Activity 3. Imagine that you’ve come to a restaurant with your colleague. Order chicken soup, steak, a cheesecake, an ice-cream and coffee. Practice dealing with money

Unit 3. The First Day in Boston.

Target Vocabulary List

1) substantial - существенный

2) to serve - служить, обслуживать, подавать (на стол)

service - обслуживание

3) for here or to go? - здесь или с собой?

4) bill - счет

5) credit card - кредитная карточка

6) cash - наличные (деньги)

7) expensive - дорогой

8) delicious - очень вкусный

9) to check in - регистрироваться (в гостинице)

10) to check out - выписываться (из гостиницы)

11) check-in time - время прибытия (в гостиницу)

12) check-out time - время выбытия (из гостиницы)

13) to fill out the form - заполнить форму

14) to leave one’s baggage - оставить багаж

15) to sign the register - подписать учетную карточку

16) to depart - отправляться (уезжать)

departure - отправление

Activity 1. Listen to the dialogue and study the phrases in bold:

Getting something to eat.

Clerk: Can I help you?

Bogomoloff: Yes, I’d like something more substantial than just a sandwich, please.

C.: Why don’t you have eggs and pizza and a ham sandwich on top of that? We serve very good pizza here.

B.: It sounds good to me. I’ll take your word for it. So eggs, a pizza and a ham sandwich.

C.: For here or to go?

B.: For here. And I’ll have a coffee too, please. How much is that?

C.: 5.25... Right. Here’s your change.

B.: Thank you.

You can also use the following phrases:

Good evening. We’d like a table for two.

Could we have the menu, please?

Are you ready to order?

Would you like to order some wine?

Can we have the bill?

Is the service included?

Can I pay by credit card/ in cash?

Activity 2. Complete the conversation between the waiter and two customers, Linda and George, using the following words:

Prawn cocktail

White wine

Pate on toast

Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding

Could we have the menu?

Vegetable salad

It’s rather expensive.

Grilled gammon steak with pineapple

We’d like a table for two.

W.: Good evening, sir. Good evening, Madam.

G.: Good evening....

W.: Certainly. Is this table all right?

G.: That’s fine....

W.: Certainly. Here you are.

W.: Are you ready to order?

G.: Yes. First, I’d like...

L.: And for me...

W.: Yes, madam.

G.: And then for the main course I’d like...

L.: And I’d like...

W.: That’s fine. What vegetables would you like?

L.:...

W.: Would you like to order some wine?

L.: Yes. Can we see the wine list, please? A bottle of French red.

G.: And some...

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G.: That was delicious!

W.: Thank you very much. How about coffee?

L.: Yes. Black, please.

G.: Can we have the bill?

W.: Of course.

G.:...

W.: No, it isn’t, sir.

Activity 4. Listen to the dialogue and study the key vocabulary in bold:

Checking in.

Desk Clerk: What is your name, please?

Bogomoloff: Peter Bogomoloff.

Rundle: He’s one of the participants of the symposium that’s starting tomorrow.

DC: Yes, here’s your name. Please, fill out this form and write everything legibly in print.

Bogomoloff filled out the form and gave it to the desk clerk.

DC: Sign the register here, please. Thank you. Your room is three-three-one, on the third floor. How long do you plan to stay?

B.: Oh, until Thursday, the fifth.

DC: Please, read the Hotel Information.

B.: Yes, I see that the check-in time is four o’clock p.m. and the check-out time is twelve o’clock, right?

DC: Yes, that’s right. But if you depart after 12 noon on the day of the check-out, you can leave your baggage at the Bell Desk. But on the day of your departure you must check out of your room by eleven a.m.

B.: Yes, I see. Does the price of the room include service?

DC: No, the service is extra. Here’s your key, please.

B.: Thank you.

R.: Everything OK? Good, then I’ll be leaving you now.

B.: See you tomorrow morning, Mike. And thank you very much, indeed.

R.: That’s OK, Peter.

Activity 5. Fill in the gaps with prepositions where necessary:

1) I’m one... the participants... the symposium that is staring tomorrow.

2) Please, fill... this form and write everything legibly... print.

3) The hotel information: the check... time is 4 p.m. and the check... time is 12 o’clock.

4) If you depart... 12 noon... the day... check-out you can leave your baggage... Bell Desk.

Activity 6. Translate from Russian into English:

1) Между прочим, меня зовут Петр Богомолов, я из России, сейчас еду в Бостон для участия в симпозиуме.

2) Надеюсь, вам понравится пребывание в Лондоне. Уверен, это будет незабываемое впечатление.

3) Доктор Богомолов - один из участников симпозиума, который открывается завтра.

4) Пожалуйста, заполните эту анкету и напишите все отчетливо, печатными буквами. Ваша комната 331 на третьем этаже.

5) Как долго вы планируете оставаться у нас?

6) Запомните, что время прибытия (регистрации в гостинице) - 4 часа дня, а время отъезда и окончательной оплаты - 12 часов дня.

7) В день отъезда вы должны расплатиться за номер к 11 часам утра.

8) Я бы хотел выяснить один момент: где мне можно оставить багаж, если мой самолет в 6 часов вечера?

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