How many guests were there in the hotel

Order the words to make sentences.

1. is / room / This / your

2. very / My / cold / is / room

3. problem / a / with / heating / the / There’s

4. isn’t / working / The / air-conditioning

5. chicken / have / please / Can / I / a / sandwich

6. fruit / any / Do / juice / have / you / fresh

(There is / there are)

9. Complete the sentences with There is or There are.

1. _____________ a sofa in the room.

2._____________ four cups in the cupboard.

3._____________ lots of chairs.

4. _____________ some pictures on the wall.

5. _____________ a garage.

1. + table / the kitchen

5. + in-room internet access / all rooms

6. + fine restaurants and shops / hotel

(There was / there were)

11. Look at the hotel information. Write a + or – sentences with there was / were.

12. Complete with the correct form of there was / were.

A How many guests ___________ in the hotel?

B ____________ four including me. ______________ a French tourist and ___________ two businessmen.

A _______________ a restaurant?

B No, ______________, but _____________ a bar.

A What _______________ in your room?

B _________________ a minibar and a TV.

A _________________ two beds?

B No, _______________. ______________ a double bed.

13. a) Janet Cooper wants to go to Spain on holiday with her family. She decides to fax the receptionist at the Hotel Plaza in Alicante to see if they have the accommodation she requires. Look at the information about the hotel and fill in the first part of Janet’s fax.

b) Write out the words of Janet’s fax message in the correct order.

14. Can you answer these questions?

A. Where did you go for your last holiday?

B. Where did you stay?

C. What facilities did you have in your room?

D. Did you like the service?

Make notes under these headings. Use your notes to talk about your last (ideal) holidays.

ü accommodation you stay in

Teaching and learning English in Sardinia

Wednesday, 9 December 2009

1 VOCABULARY verb phrases

a What percentage of British people.

What percentage of British people read a newspaper every day? 70%
70% of British people read a newspaper every day.
Seventy per cent of British people read a newspaper every day.

30% of British people don’t read a newspaper every day.
Thirty per cent of British people don’t read a newspaper.

25% smoke.
25% of British people smoke.
75% don’t smoke.

90 per cent watch TV every night. (in questo caso = ogni serrata)
10% don’t watch TV every night.

10% go to the cinema every weekend.
90% don’t go to the cinema every weekend.

45% have a pet.
55% don’t have a pet.

60% live in a house with a garden. (Abitono in una casa con giardino)
40% don’t live in a house with a garden.

c page 143 Vocabulary Bank verb phrases

1 live in a flat
2 work in an office
3 have children
4 study economics
5 speak German
6 drive a VW
7 read a newspaper
8 like animals
9 go to the cinema
10 watch television
11 listen to the radio
12 play the guitar (suonare la chitarra)
13 smoke a cigarette
14 do exercise
15 play tennis (not ‘play a tennis’)
16 have a sandwich for lunch
17 drink coffee
18 eat fast food
19 cook dinner (cucinare la cena)
20 do housework (fare lavori di casa)
20 do homework (fare compiti di scuola)
21 wear glasses

2 c page 17

man. men
woman. women
child. children
person. people

3

(lui cucina) he cooks
(lui va) he goes
(lui ha) he has
(lui fa) he makes
(lui guarda) he watches

3 b page 124 Grammar bank 2A

2A
a
1 I listen to the radio. (Ascolto la radio)
She listens to the radio. (Lei ascolta. )
2 He lives in a flat. (Lui abita in un appartamento)
We live in a flat. (Noi abitiamo. )
3 They have two children. (Loro hanno due ragazzi/bambini)
He has two children. (Lui ha. )
4 She doesn’t drink coffee. (Lei non beve caffe)
They don’t drink coffee. (Loro non bevono caffe)
5 I don’t smoke. (Io non fumo)
My father doesn’t smoke. (Mio padre non fuma)
6 The shop closes at 5.00. (Il negozio chiusa alle 5.00)
The shops close at 5.00. (I negozi chiudono alle 5.00)
7 I go to the pub. (Vado al bar/pub)
He goes to the pub. (Lui va al bar/pub)
8 I do housework. (Faccio i lavori di casa)
She does housework. (Lei fa. )

