Give Russian equivalents to the underlined words and word combinations in the text.

 

Make up word combinations, translate and find them in the text.

pub attentive tipping hidden subtle accessible awkward unconscious attractive housekeeping tipping particular

etiquette women bribe service amount tendencies situation staff owner country pocket expectations

 

Discuss tipping tendencies in this country.

1. Who do you usually leave tips to?

2. Do you always give tips to people who serve you?

3. How much do you leave in tip at a restaurant? Taxi? Hairdresser's? Hotel?

 

6. Write an essay on the topic "Tipping Policies In My Country" (200 words).

 

Match the word with its definition and compare the meanings.

Maid / housekeeping staff	– a person whose job is to bring you something to your room, e.g. your breakfast, or if something is missing or if you just want extra service
Room service	– a person who leads the guests to their rooms and show them around the hotel
Maintenance	– a person who opens the front door for you
Doorman	– a person whose job is to deal with people when they first arrive, to answer the phone and to arrange reservations or appointments
Porter	– a person who cuts and dyes your hair, or just does your hair and helps you to choose the haircut to match you perfectly
Bell boy	– a person who does you nails
Concierge	– a person or people who keep the building and the building's facilities in good working conditions, they also do minor repairing
Front desk / receptionist	– a person who parks your car when you arrive at a party or at a hotel
Manicurist	– a person whose job is to carry things
Hair stylist	– a person whose job is to serve people in a place
Massage therapist	– a person whose job is to clean the rooms of the hotel
Swimming pool attendant	– a person who does you the massage
Parking attendant	– a person who keeps the keys from the rooms, takes and gives messages, deals with incoming and outgoing post

 

Choose the right word from the list below. Translate the artiicle.

SPINDRIFT INN

As an alternative to a __________ we recommend the Spindrift Inn, a __________ hotel with a great __________ overlooking Monterey Bay. Just down the street from the fabulous Monterey Bay Aquarium and within __________ distance of downtown Monterey.

In the heart of Cannery Row and directly on the __________ sits the Spindrift Inn. The Inn's distinctive __________ – hand filed floors, Oriental __________, antiques, original art and wood burning __________ – invites you in to this unique property. Each __________ of the Spindrift has a wood-burning fireplace, goose down feather __________, comforters and pillows and __________ brass baths. Some rooms have ocean __________. All 42 rooms have in-room robes, all cotton pastel __________, nightly turn down service, __________ telephone, in-room CD players, special toiletries, soaps and other __________.

Rooms include: Continental __________ delivered to the rooms, afternoon __________ and cheese reception and newspaper __________.

This is a AAA four diamond and Mobil three __________ hotel.

Guestroom, marble, second, wine, bed and breakfast, guestroom, star, lobby, amenities, linens, beds, carpets, lovely, beach, delivery, breakfast, location, walking, fireplace.

 

Put the verbs in right forms and translate the text.

CORINTHIA AQUINCUM

The Corinthia Aquincum Hotel (to locate) on the Buda side of the Danube river, right at the Arpad Bridge, opposite to the beautiful Margaret Island. The inviting hills and forests of Buda (to be) just a few minutes away. As the Roman legions (to build) their first camp in the region right here and later the civil town of Aquincum (to be) established next to it, one can (to find) many remains from that period in the district. The nearby amphitheatrum once (to serve) as a circus and the ruins of the one-time city can (to find) in the Aquincum Museum, at just a small distance from the hotel. Also downtown Budapest and the Danube Bend (to be) within easy reach of the hotel.

The hotel (to open) in 1991 as the Thermal Hotel Aquincum, as a tribute to the ancient city and its baths. The spa of the hotel (to receive) its healing water from a natural thermal spring on the nearby Margaret Island. A considerable part of the hotel's medical treatments, described as “balneotherapeutic treatments” (to base) on thermal water. In 2002 the medical section of the hotel (to transform) into a well-equipped, unique wellness center offering more than 50 health and wellness therapies.

The hotel (to have) 310 spacious, modern rooms with bathroom, minibar, direct dial telephone, radio, colour TV with satellite channels and easy, high-speed Internet access. (Most of them with view on the river Danube and Margaret Island).Guests can (to benefit) from 24-hour room service and all the other amenities of a 5 star hotel. A business centre, laundry service, beauty salon, boutiques and secured underground parking (to complete) the hotel's facilities.