At a Hotel
When traveling it is better
to reserve rooms in advance. Experienced travelers book by telegram.
So you are in the Astoria
Hotel. The doorman calls one of the porters, who takes your luggage ad shows
the way to the desk-clerk. The desk-clerk will ask you to register. He will had
you an arrival card, which all guests are required to fill in.
The following information is
required:
1. Name in full: surname,
first name, patronymic.
2. Place of permanent residence.
3. Passport No.
After all the porter will
show you up to your room. He unlocks the door and turns on the light.
It is a single room. The
room is large, clean, light, comfortable and faces the yard. There are all
modern conveniences: a private bathroom, a TV set, a fridge, a radio, a
telephone, an air-conditioner in the room.
In the lobby you find a
newspaper stall where envelopes, stamps, magazines, postcards are sold. You can
also find a special room to write a letter. There are all facilities:
coffee-stalls, snack-bars, a foreign-currency bank, a barber’s a
hairdresser’s, a post-office and a
shoe-repair shop in the hotel. The hotel has a special laundry service for its
guests. You can have your laundry done and your clothes pressed. The maid who
does your room will also make your bed.
The desk-clerk is a mine of
information. He will answer all your questions and give you all the information
you need. He will also order your railway tickets. Guests are required to warn
the clerk in advance when leaving so that you can have the bill ready for you
in time.
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Ответьте на вопросы.
1. How can you reserve rooms in advance?
2. What are the duties of a desk-clerk?
3. What information does an arrival card call for?
4. What services do hotels
usually offer their guests besides rooms to live in?
5. Where can you buy newspaper, envelopes I the hotel?
6. Who cleans your room in the hotel?
7. Why do you need to warn
the clerk in advance when leaving?
8. Who can give you all the information you need?