b
1 My father doesn’t read The Times. (The Times e’ un giornale inglese).
2 Her house is big but it doesn’t have a garden. (La sua casa e’ grande ma non ha un giardino)
3 We speak French very well. (Parliamo francese molto bene)
4 I don’t eat fast food. (Non mangio fast food)
5 She drives a BMW. (Lei guida a BMW)
6 I don’t play computer games. (Non gioco. )
7 My father doesn’t do housework. (Mio padre non fa lavori di casa)
8 He studies economics at university. (Lui studia. )

Why Do Hotels Ask How Many Guests are Staying in Your Room? [2021]

Anytime you go through the hotel booking process you’ll see a field asking you to input how many guests will be traveling on the reservation.

Some people misrepresent the number of guests staying in their room in order to save money. And others ignore this field since it does not always affect the price of the hotel stay.

But not accurately representing how many guests will be with you could be a crucial mistake that ends up costing you money or even putting you or people you care about at risk.

Keep reading below to find out why!

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Why do hotels ask how many guests are staying in your room?

Hotels ask how many guests will be staying in your room for multiple reasons. In some cases, a hotel may be charging based on how many guests are occupying a room. But in other cases, a hotel may request that information so that they can ensure they are complying with the fire code, or so that in the event of an emergency they will know how many guests should be accounted for.

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Hotels charging per person

When it comes to hotels that charge per person, it’s obviously understandable why they want to know how many people are in your room: because they are losing out on revenue if they don’t account for everyone.

Most major hotel chains do not charge you per person when only two guests are on the reservation in my experience, especially if you are staying at a standard hotel brand. These are hotels like Holiday Inn, Marriott Courtyard, Hilton Doubletree, etc. For these hotels the price of a room for one person is usually the same as it is for two people.

But when you start talking about three or four guests, things may be different. You’ll still find plenty of hotels who keep the price of a night’s stay the same even when three or four guests are occupying a room. But some properties will start to add a small charge for the third and fourth guest.

Take a look at the chart below and you can see a sample of prices for different brands to get a sense of how the prices might increase. The additional cost of the third and fourth guest is usually pretty minimal but in some locations like Las Vegas it could be a lot more expensive.

It’s worth noting that there are some hotels that will charge you per person even when the booking is for only two people. For example, take a look at the prices below for the Hyatt Ziva Cabo.

In all of my years of traveling the most common type of hotel where I’ve seen a charge per person for only two guests on a reservation is at all-inclusive resorts.

In that case, the hotel is offering unlimited alcoholic beverages, snacks, and dining options so it is completely understandable that they want to know how many people will be staying in each room and charge accordingly.

Some small motels and smaller lodges may also come down hard on people who bring in guests without paying

All-inclusive resorts will often charge you for very person on your reservation.

Hotels and the building codes

Hotel rooms can often accommodate multiple adults comfortably. For example, a room with two queen beds and a fold out bed could accommodate six adults without too much trouble. Unfortunately, hotel rooms may limit the occupancy to four or five people which can be pretty inconvenient for large families.

You can usually see the limit listed online or you simply won’t be able to add more than four or five guests to a single room when trying to make a reservation. For example, the Hilton website pictured below grays out the “+” after you add four guests (whether they are adults or kids).

This is obviously just an attempt by the hotel to collect more revenue by forcing guests to book multiple rooms, right?

In fact, the limitations on guests often are not decided by the hotel. Instead, it’s the fire marshal who sets the policy.

Often the number of occupants in a room will be limited to something like the square feet of the room with special attention to permanent fixtures like cabinets, counters, etc. Even the ceiling height can be a factor.

There’s also something called the “egress capacity,” which has a lot to do with fire escape routes. Basically a hotel has to ensure that in the event of an emergency evacuation, there are not too many guests so as to clog up the emergency exit routes and staircases.

A fire marshal may analyze the number of staircases, the size of the hallways and stairwells, the number of rooms on the floor, the number of floors in the hotel, and then base occupancy limitations on those factors.

