Vocabulary Focus

Assistant manager -	администратор
Chambermaid –	горничная
Floor manager –	дежурный по этажу
Waiter –	официант
Bellboy –	коридорный
Checking-in –	регистрация в гостинице
Bill / account -	счёт
To pay the bill –	оплатить счет
Passport –	паспорт
Room –	комната, номер
Single room –	комната на одного
Double room –	комната на двоих
For one night -	на одну ночь
For two nights -	на двое суток
Key –	ключ
Luggage –	багаж
Suit-case –	чемодан
Hangers -	вешалки
Towel -	полотенце

Speaking

Reconstruct the following situation into a dialogue:

• You want to have a room reserved for a number of businessmen who come in two days and are going to stay at the hotel for a week.

• You want to have a room reserved for a friend of yours who wants to live in a single room with a bath.

• You are going to visit London. Make a room reservation in a hotel with the help of Hotel Accomodation Service by phone.

• You are going to leave the hotel.

Creative task

Project is a creative method of work on a particular subject that can be done individually, in pairs or in groups. It combines art activities with research. Students learn to organize their thoughts and to communicate in a visual way their knowledge and feelings.

Make a tourist booklet of accommodations in any European capital. Prepare a list of hotels (at least 7) and description of their accommodation.

Unit 7. Business Travel

Group Discussion

Discuss the following issues:

1. What is business travel?

2. What business facilities do many hotels offer?

3. Why is it advisable to get insurance in case of a trip abroad?

Reading

Business Trip

A business trip or official trip is a travel/journey caused by business necessities. The place of employment is left temporarily, e.g.:

• to visit customers, suppliers or a trade fair;

• to participate in congresses or seminars;

• for further education;

• for excursions for research, scientific campaigns;

• for teachers to participate in study trips, school or exploratory trips;

• for work in civil engineering, construction, geology, etc.

Business trips have to be approved by the employer, who usually meets the costs. The traveling expenses can be calculated in detail or by a lump sum, depending on the average expense of the travel country.

For activities away, the correspondent term in military is duty travel, in politics facility trip.