Hospitality Vocabulary and Communication Practice

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DEALING WITH GUESTS
 
UNIT 5
 
MISUNDERSTANDING
 
to 
m
iss the point
to talk at cross purposes
to get the wrong end of the stick
to get 
one
’s lines crossed
c
an
’t make head or tail of
a mix-up
 
PRACTICE - WB, pg. 28, ex 8
 
RUNNING A HOTEL ON THE ROOF OF
THE WORLD, SB, PG. 44
 
red carpet treatment - 
very special treatment; royal
treatment
the last straw - t
he latest in a series of bad events, and it
makes you unable to deal with a situation any longer
suite - 
a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming
one living unit/apartman
altitude - 
the height above a reference level, especially
above sea level or the earth's surface/nadmorska visina,
visina
snatch –
 quickly seizing sth
 /
ščepati
dial
 – call/okrenuti broj
 
VOCABULARY
 
stained – marked with s
ome
th
ing
 which is not easily
removed/flekav
freezing  
- 
below 0°/ledeno
m
issing
 – not able to be found/koji nedostaje
stuck – unable to move/zaglavljen
not working
 – out of order-ne radi
torn – ragged/pocepan
dripping – let fall small drops of liquid/curiti, kapati
s
ag – a curve in a structure/ulegnu
će
Dusty – covered with dust/prašnjav
Disguisting – sickening, revolting, repiulsive/gadan,
odvratan
Full – having no empty space/puna
PRACTICE - WB, pg. 28, ex. 7
 
COMPLAINING
 
Thanks for bringing the matter to my attention
 
I’m very/terribly sorry
I do apologise for your inconvenience
I’m so sorry sir / madam, I’ll send someone up to look at it immediately
I’m sorry to hear that, I’ll get someone to check it for you
 
 
Excuse me, but there’s a problem with
Sorry to bother you, but I think there’s something wrong with …………
I’m afraid I have to make a complaint/there’s a slight problem with my room
What seems to have happened…
There has been a misunderstanding/a mix up
It seems there has been a problem..
 
I’ll see to it straight away
We will look into the matter and..
I suggest that we..
 
 DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLE
 
ARTICLES
 
We use no article before the names of the people
and their titles:
Dr Mann, Captain Kirk, Queen Annie
but we use a/an before professions:
He is a night auditor.
We use a/an in expression of measurement: 120
euros a night.
We use the before the nouns or adjectives to
create  a category of people or things:
the rich, the Japanese
 
ARTICLES - PRACTICE
 
SB, pg. 43, ex. 8
WB, pg. 27, ex. 6-5
 
WORD BUILDING
 
ED-adjectives describe how a pesron feels:
I feel tired.
ING-adjectives say what makes the person feel that
way:
It was a tiring journey.
 
PRACTICE – WB, pg.26, ex. 2-3
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  1. UNIT 5 DEALING WITH GUESTS

  2. MISUNDERSTANDING to miss the point to talk at cross purposes to get the wrong end of the stick to get one s lines crossed can t make head or tail of a mix-up PRACTICE - WB, pg. 28, ex 8

  3. RUNNING A HOTEL ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD, SB, PG. 44 red carpet treatment - very special treatment; royal treatment the last straw - the latest in a series of bad events, and it makes you unable to deal with a situation any longer suite - a number of connected rooms in a hotel forming one living unit/apartman altitude - the height above a reference level, especially above sea level or the earth's surface/nadmorska visina, visina snatch quickly seizing sth / epati dial call/okrenuti broj

  4. VOCABULARY stained marked with something which is not easily removed/flekav freezing - below 0 /ledeno missing not able to be found/koji nedostaje stuck unable to move/zaglavljen not working out of order-ne radi torn ragged/pocepan dripping let fall small drops of liquid/curiti, kapati sag a curve in a structure/ulegnu e Dusty covered with dust/pra njav Disguisting sickening, revolting, repiulsive/gadan, odvratan Full having no empty space/puna PRACTICE - WB, pg. 28, ex. 7

  5. COMPLAINING Thanks for bringing the matter to my attention I m very/terribly sorry I do apologise for your inconvenience I m so sorry sir / madam, I ll send someone up to look at it immediately I m sorry to hear that, I ll get someone to check it for you Excuse me, but there s a problem with Sorry to bother you, but I think there s something wrong with I m afraid I have to make a complaint/there s a slight problem with my room What seems to have happened There has been a misunderstanding/a mix up It seems there has been a problem.. I ll see to it straight away We will look into the matter and.. I suggest that we..

  6. DEFINITE AND INDEFINITE ARTICLE Countable/Singular a book a manager the book the manager Countable/Plural books managers the books the managers Uncountable money the money

  7. ARTICLES We use no article before the names of the people and their titles: Dr Mann, Captain Kirk, Queen Annie but we use a/an before professions: He is a night auditor. We use a/an in expression of measurement: 120 euros a night. We use the before the nouns or adjectives to create a category of people or things: the rich, the Japanese

  8. ARTICLES - PRACTICE SB, pg. 43, ex. 8 WB, pg. 27, ex. 6-5

  9. WORD BUILDING ED-adjectives describe how a pesron feels: I feel tired. ING-adjectives say what makes the person feel that way: It was a tiring journey. PRACTICE WB, pg.26, ex. 2-3

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