But that doesn’t mean a hotel will set the limit at the same limit as the fire marshal. It’s possible that a fire marshal could determine that a room could safely hold six guests and a hotel decides to place a limit at five. It is probably much more rare for a hotel to go the other way and violate a fire code because they could face penalties not to mention putting guests’ lives in danger.

Search and rescue

One reason you will see hotels will ask about the number of occupants is because they want to make sure that in the event of an emergency they can account for all guests.

You could imagine a scenario where a rescue worker is told there are only two people in a suite but really there are four. They then save only two of the four then move on to helping guests in another room.

That’s probably an extremely rare scenario but it could happen.

Lying about the number of guests in your hotel room

So now let’s talk about the thing that so many people do: outright lie or withhold the truth about the number of guests in your room.

First, something to consider is that you may not have to lie in the first place.

When hotels have a limit on how many people can fit in a room, sometimes these rules can be slightly bent. For example, a room limit of five guests could be expanded to six in certain circumstances (presumably when this is within the limitations of the fire code).

So before you go trying to sneak in some people into your hotel room consider that it may not even be necessary.

If you lie about the number of guests that will be in your hotel room there are a few different outcomes you may face.

It’s possible that nothing could happen. This could be the case if you were on good terms with the hotel staff and your additional guests were not causing any issues for the staff or for other guests.

If the hotel was not happy about your extra guests for some reason (loud parties, smoking in the room, etc.) they could ask all of the guests to leave (including the ones who properly booked the room) or they could demand payment for all guests.

Remember, unless you paid cash and did not leave a deposit, the hotel should have access to your credit card and could add this charge on to your final bill.

You can check the terms and conditions of the hotel to see what type of conditions could apply. For example, here are some terms from Hilton:

We reserve the right to cancel or modify reservations where it appears that a customer has engaged in fraudulent or inappropriate activity or under other circumstances where it appears that the reservations contain or resulted from a mistake or error.

You could imagine that falsifying the number of guests on your booking could qualify as “fraudulent or inappropriate activity” allowing them to “cancel or modify” your booking aka give you the boot.

How much would a hotel possibly charge you for extra guests? That all depends on the hotel.

How hotels know you have more guests than allowed

At a standard hotel that doesn’t issue wristbands, bringing more guests with you is not always obvious to the hotel staff.

A lot of hotels probably will not give you trouble for having more guests than allowed on your reservation until they start getting affected by it or until obvious suspicions begin to arise.

Hotels will start to become aware or suspicious that you are housing more guests than allowed if the following things happen:

If you and your guests are low-key and not causing any type of issues, chances are the hotel will not be aware of your additional guests and even if they do suspect something, they may not do anything.

But you still need to be aware that you are potentially violating fire codes by having so many people in your room. Your decision to host a gathering in your hotel room could make it more difficult to evacuate your floor in the event of an emergency.

Final word

Hotels have different motivations for asking you to input the number of guests for each room. Some hotels will charge per person because they offer amenities that can be consumed by any guest on the premises. Other hotels don’t charge per person but they will restrict you to booking 4 to 5 guests per room in order to comply with fire codes.

In the end, there may be some leeway with the guest limits and you may be able to get around them as long as you are acting responsibly during your stay. But you should always consider the effect you could have one rescue efforts in the event something unexpected did happen.

B Complete with the correct form of there was or there were. A How many guests were there in the hotel?B1four including me. 2a French tourist and >.

B Complete with the correct form of there was or there were. A How many guests were there in the hotel?
B1
four including me. 2
a French tourist and >
two businessmen.
a restaurant?
B No, 5
but
A What
in your room:
a minibar and a TV.
two beds?
B No, 10
a double bed.
a bar.
B 8
b Put the verbs in brackets in the present continuous
A Hello​

Ответы

koroshe kotakty jeme ok

1. do you like your job?

2. does your father like his job?

3. sally is married. her husband works in a bank.

4. i know mr. watson but i don’t know his wife.

5. put on your coat when you go out. its very cold.

6.my favourite sport is tennis. i play a lot in summer.

7. my sister plays tennis too but her favourite sport is athletics.

