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2. Read the article above again and tick the phrase which best completes each statement.

1. The three Tuesday flights:

a) have a supplement;

b) arrive at night;

c) arrive in time for lunch;

d) are popular with families.

2. Tour operators:

  1. tell each other how much they are charging;

  2. send their reps to ask holidaymakers how much they have spent on their holidays;

  3. send their reps to find out how much holidaymakers know about package holidays;

  4. only send their reps to question business clients.

3. Last year:

  1. hoteliers were made to pay the tour operator compensation;

  2. hoteliers didn't allow Ken to give upgrades;

  3. it was easy to find 180 beds in July;

  4. hoteliers paid back the compensation paid out to dissatisfied holidaymakers.

4. Tour representatives:

  1. are in their early 20s;

  2. are all 22 years old;

  3. work six hours a day;

  4. can't act.

3. These words appear in the article Holiday Reps Enjoy a Hard Day's Night. They all have more than one meaning. Tick the dictionary definition, a, b or c, which best fits each word's meaning in the article.

1. stifling

  1. very hot: It was a stifling day;

  2. prevents breathing: A stifling atmosphere;

  3. prevents you from thinking: I was so frightened; their behavior was stifling.

2. to endure/endured

  1. to support or bear: We have had to endure many years of inflation;

  2. to remain alive or exist: A city built to endure;

  3. to suffer something painful for a long time or to deal with an unpleasant situation: There are limits to what the human body can endure.

3. disgorge

  1. to bring food back through the mouth from the stomach: After eating Jonah, the whale disgorged him;

  2. to throw out/emit: The chimney disgorged smoke;

  3. to flow out into the sea: The Mississippi disgorges into the Gulf of Mexico.

4. property/properties

  1. personal belongings;

  2. land and/or the buildings on it;

  3. a quality or power that belongs to somebody or thing: The medicinal properties of a plant.

5. handles/handling

  1. to touch or hold: Do not handle the exhibits;

  2. to control with your hands: The windsurfer handled the board with skill;

  3. to manage or deal with: My secretary will handle all the arrangements.

4. You work in the personnel department of Global Tours Inc. In Tahiti. Using the active or the passive, complete this letter to Sonia, a new rep, who is about to join your team.

Dear Sonia,

I would like to welcome you to our team here in Tahiti and to outline what (a) … (happen) during your first week with us.

On arrival at the airport you (b) … (meet) by John Le Grand, our area manager, and (c) … (drive) to the Pacific Hotel where you (d) … (live) during the season. There (e) … (follow) a five-day training program where you (f) … (introduce) to your colleagues and (g) … (brief). Then you (h) … (show) how to check in plane-loads of holidaymakers, make short presentations and deal with complaints. Also you (i) … (take) around the island to visit the places you (j) … (take) our guests. There (k) … (be) a short test to complete the program, after which you (l) … (give) a certificate.

Here we (m) … all … (look forward) to meeting you on 1st May and working with you over the summer season.

Yours sincerely.

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