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The «Golden Ring» hotel is located downtown in Moscow. The hotel has a modern building. It is not far from foreign embassies, foreign companies offices and from the Exhibitions Center.

Friendly staff and high standards of service make the stay in the «Golden Ring» hotel pleasant and enjoyable. The hotel has spacious comfortably furnished apartments including double and single rooms, and luxurious suites.

The hotel offers the most sophisticated security system. The guests are provided with in-room safety-deposit boxes, satellite TV and telephone lines, air conditioners.

We are in the entrance hall of the hotel. The reception clerk is behind the reception desk. He gives the guests the keys to their apartments. Modern hotels have electronic locks on the doors. They are opened with a plastic card with a magnetic code. The codes are usually changed every day.

Large hotels usually offer their guests different kinds of services. There is the inquiry office where they will answer all your questions and give you all the information you want. At the laundry you can have your things washed and pressed. At the dry cleaner’s you can clean your clothes. At the shoes repairs’ you can have your shoes mended and polished. At the service bureau you can order a taxi or rent a car, book in advance train and air tickets. There are also hairdresser’s, barber’s and beauty saloon.

There is a small banking office in the entrance hall. You can cash traveller’s checks and change currency there.

If you need to leave your suitcases for a while you can use the left-luggage office. The hotel porters will help you to carry your luggage.

Словарь

to be located быть располо­женным

downtown в центре города

foreign ['forin] иностранный

embassy ['embasi] посоль­ство

Exhibitions Center [eksi'bijnz 'senta] выста­вочный центр

friendly ['frendli] дружелюб­ный

staff [stAf] персонал

pleasant [pleznt] enjoyable [in'dpiabl] достав­ляющий удовольствие

spacious ['speifas] простор­ный

to furnish ['farnij] обставлять мебелью, меблировать

apartment [a'pa:tmant] но­мер в гостинице

to include [in'klu:d] вклю­чать

double room двухместный номер

single room одноместный номер

luxurious [Ug'zjuarias] рос­кошный

suite [swi:t] номер «люкс»

sophisticated [sa'fistikeitid] сложный

security system [si'kjuariti 'sistim] система безопас­ности

safety-deposit boxes ['seifti di'pozit] небольшие сейфы

satellite TV ['sastalait 'tivi] спутниковое телевидение

air conditioner ['ea kan'dijana] кондици­онер

entrance hall ['entrans hoi] холл гостиницы

reception clerk [ri'sepjn kla:k] портье

electronic locks [ilek'tronik loks] электронные замки

plastic card ['plsestik ka:d] пластиковая карточка

magnetic code [masg'netik koud] магнитный код

inquiry office [in'kwaiari ofis] справочное бюро

laundry ['b:ndri] прачечная dry cleaner’s химчистка

shoes repairs [ri'pcaz] ремонт обуви

service bureau ['sa:vis bjua'rou] бюро обслужи­вания

to rent нанимать, брать на­прокат

to book tickets in advance заказывать билеты зара­нее

hairdresser’s ['hea'dresaz] дамская парикмахерская

barber’s ['ba:baz] мужская парикмахерская

beauty saloon [sa'luin] косметический салон,

to change currency ['kAransi] менять валюту

to cash [ksej] обналичивать

Задание 3.3

Ответьте на вопросы:

1. Where is the «Golden Ring» hotel located?

1. What kinds of services do large hotels offer their guests?

2. Where can the guests order a taxi, rent a car, book train and air tickets in advance?

3. Where can the guests have their things washed and pressed?

4. Where can the guests clean their clothes?

Задание 3.4

Напишите возможные ответы на следующие воп­росы:

1. Good evening, sir. What apartment would you like?

2. How long are you going to stay in the hotel?

3. What is your name, please?

4. Could you fill in this form, please?

5. How would you like to pay?

6. Do you want a return ticket, sir?

7. What class do you want to fly?

8. When does your flight arrive?

9. Where do you come from?

travellers cheques дорож­ные чеки left-luggage office камера хранения

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