8. were staying at a very nice hotel. its room is very comfortable.

9. mr. and mrs. baker live in london but their son lives in australia.

10. thank you for your letter. it was good to hear from you again.

11. we are going to invite all our friends to the party.

12. john is a teacher but his sister is a nurse.

13. do you think that most people are happy in their jobs?

14. i gave the money to my mother and she put it in her bag

15. i often see that man but i don’t know his name.

16. the”ve got two children but i don’t remember their names.

17. the company has offices in many places but its head office is in new york

Словарь

remarkable замечательный, удивительный

be located [lou’keitid] быть расположенным

downtown центр города

in the very heart [ha:t] в са­мом сердце, в самом центре

Exhibitions Center Выставочный Центр

embassy [’embasi] посоль­ство

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Министерство иност­ранных дел

unique [ju:’ni:k] уникальный

interior интерьер, внутренний

design [di’zain] дизайн

enjoyable достав­ляющий удовольствие

to include [in’klu:d] вклю­чать

double room двухместный номер

single room одноместный номер

furnish обставлять мебелью, меблировать

apartments апартаменты, номера

sauna [‘sauna] сауна

to relax [ri’lasks] расслабить­ся

hairdressing ( hairdresser’s) дамская парикмахерская

gym = gymnasium спортзал

service bureau [bjua’rou] бюро обслуживания

barber’s [‘ba:baz] мужская

beauty saloon [sa’lu:n]

laundry [lo:ndri] прачечная

shoes repairs [ri’peaz] ремонт обуви

dry cleaning химчистка

travel [‘treval] путешествие

book in advance заказать заранее

security system [si’kjuaritj ‘sistim] система безопасности

suite [swi:t] номер «люкс»

to provide [pra’vaid] снаб­жать, обеспечивать

safety-deposit boxes небольшие сей­фы

air conditioner кондиционер

satellite TV спутниковое телевиде­ние

Mediterranean cuisine [‘medita’reinjan] средиземноморская к ухня

hospitality го­степриимство, радушие

to host [‘houst> зд. принять,

Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Where is the «Golden Ring» hotel located?

2. Is it far from the Red Square and Kremlin museums?

3. How many apartments are there in the « Golden Ring» hotel? What are they?

4. What services does the hotel offer to its guests?

5. Where can the guests see the views of Moscow?

6. What kinds of cuisine does the hotel restaurant and beer bar offer?

7. How many guests can banquet rooms and a Conference Hall host at a time?

8. Where can the guests order a taxi or rent a car, book train and air tickets in advance?

Переведите на английский язык

1.Высокие стандарты обслуживания сделают Ваше пребывание в нашей гостинице приятным.2 Вы будете чувствовать себя как дома во время пре­бывания в нашей гостинице.

3. В ресторане гостиницы Вы можете попробовать раз­личные блюда русской кухни. гостинице много просторных и удобных номеров, включая одноместные номера, двойные номера и номера «люкс».

4. Вы можете провести приятный вечер в ресторане гостиницы и насладиться кулинарным искусством шеф-повара ресторана.

5. Гости могут пользоваться сауной и спортивным за­лом.

6. В гостинице есть парикмахерская, бюро обслужива­ния, пункт обмена валюты, салон красоты, прачеч­ная, ремонт обуви и химчистка.

7.В бюро обслуживания Вы можете заказать такси, билеты на поезд и самолет.

Text 5 AT THE HOTEL ENTRANCE HALL

We are in the entrance hall of a big modern hotel in Moscow. The reception clerk is behind the reception desk. He gives the guests the keys to their apartments. Modern hotels have electronic locks on the doors. They are opened with a plastic card with magnetic code. The codes are usually changed every day.

There is the inquiry office to the right. They’ll answer all your questions and give you all the information you want.

At the service bureau you can order a taxi or rent a car, book train and air tickets in advance. You can also register for an excursion to see Moscow’s places of interest.

There is a small banking office in the entrance hall. You can cash traveller’s checks and change currency there.

