What is the difference between a hostel and a hotel?
Hotels and hostels both provide accommodations to travelers. While the two provide a dry place to stay, the similarities end there.
Hotels are considered more luxurious than hostels and, therefore, more expensive. At a hotel one can have his own room and bathroom as well as maid service and other amenities. A person staying at a hotel will have his bags carried to his room, fresh towels delivered and his bed made up daily.
Hostels are generally used by younger travelers with less money to spare. Those visiting a hostel will most likely be required to share a room as well as bath and shower rooms. In the past, rooms were set up dormitory fashion, with communal showers. Nowadays, some hostels offer single rooms and bathrooms, while shared, might accommodate only one guest at a time.
Hostels are most often associated with backpackers looking for inexpensive, temporary shelter as well as a place for a shower and a meal. Some hostels will include a hot meal or beverage in the accommodation price and most will provide a kitchen area where guests can cook their own food. During a hotel stay, one is on his own when it comes to finding places to eat, unless a meal is included in the package.
Some hostels will allow guests to work in exchange for a discount or even a night's stay. When staying at a hotel on the other hand, one best not attempt to check in without cash or a valid credit card. Also, hotel management may turn away guests who are less than clean. Hostel owners are used to backpackers and long distance bicycle riders showing up in dire need of a shower.
A hotel will provide guests with mini refrigerators, wet bars, cable television, wireless Internet service, telephones, irons and hair dryers. A hostel usually provides none of the above. The accommodations in a hostel, while minimal, are not unpleasant. If you're staying at a hostel, there's a good chance you'll meet like-minded people with some interesting tales to tell. In a hotel, you probably won't get to know the person staying in the room next to you. Hostels often provide a community room where guests can mingle and shoot pool or watch television. On a busy night, this can mean a crowded and noisy stay. A hotel room, on the other hand, offers privacy and quiet.
Some hostels don't supply linens which means guests are required to bring their own. In addition, many hostels, especially youth hostels, require their guests to abide by their rules, which include a curfew. This may also include no drinking or smoking. Since hostels are more communal, one might need to guard one's property. This may mean sleeping with cash and credit cards on one's person.
Both hotels and hostels offer a bed and roof to weary travelers. Extra amenities are up to the individual so, it's important to note, you usually do get what you pay for.
Answer the following questions.
1. What do hotels and hostels provide?
2. Are hotels or hostels more luxurious and expensive?
3. What services can you get at hotels?
4. Who usually uses hostels? Why?
5. How were the rooms set up in past?
6. What are most hotels associated with?
7. What will some hostels allow their guests?
8. Whom are hostel owners used to?
9. What are the differences between hotels and hostels?
Translate into English.
1) предоставлять размещение
2) собственная комната
3) сходство
4) чистые полотенца
5) тратить деньги
6) охранять собственность
7) единомышленники
8) готовить еду
9) услуга беспроводного Интернета
10) соблюдать правила
11) уставшие путешественники
12) дополнительные удобства
13) напитки
14)скидка
15)кабельное телевидение
Give the definitions for the following words.
Dormitory room, backpack, cash, wet bar, curfew, owner.
Think of the nouns that are used with the following verbs.
1) to provide
2) to carry
3) to share
4) to find
5) to meet
6) to watch
7) to offer
8) to supply
9) to include
10) to tell
Transform the sentences into the Passive voice.
1. Hotels provide accommodations to travellers.
2. Some hostels will allow guests to work.
3. Hotel management may turn away guests.
4. A hotel provided guests with mini refrigerators.
5. A hostel has offered beds to travellers.
5.Translate into Russian:
Hostels
Generally known as youth hostels, a hostel is a lodge with communal washrooms and bedrooms designed for four to twenty people. The variety of buildings used to accommodate hostel facilities include older homes, YMCAs, buildings built specifically for hostel use, and even churches. In most cases, individuals prepare their own meals or assist in meal preparation and cleanup. The low cost encourages students and others on limited budgets to use hostels for overnight stays. The hostel has been popular in Europe and many other countries for decades. Its recent growth in popularity in North America indicates a need for more hostel development. An organization of hostellers called the American Youth Hostel, Inc. (AYH) is open to all ages. Membership in AYH provides discounts on already inexpensive overnight stays and offers different types of organized tours, including hiking, bicycling, canoeing, and skiing.
Unit VIII
Shops and Shopping
Part I
Vocabulary
1) a department store—универсальный магазин
2) the grocer’s— магазин «Бакалея»
3) the baker’s— булочная
4) the butcher’s— мясной магазин
5) the greengrocer’s— овощной магазин
6) the confectioner’s—кондитерский магазин (кулинария)
7) the outfitter’s—магазин верхней одежды
8) a ready-made clothes department—отдел готовой одежды
9) tailor made clothes — одежда, сшитая на заказ
10) a shoe shop, a footwear shop —обувной магазин
11) the jeweller’s—ювелирный магазин
12) the bookseller’s— книжный магазин
13) a salesman— продавец
14) a salesgirl— продавщица
15) a counter— прилавок
16) a cashier— кассир
17) a cash desk— касса
18) a customer— покупатель
19) to give the bill— выдать счет
20) to weigh on the scales— взвешивать на весах
21) the goods— товар
22) a check— чек
23) change— сдача
24) to wrap up— заворачивать
25) a supermarket— магазин самообслуживания
26) poultry - птица
27) a size— размер
28) to wear(wore, worn)— носить, быть одетым
29) to try on smth— примерять что-либо
30) fashion— мода
31) in fashion— в моде
32) out of fashion— не в моде
33) fashionable— модный
34) old-fashioned— старомодный
35) to fit— сидеть, годиться, быть впору
36) to match— подходить по цвету, тону
37) to look through— просматривать
38) artificial— искусственный
39) to drop in— заглядывать, заглянуть
40) to run out of smth— истощить свой запас
41) to have hardly any— почти не осталось
42) to do shopping, to go shopping— делать покупки, идти за покупками
43) to pinch - жать (об обуви)
44) stationery – канцелярские принадлежности
45) knitted goods - трикотаж
Topical Vocabulary
Departments: footwear, millinery, knitted goods, leather goods, textiles, hosiery, haberdashery, cosmetics, stationery.
