1. There are few large and small comfortable inexpensive hotels all over the world.
2. They are also called five-star hotels according to the Euripean classification.
3. The hotels come in all shapes and sizes.
4. These hotels always give a warm welcome to their guests.
5. Facilities never vary in all the inexpensive hotels and they do not provide good sleeping accommodation.
6. They are equipped with comfortable rooms which are modestly furnished.
7. Bath and lavatory arrangements are not offered in every bedroom.
8. Washbasins are usually provided in every bedroom.
9. Laundry facilities are provided on a self-catering basis.
10. A good TV-set and the use of the phone are provided in every room.
11. The residents are never provided with meals.
12. The inexpensive hotels offer very high prices.
Assignment 2.5 Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
1. Большие и маленькие, уютные и недорогие отели, расположенные по всему миру, согласно европейской классификации называются также 1-звездными отелями.
2. Хотя оснащение недорогих отелей везде неодинаковое, они все предоставляют хорошее, совсем недорогое, удобное размещение. Они оборудованы уютными, скромно обставленными номерами.
3. Гостям предлагаются ванные комнаты с туалетами, но они есть не в каждом номере. Услуги прачечной предоставляются на основе самообслуживания.
4. Гости отеля обеспечиваются питанием. Но эта услуга недоступна для тех, кто не проживает в отеле.
TEXT 3. THE MODERATE HOTEL
VOCABULARY. LEARN THE WORDS.
bedside lights, wake-up calls, a lavatory, beach hotels, a lounge
Assignment 3.1 Read and translate the text:
The hotels which offer a higher standard of accommodation than inexpensive hotels are called 2-star hotels according to the European classification.
The facilities provided there are TV-sets in some bedrooms, bedside lights in the rooms and wake-up calls. Only 20 per cent of bedrooms contain a private bathroom or a shower with a lavatory.
The rooms are not air-conditioned which is a disadvantage for resort and beach hotels in hot countries.
There is a TV-set in the lounge. Guests are assisted with luggage.
A bar and a restaurant are not available in every moderate hotel. But guests may have hot morning tea or hot breakfast.
The moderate hotels are usually situated far from the centres of the cities. Transportation may not be very good.
These hotels have reasonable prices.
Assignment 3.2 Answer the following questions:
1. Which facilities do 2-star hotels provide?
2. What is a disadvantage for resort hotels in hot countries?
3. Where are TV-sets provided in the 2-star hotels?
4. Are the guests assisted with the luggage when they come to the moderate hotel?
5. Is the bar available in any moderate hotel?
6. What meals are provided in the moderate hotels?
7. Where are the moderate hotels usually situated?
8. What about the transportation from the moderate hotels?
9. Are the prices very high?
Assignment 3.3 Use the appropriate words from the list:
transportation, assisted, reasonable, lounge, situated, hot breakfast, available, air-conditioned, beach, contain, lavatory, facilities, wake-up, higher standard
1. The hotels which offer a … of accommodation than inexpensive hotels are called 2-star hotels according to the European classification.
2. The … provided there are TV-sets in some bedrooms, bedside lights in the rooms and … calls.
3. Only 20 per cent of bedrooms … a private bathroom or a shower with a ….
4. The rooms are not … which is a disadvantage for resort and … hotels in hot countries.
5. There is a TV-set in the ….
6. Guests are … with luggage.
7. A bar and a restaurant are not … in every moderate hotel.
8. But guests may have hot morning tea or ….
9. The moderate hotels are usually … far from the centres of the cities.
10. … may not be very good.
11. These hotels have … prices.