If you need to leave your suitcases for a while you can use the left-luggage office. The hotel porters will help you to carry your luggage.

reception clerk портье

electronic locks электронные замки

plastic card пластиковая карточка

magnetic code магнитный код

inquiry office справочное бюро.

service bureau бюро обслуживания

to cash обналичивать

traveller’s checks чеки путешественника

to change currency менять валюту

left-luggage office камера хранения

Text 6 HOTEL SERVICES

Large hotels usually offer their guests different kinds of services. At the laundry they can have their things washed and pressed. At the dry cleaner’s they can clean their clothes. At the shoes repair shop they can have their shoes mended and polished.

Hotel restaurants have a Room Service department for the guests. Room service is the service of food or beverages in guests’ rooms. The Room Service department works together with the kitchen of the restaurant. Hotels are often judged by the standard of the room service they provide. Five-star hotels provide room service for at least 18 hours of the day, but more often they provide 24-hour service, and that service must at all times be friendly, quick and efficient.

The dishes available for service in rooms are listed on a special room service menu.

The guests can order:

• Breakfast from 6 am to 11 am

• All day dining from 11 am to ll pm

• A la carte dishes from 7 pm to 10 pm

• Night owl menu from 11 pm to 6 am

Most orders to Room Service are given by telephone. The waiters from the Room Service bring the dishes that were ordered by the guests on trays and trolleys. They usually knock on the door three times and say loudly, «Room Service». When the door is opened the waiter enters the room and greets the guest. The guest tells where to place the tray or trolley. The waiters usually explain what they have brought, ask to sign the bill, and tell the guest to put trays or trolleys outside their rooms in the passage after they have finished their meals.

hotel services виды услуг в отеле

Room Service обслуживание номеров (подача еды и на­питков из ресторана)

to judge судить

to provide [pra’vaid] обеспечивать

at least [li:st] по крайней мере

available имеющийся в наличии

all day dining обед в течение всего дня

night owl menu [nait aul menju:] ночное меню

to knock [nok] стучать

loudly [‘laudli] громко

to enter входить

trolley [‘troli] столик на колесиках для подачи пищи

to explain [iks’plein] объяснять

to sign [sain] подписывать

passage коридор, проход

Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Do large hotels offer their guests different kinds of services?

2. Where can the guests have their things washed and pressed?

3. Where can the guests clean their clothes?

4. What is Room Service?

5. When can the guests order breakfast?

6. When can the guests order dinner?

7. When can the guests order a la carte dishes?

8. When can the guests order the «Night owl menu»?

9. What do the waiters use to bring the meals to the apartments?

Переведите на английский язык.

1. Большие гостиницы обычно предлагают гостям раз­ личные виды услуг.

2. О гостиницах часто судят по стандарту обслужива­ния номеров.

3. Заказы на обслуживание номеров делаются по теле­фону.

3. Официанты приносят блюда, которые заказывались гостями, на подносах или тележках.

4. Официанты обычно стучат в дверь три раза и гово­рят громко, «Обслуживание номеров».

5. Когда дверь открыта, официант входит в комнату и приветствует гостя.

6. Официанты обычно объясняют, что они принесли, и просят подписать счет.

Text 8 Read the text and describe the work of the system of personal service etablishments in your native city adding more information from your personal experience.

MULTIPLE SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT

In many Belarusian cities we have what we call multiple service establishments. They are tailor shops, shoemaker’s, barber’s, hairdresser’s, dyer’s, dry cleaner’s, watch repair and other service shops combined in one. Service is generally good, but sometimes it leaves much to be desired. Such service establishments are an excellent arrangement for the busy man, especially when all the little things (minor services) are done while you wait. The tailor shop will take care of major and minor alterations and repairs: lengthen or shorten the sleeves, patch trousers and set them right for you, press clothing and even sew on buttons.

At these service establishments they also have a dyer’s and cleaner’s shop (dyeing and cleaning service). If you have any stains you want to be removed, the dry cleaner’s will take care of them. Nowadays they have ways of removing stains without leaving any traces. The dyer’s will make a neat job of dyeing material from one colour to another.

One of the services available is the photographer’s. You can have your photo taken there, and if it’s urgent they’ll do it in a few hours. They will also develop and print snapshots taken by amateur photographers.

