Look-through-the text activity. Find all types of hotel rooms mentioned in the text
Find all types of hotel rooms mentioned in the text.
Name room facilities given in the text.
A hotel room means comfort, privacy, security and convenience to its occupants. Hotels offer different types of rooms that range in size, luxury and amenities. The look of a hotel room is affected by the location of the hotel itself and level of service provided. Hotel room types also vary on their number of occupants.
Some hotels may offer three types of rooms while another, in a city such as New York, will offer seven types of rooms. Although there are differences among most rooms, there are also similarities. We will focus on the similar types of rooms found in most hotels.
Standard rooms are classified as such because the rooms offer the basics that most guests come to expect in hotel amenities. Standard rooms have either a full-size bed or a queen-size bed. Standard-room amenities may include a television, Internet, cable, telephone, table and chairs, dresser, mini-refrigerator, bathroom with shower, blow dryer, iron and ironing board.
Deluxe rooms are superior to standard rooms. For most hotels, deluxe means a larger room, more amenities and services, and even a better view. Most hotels also offer more than one type of deluxe room with differences in room and bed sizes and amenities. Deluxe rooms often provide two queen-sized beds or one king-sized bed. Some even have a separate area for the living room. Deluxe-room amenities may include deluxe decor, large colour television, wireless high-speed Internet, cable, telephone, desk and chair, dining area, refrigerator, iron and ironing board, bath and shower, in-room safe and 24-hour room service.
Suites offer hotel guests the highest quality comforts. Suites are sometimes referred to as luxury apartments. Hotel suites may offer several bedrooms and even a master bedroom, a spacious living room area, dining area, full kitchen and bath, fireplace, terrace, a great view and large windows. Suite-room amenities may include a flat screen television, wireless high-speed Internet, cable, stations for iPod and MP3 player, telephone with voice mail, 24-hour room service, in-room safe, walk-around terrace, in-room laundry facilities, in-room gym, wet bar, an office desk and printer, accommodations for your pet and invitations to exclusive hotel events.
Accessible rooms are designed for people with physical disabilities. Accessible-room amenities may include bed risers, braille room numbers, portable shower and bath board and portable shower chairs. If the accessible room is above a standard room, the rooms may also provide kitchen and living room areas designed at accessible heights.
It is important to recognize that even within hotel chains, the accommodations and amenities available at a Hampton Hotel in Chicago will differ from a Hampton Hotel in Louisville, Ky. Hotels adopt accommodations based on location and usage, such as family vacation travel, business travel for individuals and groups, expositions, conferences and retreats.
After-reading
What do hotel guests expect from a room?
Which suite- room facilities differ them from deluxe rooms and standard ones?
What amenities do accessible rooms include?
Task 1. Vocabulary
Find words and phrases in the text with the following meanings:guests, differ, common features, facilities, zone, better, scenery, round the clock, writing table, disabled, gear, easy to use, hair dryer
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Match the following words given in the text with their definitions:
| 1.Occupant | a.share some qualities but are not exactly the same |
| 2. Similar | b.a large piece of furniture with drawers and cupboards at the bottom and open shelves on top |
| 3. Basics | c.to dry your hair with a hairdryer |
| 4. Dresser | d.someone who uses a room, building, area of land, seat, bed, or other place during a period of time |
| 5. Iron | e.a business that washes and irons clothes |
| 6. Blow-dry | f.a reading system for blind people that uses small raised marks that they feel with their fingers |
| 7. Laundry | g.an object with a flat metal base that is heated and used for making clothes smooth |
| 8. Wet bar | h.the most important aspects or principles of something that you should learn, think about, or deal with first |
| 9. Braille | i.to move back and cover less of a place |
| 10. Portable | j. a small bar used for mixing alcoholic beverages, which differs from a regular bar in that it includes a sink with running water. |
| 11. Retreat | k.easy to carry or move, so that you can use it in different places |
Pre-reading
What hotel amenities do most travellers need?
List them in the order of importance.
Compare your lists with the partner.
