The animator

The animator organizes and provides entertainments for guests in a hotel or holiday resort. He also organizes entertainment programmes for passengers on a cruise ship.

The animator organizes and conducts parties and shows, sports and arts contests, games for children and grownups. He involves guests in action: games and shows.

The chief animator manages the staff of animators. He is also called the social director. He communicates with guests a lot.

The animator speaks a few foreign languages. He communicates with guests in their native languages.

The animator not only speaks well. He is very artistic. He usually dances well, sings well and acts like an actor.

The animator is an easygoing and cheerful person. He is a pretty good mixer.

The animator is the main entertainer in the tourist industry.

2.Answer the following questions in writing:

1. Where does the animator work?

2. What does the animator do?

3. Why is the chief animator called the social director?

4. Why does the animator speak a few foreign languages?

5. What does the animator do like an actor?

6. What kind of person is the animator?

3. Fill in the blanks:

a retailer a commission the animator promotion

suppliers the social director carriers a wholesaler

the tour operator destination the tourism manager

the tour guide the travel agent sightseeing entertainment

1. ...supervises all operations in a tourist company and its staff.

2. … handles tour groups.

3. … sells tour packages and separate services to customers.

4. ….. provides entertainment for holiday-makers.

5. …. develops tour packages.

6. The tour guide knows all sights in the ….

7. The tourism manager decides on … and advertising of new tours.

8. The tour operator pays ….to travel agents.

9. The tour guide conducts ….tours.

10. The animator arranges and conducts ……programmes.

11. The travel agent is ….

12. The tour operator is ….

13. The chief animator is also called …..

14. The tour operator works with … , hotels, museums and other ..

4. Make up interrogative and negative sentences:

1. They are our suppliers.

2. She handles tour groups.

5. Make up alternative questions:

1. He plans business at the end of every year.

2.1 am late today.

6. Make up tail-questions:

1. The guide conducts sightseeing tours.

2. The guide doesn't decide on discounts.

7. Make up special questions:

1. You advertise your tour packages in mass media every month. (Where, When)

2. Travel agents always provide a travel insurance with the tour package. (Who, What kind of...)

8. Open the brackets putting the verb into Present Simple:

1. Your travel consultant (to be) in the office? - No, he (not to be) in. He (to be) away on business.

2. The tour guide (to speak) a few foreign languages.

3. The guide (not to know) all the sights in our destination. She (not to be) a local guide.

4. How often you (to travel) on business?

5. You (to be) a ticket agent? - No, I (to be) a travel consultant.

9.Insert the appropriate word in the sentences:

1. All ....... perform the major functions in the tourist business.

a. manage b. managing

c. managed d. managers

2. He knows well the functions of .......

a. directing b. directory

c. direction d directors

3. The tourism manager ..... all kinds of operations in a tourist industry.

a. supervise b. supervising

c. supervises d. Supervisor

4. The tourism manager ........ the tourism business.

a. plan b. planner

c. planning d. plans

5. He decides on .......... of new tour packages.

a. develops b. develops

c. develop d. development

6. ............ may be required on contracts with suppliers.

a. negotiator b. negotiate

c. negotiates d. negotiating

7. The tourism manager is responsible for ....... the employees and their work.

a. hired b hire.

c. hiring d. hires

8. In a large tourist company he ........ to the general manager.

a. reported b. reports

c.reporter

d.Reporting