Then you will find a watchmaker at your service. He will set your watch, if it is slow or fast, put a new glass in, or clean it, if it needs cleaning. As a rule a watch keeps perfect time after the watchmaker’s hands.

A busy place is the shoemaker’s. They have a wide choice of leather and rubber soles and heels. And they don’t charge much, prices are quite reasonable.

Another service establishment that we frequently visit is the barber’s shop for men and the hairdresser’s (or beauty parlour) for women. At the barber’s you can get a shave, haircut and shampoo. The services you would expect to find at the hairdresser’s are: permanent wave, manicure, skin treatment (massages both hand and electric) with all sorts of creams. They will do your hair to the latest fashion.

Answer these questions:

1 What services does a multiple service shop offer its customers?

2 Why is it convenient to have all services combined in amultiple service establishment?

3 Is a multiple service centre an excellent arrangement for a busy man?

4 Are you a regular customer at the local multiple service establishment?

5. What kind of people are most likely to use services of the tailor’s and dressmaker’s? Do the British use services more frequently than people in our country? How do you account for it?

6. In what season of the year is the shoemaker’s an especially busy place? Why?

7. Where do you usually have your footwear repaired?

8. Why do people change their walking shoes for slippers when they come home?

9. Do you press your clothes or do you have them pressed for you?

10. Who are usually more clever with the needle, men or women? Why?

11. If a watch keeps perfect time, would you have it cleaned?

12. If your watch gains (or if it is slow), could you set it right yourself?

13. What services are available at the dry cleaner’s?

14. How often do you usually have a haircut? A shave?

15. Which is a more busy place, a barber’s or a hairdresser’s? Why?

16. Would you like to wear your hair long or short, combed back or parted on the side?

17. Are you good at photography? Is it your hobby?

18. Why do people like taking photographs?

19. Would you like to be taken in full face or in profile?

20. What type of photograph do you prefer: landscape, portrait or still life?

Text 9 Read the texts and enrich your general knowledge of the places to go out for a meal in Great Britain. What can you say about eating out in your city?

Many housewives in Britain have nice kitchens in their apartments. But they have neither time nor desire to cook. They often buy ready-made food at the supermarkets or go to restaurants.

A very popular pastime is eating out in a restaurant. In most towns there is a wide variety of restaurants serving different types of food at different prices. Most British towns now have Chinese or Indian restaurants which serve quite cheap food; Italian restaurants are also popular and French restaurants are famous for expensive high quality cooking. Here are some examples of restaurant names, and the kind of food they serve:

The Steak Bar — English dishes

The Bistro — International/English dishes

Mandarin — Chinese dishes

Indus Curry — Indian dishes

Isola Bella — Italian dishes

Acropolis — Greek dishes

Bar-B-Que — hamburgers, chicken, chips

Wimpy Bar — hamburgers, chicken, chips

Chip Shop — fish and chips, pies, sausage and chips

When you have looked at the menu and chosen what you want to eat, the waiter will come and take your order. Normally, you tell him what you want for the first two courses. He will take your order for dessert and coffee later.

n some places you can dance to disco music between the courses of your meal. «Dine and dance» is offered by the restaurants of large hotels and clubs.

While having your drink or a meal you may enjoy a cabaret. This can be any kind of show: music, singing, dancing, or people telling stories and jokes.

When you finish eating, ask the waiter to bring you the bill. In most restaurants a service charge (10—15 %) is added into the total sum that’s why it’s not necessary to give the waiter a tip.

According to the restaurant etiquette you don’t shout «Waiter» loudly across the room if you want to call him. You raise your hand and try to catch the waiter’s eye without shouting or waiving your arms. It’s not easy to get the waiter’s attention, but it’s much more polite than shouting — which would make you very unpopular.

As well as restaurants most towns have a number of bars and cafes where you can get sandwiches and other snacks. There are also hamburger restaurants specializing in cheap meals — especially hamburgers. Many pubs now have restaurants or grill rooms too. In some you can get a full range of dishes, in others the choice is more limited.

