.
Reserve a room
The secretary of the Russian Trade Delegation in London telephones the Tavistock Hotel to reserve a room for Mr. Kozlov.
Receptionist: Reception-desk. Tavistock Hotel. Good morning.
Secretary: Good morning. This is the Russian Trade Delegation. We'd like to reserve
a room for Mr. Kozlov for three nights from the 20th of October.
Receptionist: Could you tell me what accommodation Mr. Kozlov would like to have?
Secretary: Yes, certainly. A single room with a private bath.
Receptionist: Just a minute. I'll see whether we have the accommodation available.
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Secretary: Thank you.
Receptionist: I can reserve a single room with a bath from the 20th of October, for three nights.
Secretary: Thank you. What's the charge?
Receptionist: Eight pounds ten pence a night. Thank you.
Secretary: Good-bye.
Receptionist: Good-bye.
At the hotel
At about 1 o’clock in the afternoon Mister Kozlov arrived at the Tavistock Hotel. A hotel-porter took Kozlov's suitcase and showed him to the reception desk. Kozlov told the receptionist that the Russian Trade Delegation had reserved a room in his name a few days before. The receptionist checked that and said that they could let him have a nice room on the third floor. After that the receptionist gave Mr. Kozlov a form and asked him to fill it in.
Mr. Kozlov wrote his name, address, nationality and occupation on the form and gave it back. Then the porter took the key to Kozlov's room and they went to the lift. In a minute they were on the third floor. The porter unlocked the door, brought in the suitcase and asked if that was all. Kozlov thanked him, gave him a tip and the porter went out. Kozlov unpacked his suitcase and rang the bell for a chambermaid because he wanted to have his suit pressed.
Chambermaid: Good afternoon, sir. What can I do for you?
Kozlov: Good afternoon. Could I have my jacket and trousers pressed?
Chambermaid: Very good, sir. I think I can do it right away.
Kozlov: Thank you. By the way, could I have an extra blanket? I'm afraid I'll be cold
at night as the weather is damp today.
Chambermaid: I'll attend to it, sir.
Kozlov: Thank you. I wonder if the restaurant is open now.
Chambermaid: Yes, sir. The restaurant serves breakfast from eight to ten, lunch from twelve to two thirty and dinner front six to eight.
Kozlov: Thank you very much.
Text 2
Staying at a hotel
As I’m the manager of our company I often go on business trips to visit our trade partner's manufacturing plant London. When the plane lands at Heathrow airport I go through passport control and check my luggage at the Customs house. A representative of our Trade Delegation meets me at the airport and takes me to the Embassy Hotel. I often put up at this hotel. It's a comfortable hotel in the center of London near the Hyde Park. Prices for the rooms are reasonable and the hotel is usually full (booked out), so the rooms are reserved in advance.
It takes us about half an hour to get to the hotel. At the reception desk we address the receptionist and say that we have reserved hotel accommodation for Mr. Petrov at the hotel. The receptionist checks the reservation and informs us that one single room with private bath is reserved for Mr. Petrov from this day. The room is on the third floor, number 301. We thank the receptionist and I fill in the following form:
| Surname | First name |
| Nationality | Date of birth |
| Occupation | Place of birth |
| Date of arrival in London | Address |
| Length of stay |
The receptionist thanks us and gives me the key to my room. He calls the porter and asks him to take (show) me up to my room in the lift. My room is large and very light. There is a lot of sunshine in it. There is a big window faces a side street. To the right of the window there is a sofa and a standard lamp. To the left of the window there is a television-set. The wardrobe is in the left-hand corner of the room. Near it there are two easy-chairs and a little table with newspapers and magazines on it. The walls of the room are blue. The ceiling is white. The floor is brown. I like my room because it’s very comfortable and there is a hospitality tray.
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The receptionist asks me not to miss breakfast served from 7.30 to 8.30. He also warns me that the hotel charges include breakfast and maid-service and I don't have to give any tips to the maids. I ask him to make a wake-up call because I set up an appointment. The receptionist wishes me to enjoy, my stay at the hotel.
Vocabulary
manufacturing plant – завод-изготовитель
Trade Delegation – торговое представительство
Embassy Hotel – отель посольства
to put up at a hotel – останавливаться в гостинице
reasonable price – умеренная, доступная цена
the hotel is usually full (booked out) – отель обычно переполнен
to reserve a room – заказывать, резервировать номер
to get to the hotel – добраться до гостиницы
to reserve hotel accommodation – заранее заказать номер в гостинице
to fill in a form – заполнить анкету
hospitality tray – поднос с пакетиками чая, растворимого кофе, сахара и т.п. в номере (в виде бесплатного угощения)
to warn – предупреждать; предостерегать; извещать, оповещать
hotel charges – плата за номер в отеле
maid-service – услуги горничной
to give tips – давать чаевые
to make a wake-up call – разбудить по телефону
to set up an appointment – назначить встречу, договориться о встрече
I. Give Russian equivalents to the following word combinations:
to go on business trips; to put at a hotel; to reserve a room in advance; to get to the hotel; single room with private bath; to fill in a form; length of stay; hospitality tray; to warn; hotel charges; to make a wake-up call; to set up an appointment.
II. Give English equivalents to the following word combinations:
посетить торгового партнера; завод-изготовитель; торговое представительство; отель посольства; комфортабельная гостиница; цены в гостинице умеренные; отель обычно переполнен; заранее заказать номер в гостинице; дать ключ от комнаты; сопроводить в номер на лифте; не пропустить завтрак; включать завтрак и услуги горничной; давать чаевые.
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