Look-through-the text activity
Name the appliances mentioned in the text. What are they used for?
Text 2
Before proceeding with your hotel room reservations it pays to first of all learn about the type of hotel room amenities that are being provided by the hotel and whether the price you are being asked to pay is right for the kind of amenities being offered. Most travelers, business or leisure travelers will want to stay in hotel rooms that must be comfortable and which are well equipped with the best hotel room amenities.
The design of a hotel room has to meet the needs of a wide variety of travelers. It should provide a place to relax and unwind at the end of a busy day. For some, it also needs to be a place to work and prepare for a business meeting. Certainly they all need the standard accoutrement of a bed, seating area, desk and bathroom. But what will bring travelers back are the features that go the extra mile.
The single most important aspect of a hotel room is cleanliness. Most people appreciate clean white towels and white sheets.
Lots of good accessible lighting helps increase the feeling of cleanliness and assists travelers who want to work. Lights, by each side of the bed that can be turned off and on without getting out of bed, are a plus. Additionally, a night-light option is requested frequently by travelers. Bathrooms always need plenty of good light.
In today's society the needs for electricity have increased. Virtually everyone wants to plug in, and they don't want to crawl on the floor to do it. So place an electrical strip attractively above the desk that can accommodate phone chargers, iPod chargers, Blackberries, and computers. Electrical needs are also required on the night stands on both sides of the bed. In the bathroom the sink should be positioned far enough away from the electrical outlets so that curling irons and hair dryers have adequate room.
Everyone expects free Internet in their hotel room, and Wi-Fi is preferred. Test Wi-Fi from every room. If there is a dead area, either add hard-wired plugs or better yet, redesign the Wi-Fi so that everyone has access. Additionally, the desire is for television with many free channels.
A large desk is required by business travelers. They want room for their laptop as well as an area for papers. Along with this, they want a comfortable work chair. A large comfortable bed where travelers can sit with their computer, if desired, should also be provided. A separate table and chairs for in-room dining is needed as well.
While many travelers are split on the overpriced mini-bar option, virtually everyone wants a small refrigerator in which to store beverages and food. A microwave is also considered a very nice addition, as is a coffeepot. However, the food area should be separate from and not encroach on the desk area or the bathroom vanity.
After-reading
Think of the staff that is needed to maintain all the appliances. Name the professions. What qualities should they acquire?
Task 1. Vocabulary
1.1 Find words and phrases in the text with the following meanings:
Booking, complimentary, choice, convenient, approach, to detach, socket, plus, extra, tidiness.
Match collocations
| 1. accessible | a. plugs |
| 2. phone | b. outlet |
| 3. mini-bar | c. channels |
| 4. electrical | d. lighting |
| 5. free | e. option |
| 6.bathroom | f. chargers |
| 7. hard -wired | g. vanity |
| 8. dead | h. accoutrement |
| 9. to store | I. area |
| 10. standard | j. beverages |
Task 2. Comprehension
2. 1 Say whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the statements which are false according to the text.
1. Most travelers agree to stay in rooms that are not fully equipped.
2. A microwave is an unnecessary addition.
3. Everyone wants a small refrigerator in which to store beverages and food.
4. In today's society the needs for electricity have decreased.
5. The single most important aspect of a hotel room is tidiness.
6. A night-light option is never requested by travelers.
7. The design of a hotel room has to meet the needs of a wide variety of travelers.
8. Business travelers need a comfortable desk, a laptop and a fridge in their work.
2.2 Complete the following passage with given words:contemporary, DVD players, facilities, brickwork, renovation, climate control, twin-bedded rooms, luxury.
The Hotel has undergone a major.... and you will find all of our ten bedrooms are decorated in a stylish,...... finish. Fresh white walls, exposed....... and solid wood fixtures and fittings all combine to give each room a relaxed, boutique feel with all the....... you would want in a 21st century hotel. Televisions,......., Wi-Fi, a minibar, safe,...... and continuous fire safety monitoring all come as standard.