A fairly recent development is the growth of take-away restaurants. Here you can buy cooked meals to take home. Fish and chip shops have been and still are very popular. You can have some meal there (fish, but sometimes chicken or sausage too) or take it away to be eaten somewhere outside. Now there are take­away Chinese and Indian restaurants in many towns and special take-away restaurants serving fried chicken are also popular. Your order is packed in special containers particularly because you don’t have to pay V.A.T. on it.

Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1. Eating out in a restaurant is beyond the means of an Englishman. Only some people can afford it.

2. The British are very conservative. You can’t find any other restaurants except British as well as no other food except traditional English cooking.

3.Fish and chip shops provide food in commodious containers to be eaten at home or elsewhere.

4. I don’t see the point of take-away food. It’s as expensive as eating in a restaurant.

5. Don’t go to take-away restaurants unless you like chicken. That’s all you can get there.

Text 10 AT THE PUB

Pubs (short for public houses) are an important part of British life. They are as a rule quiet, rather private places, large or small, new or old, in cities or in the countryside, with a friendly atmosphere where local people meet in the evening for company and conversation.

You can find every kind of person there: doctors, schoolteachers, workers. They come to relax, talk, play games like darts or billiards and have their usual drink or a meal. You can buy many kinds of drinks in pubs, alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The typical drink is beer. There are many different types of beer both draught and bottled, which is served in pints (0.57 of a litre) or half pints. You never ask for a pint of beer, ask always for a pint of bitter, lager, keg or other particular name of the beer. You can also buy spirits (e.g. whisky, gin, vodka) and usually wine, by the glass, but not by the bottle.There are also a lot of soft drinks, e. g. coca-cola (coke), fruit juice or lemonade. A very refreshing drink on a hot day is a shandy (lemonade mixed with beer).

The pub is the place where you meet people. You get to know other «regulars», you buy drinks in turn, which is called «to stand a round» and you talk. You talk about the weather or how the English cricketeam is doing in the Test Match against Australia. And although the regulars see each other almost every night for years, they never go into each others homes.

People may want to sing in the pub. Then they ask someone to play the tunes on the old piano. The pianist has free drinks as long as he plays. That is the custom.

Some pubs have two bars (the saloon bar and the public bar) and a restaurant. The saloon is better decorated and more comfortable (but the drinks are more expensive). The games and music are in public bars. In the restaurants you can get a complete meal.

It’s normal to buy one’s own drinks at the bar and the barman is not tipped unless he brings drinks to your table. Each order is paid for separately, and not at the end of the evening like in restaurants.

There are strict laws regulating opening times and those allowed into pubs.

The times vary in different parts of the country but most of them are open from 11 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on weekdays. Children under 14 are not allowed to get into a pub, and young people under the age of 18 are not allowed to buy alcoholic drinks. Many today’s pubs have tables outside, sometimes in the well-tended gardens. It’s quite normal for women to go into pubs in Britain, but like everybody else they must follow the licensing laws.

Questions for discussion:

1.What is a pub/a bar?

2.Is it more popular than a restaurant in Britain?

3.Why do English people go to a pub?

4.What drinks do they normally have there?

5.Is alcohol forbidden in the pubs/bars?

6. Are there such places as pubs in our country?

7.What drinks can you order there?

8.Is there a great variety of beer in British pubs? In our country?

9.Which of them are the best?

10. Is it customary to stand around in our country?

11. What are the drinking habits in our country?

12. Is alcoholism a social problem in many countries?

Text 11 TELEPHONE ETIQUETTE

The techniques of telephoning are very much the same in all countries. Only remember your good telephone manners:

1. When talking on the telephone — speak clearly, not too fast but not too slowly either. Take your cigarette out of your mouth, and do not shout. If it’s a casual or a business talk you need to sound friendly. A smile will make your voice pleasant, friendly, accommodating, and attending.

2. Make sure that your conversation with a busy person is as brief as possible. List key points you want to make in note form before you place the call. Check

off each point as the call moves along. Then you will never forget what you wanted to say and will not keep another person on the phone too long.