Kinds of clothes: a coat, a costume(for women), a shirt, a blouse, a cardigan, a sweater, a skirt, a suit(for men), trousers, shorts, a pull-over, a dressing gown, a jersey, jeans, corduroy trousers (corduroys)
Articles of clothing: socks, stockings, a scarf, a muffler, a kerchief, gloves, mittens, a tie, a handkerchief, tights, pyjamas, a nightgown, underwear (undies)
Parts of clothes: a collar, a sleeve, a belt
Footwear: slippers, sandals, sport shoes, walking shoes, court shoes, rubber boots, training boots (trainers)
Textiles: silk, cotton, velvet, wollen cloth
Jewellery: a ring, a bracelet, ear-rings, a chain, a brooch, a necklace
Cereals: buckwheat, rice
Meat: beef, pork, mutton, chicken, goose, duck, tinned meat
Fish: herring, sprats, smoked fish, tinned fish
Dairy products: cream, sour cream, cottage cheese
Confectionery: biscuits, cakes, chocolate, pastry
Vegetables: onions, a turnip, a melon, a water-melon, a cauliflower, a lettuce, radishes,
a parsley, a celery
Text 1
When you want to buy something, you must go to the shop where it is sold. In the shop-window, you see what is sold in the shop. Sugar, tea, coffee, salt, pepper, ham, bacon, and so on are sold at the grocer’s. You can buy bread at the baker’s, meat at the butcher’s. You go to the greengrocer’s for vegetables and fruit. Cakes and sweets are sold at the confectioner’s. If you want to buy clothes, you go to the men’s and boy’s or ladies’ and girls ‘outfitters. Clothes bought in a shop are ready-made. To buy ready-made suits is considerably cheaper than to have them made to measure. If you cannot find clothes that are the right size, you can go to a tailor’s shop. Clothes made to measure, are called tailor-made clothes.
We buy boots and shoes at the footwear shop. To buy jewellery and silver and golden watches we go to the jeweller’s. Books are sold at the bookseller’s. A salesman or a salesgirl stands behind the counter. A cashier sits at the cash desk. Customers come up to the counter. We ask the salesman: «How much is this?» or «What is the price of that?» He tells us the price and gives us the bill. The salesgirl weighs the goods which we want to buy on the scales and tells us the price. At the cash desk, we give the bill and the money to the cashier, who gives us a check and our change. The salesgirl wraps the goods up and gives them to us. We put them into our shopping bag. Some shops have many departments. We can buy everything we need there. These shops are called department stores. In some shops there are no shop assistants but only cashiers. The customers choose the goods they want and pay at the cash desk. These are called supermarkets or self-service shops.
Text 2
When we want to buy something, we go to a shop. There are many kinds of shops in every town or city, but most of them have afood supermarket, a department store, men's and women's clothing stores, a grocery, a bakery and a butchery.
I like to do my shopping at big department stores and supermarkets.
They sell various goods under one roof and this is very convenient. A department store, for example, true to its name, is composed of many departments: ready-made clothes, fabrics, shoes, sports goods, toys, china and glass, electric appliances, cosmetics, linen, curtains, cameras, records, etc. You can buy everything you like there.
There are also escalators in big stores which take customers to different floors. The things for sale are on the counters so that they can be easily seen. In the women's clothing department you can find dresses, costumes, blouses, skirts, coats, beautiful underwear and many other things. In the men's clothing department you can choose suits, trousers, overcoats, ties, etc. In the knitwear department one can buy sweaters, cardigans, short-sleeved and long-sleeved pullovers, woollen jackets. In the perfumery they sell face cream and powder, lipstick, lotions and shampoos.
In a food supermarket we can also buy many different things at once: sausages, fish, sugar, macaroni, flour, cereals, tea. At the butcher's there is a wide choice of meat and poultry. At the bakery you buy brown and white bread, rolls, biscuits. Another shop we frequently go to is the greengrocery which is stocked by cabbage, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, beetroots, green peas and what not. Everything is sold here ready-weighed and packed. If you call round at a dairy you can buy milk, cream, cheese, butter and many other products.
The methods of shopping may vary. It may be a self-service shop where the customer goes from counter to counter selecting and putting into a basket what he wishes to buy. Then he takes the basket to the check-out counter, where the prices of the purchases are added up. If it is not a self-service shop, and most small shops are not, the shop-assistant helps the customer in finding what he wants. You pay money to the cashier and he gives you back the change.