There are three...... and seven doubles, making The Petrovka Loft a great place to stay for both couples and friends. Small enough to be friendly, but large enough to enjoy some privacy, the Hotel is exactly what budget ….... is all about.
(http://petrovkalofthotelmoscow.com/moscow-hotel-rooms/)
Viewpoint
What types of rooms do you know? Give detailed information about each of them. Make a table comparing different types of accommodation.
Practice
Инфинитив
Инфинитив - неличная форма глагола, которая называет действие. Инфинитив в английском языке не имеет специального окончания. В предложении перед инфинитивом обычно ставится частица TO, которая на русский язык не переводится, но показывает, что следующее за ней слово – инфинитив. Он может иметь прямое дополнение и определяться обстоятельством.
I’d like to settle the matter as soon as possible. Мне бы хотелось разрешить этот вопрос как можно скорее.
1.Формы инфинитива
Инфинитив в английском языке имеет
формы действительного и страдательного залога (to do, to be done),
может быть перфектным и неперфектным (to do, to have done).
Инфинитив – единственная неличная форма глагола, имеющая форму Continuous (to do, to have been doing).
Hello! How nice to see you.
It was nice to have seen you.
(Перфектная форма обозначает предшествование)
He seems to be writing something.
(Форма Continuous подчеркивает, что действие, выраженное инфинитивом, происходит в момент действия сказуемого).
He seemed to have been writing all day.
(Форма Perfect Continuous подчеркивает, что действие, выраженное инфинитивом, происходило некоторое время в период, предшествующий действию сказуемого)
Форма Continuous употребляется сравнительно редко.
Отрицательная форма образуется при помощи отрицательной частицы not, которая ставится перед инфинитивом.
The doctor told me not to go out for a week.
2. Употребление инфинитива
Инфинитив может выполнять функции подлежащего, части сказуемого, прямого дополнения, обстоятельства цели, определения, входить в состав сложного дополнения.
To read a lot is to know a lot. (подлежащее, часть сказуемого)
He doesn’t seem to be writing anything now. (часть сказуемого)
Do you want to go to the lecture? (прямое дополнение)
My brother went to London to study. (обстоятельство цели)
Who was the last to come? (определение)
I want him to deal with it himself. (сложное дополнение)
№1 Open the brackets. Use the correct form.
1. The hotel manager makes the staff (to work) efficiently.
2. It seemed (to rain) ever since the guests came to the resort.
3. All we wanted was the electrical outlet (to mend) in our room. So, we told the receptionist about that.
4. Lots of good accessible lighting helps (to increase) the feeling of cleanliness and assists travelers who want (to work)
5. A microwave is also considered (to be) a very nice addition, as is a coffeepot.
6. The hotel room should provide a place (to relax) and (to unwind) at the end of a busy day.
№ 2Choose the right form
1. She preferred …. TV instead of the excursion.
A. To have watched
b. to watch
2. We expected the weather ….better.
a. to be
b. to have been
3. Our plan was ….a deluxe room for the weekend
a. to be booking
b. to book
4. His job in the hotel is... a calm, courteous and professional demeanor at all times.
a. to maintain
b. to be maintaining
5. The desire of almost every guest is ….free Internet in his room.
a. to have had
b. to have
6. The manager of the hotel loved each room ….perfectly.
a. to be cleaned
b. to clean
№ 3 Fill in the gaps using the words given. Use the verbs in the correct form.
Be aware of, categorized, to forget, requested, vary, according to.
In hotels the rooms are ….. and priced ..... the type of bed, number of occupants, number of bed, decor, specific furnishings or features and nowadays special even the special theme available in the room.
Later when assign the guest room before the arrival of the guest the front desk agent must ... guestroom characteristics for each room type available in the hotel. Also not .... any guest specific request or room specific request ..... by the guest for eg:- room away from the elevator, King bedded room, twin bed room, non- smoking room etc.
Even though the rooms type's may ..... hotel by hotel, the room type definitions are common in the hotel industry.
№4 Explain the meaning of the words.
Twin bed room
Studio
Adjoining rooms
Adjacent rooms
Vacant and ready