3. When calling a friend or a person who knows you but does not recognize your voice — don’t play a guessing name: «Guess who?». Announce yourself promptly.

4. When you get a wrong number don’t ask: «What number is this?» It is a good manner to ask: «Is this two-three-four-five-six?» If not — apologize.

5. If a wrong-number call comes through don’t lose your temper. Simply say: «Sorry, wrong number» — and hang up. Don’t bang the receiver.

6. Always identify yourself when making a call, especially if you are calling on business, e. g. «This is Mr Smith from the Wonderland Travel Agency. Could I speak to Mr Jones?»

7. If you have a visitor, do not carry on a long chat while your visitor tries hard to avoid listening to your conversation. The best thing to do is to say you are busy at the moment and.

Text 12 Read the texts and say in what way the transport system in Britain and America differs from that in our country.

CITY TRANSPORT IN BRITAIN

Britain has a well-developed transport service. It includes buses, coaches, trains, planes, etc.

Most buses in Britain are operated by the local Council. Others are owned by companies which often receive financial help from the Government.

On many routes you will see both single-decker and double-decker buses. There is often only one man in charge of the bus and you pay him the fare when you get on. Some buses have a conductor as well as a driver.

If you want to catch a bus, you wait at a bus stop. Here there’s a board with the routes, numbers and times of buses. But be careful. Sometimes there’s a sign «Request stop» which means that buses only stop if you put out (hold out) your hand.

If there are other people waiting at the bus stop you must queue behind them and allow them to get on the bus first. (Some people believe that the British habit of queuing first began with the introduction of public transport.)

Taxis in London are usually big black vehicles. Sometimes they may be ordinary cars with a «Taxi» sign on top. You can find taxi ranks (places where taxis wait) at airports, stations, and in the centre of town. You can also telephone for a taxi or stop one in the street.

A taxi can be cheaper than the bus fares for two or more people. However, long journeys by taxi are expensive — be careful at ports and airports. You can ask the driver to give you an idea of the cost before you leave. Drivers must charge the metered fare for all journeys within London (including Heathrow) regardless of duration and distance.Taxi drivers expect to be tipped for all journeys.

CITY TRANSPORT IN NEW YORK

Like every big city, New York has its own traffic system. Traffic jams can be terrible, and it’s usually the quickest way to go by subway. The New York subway is easy to use and quite cheap. It goes to almost every corner of Manhattan. But be careful. It’s better not to go by subway late at night.You see more, of course, if you go by bus. New York buses are also easy to use. The «Shoppers Shuttle» (Monday to Friday) and the «Cultural Loops» (Saturdays and Sundays) stop at some of the best-known stores and tourist places. You can get on and off as many times as you like in one day with only one ticket.

There are more than 30,000 taxis in New York. They are easy to see, because they are bright yellow and carry large TAXI signs. Taxis do not go outside the city but they will go to the airports. People give the taxi driver a «tip» of 15% extra.

If you really have to drive in New York, remember that nearly all the east-west streets and most of the north-south streets are one way only. This can be difficult for the visitor who does not know his way. Try to get a map that shows the direction of the traffic, and — good luck!

Text 11 MUSEUMS IN PARIS

Read the extracts from a guide book. If you had a free afternoon in Paris and you only had time to go to one place which would you visit? Why?

Musee d’Orsay

This wonderful museum was opened in 1986. It displays works of art from the second half of the 19th century (1848 — 1910). The original building designed by Victor Laloux was a railway station, which was no longer used. Rather than demolish it, the French government decided to restore the exterior and alter the interior to accommodate paintings and sculptures in an unusual and impressive setting.

Paintings by the French Impressionists, including famous works by: Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas and Paul Cezanne.

Edouard Manet’s Le dejeuner sur ГНегЬе, showing a group of artists and young women having a picnic in a forest.

The best time to visit is early on a weekday or on Thursday evening (open till 21:45).

While you ‘re’ in the area

Cross the river by the footbridge and walk upstream along the bank of the Seine towards Notre Dame. If you make a short detour, you will be able to see Claude Monet’s famous paintings of water lilies, which are displayed in the Orangerie Museum.

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