TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION. CONVERSATIONAL TOPICS

• put out the light, the radio and the TV-set;

• give the key to the floor-keeper.

6. The guests must keep everything in order. He will have to repay the dam­age if anything is broken or damaged.

7. The coupons for the hotel should be delivered to the reception-desk.

8. You are not permitted to have some strangers in the room while you^are absent; be careful with the fire; don’t have big luggage in your room.

8 Make up statements using these situations.

1. You are a guest at a hotel. You want to be awakened at 8 am. You ring up the desk-clerk and say...

2. You want some of your shirts to be washed. When the chambermaid comes, you say...

3. Leaving the hotel you ask the desk-clerk to have your bill ready for you. When you see the bill, you are surprised. It is not what you expected. You say...

4. You arrive at the hotel with which you have reserved a room in advance (by telegram). The reception clerk says your name tells him nothing. You say...

5. You are leaving the hotel and you want your luggage to be taken down. You ring for the desk-clerk and say...

6. You are flying to Edinburgh tomorrow where you will be spending a few days. They recommend you to stay at the Castle Hotel. Wishing to make a reservation you phone the manager and say...

9 Disagree with the statements avoiding a simple negation.

1. The porter is a person who keeps the rooms in order.

2. It isn’t good to reserve a room by telegram.

3. The rates for those who stop for a night or two are lower than for those who stay at a hotel longer.

4. If the guest wants his breakfast in his room, the desk-clerk or manager will bring it to him.

5. Suits are usually the cheapest rooms in hotels.

6. When a national or international congress takes place in the town it is usually very easy to get hotel accommodation.

7. The hotels at seaside resorts are usually full in winter.

8. TV sets and tape-recorders are usually found in every room of a hotel.

10 What do you do or say if...

1. You want to find out whether there are any free rooms at the hotel;

2. You are given a registration card;

3. You want to be signed in at a hotel;