VII. Suggested activities
1. Speak on the following situations:
A) you are the Front Desk Clerk in the Mariot Hotel. A tourist is checking in to
the hotel and you should explain him what kind of rooms and services you have in
this hotel, what the number of his room is, what floor it is on and where the lift is.
You should explain him how to fill in the form, how much it will be for a night and
what the forms of payment are;
B) you are a chambermaid and you inform the visitor about services and conveniences.
2. Make up dialogues, using expressions from section V.
3. Write a letter to your friend about your staying at the U.S. hotel.
Lesson 5
USING THE TELEPHONE
I. NOTE
All telephone numbers in the United States have 10 digits a 3 digit area code,
plus a 7 digit local telephone number. Each state has at least one area code; some
states have more than one. Consult your local telephone directory for specific area
codes. When giving phone numbers, Americans normally list each digit individually
(i. e., 2-2-3-4-7-4-6, for 223-47-46).
You can dial directly over 150 countries from most U.S. telephones. To direct
dial, simply:
– Dial the hotel access code (check with the hotel operator; this number is usually
8 or 9);
– Dial 01l, the international access code;
– Dial the country code;
– Dial the city code;
– Dial the local number.
To call Paris, France, for example, you would dial:
– 011-33-1-local number in Paris.
Remember the time difference between various parts of the U.S. and your home.
The U.S. itself has four time zones: Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific. When it
is 9 a.m. in New York City, it's 6 a.m. in Los Angeles, California.
When staying at a hotel, you can charge a call to your room and pay for it when
you check out. However, sometimes hotels will impose a surcharge, and it is cheaper
to use a telephone credit card. Check with your hotel operator about this.
II. DIALOGUE
Operator: How can I help you?
You: I'd like to make an international call.
Operator: You can dial directly from your room if you like.
You: What? I'm sorry. I don't understand what to do.
Operator: Just hang up, then dial 011, your country and city codes, and your number.
You: O.K, fine. Thanks for your help.
Operator: Would you like to charge the call to your room or pay with a credit card?
You: To my room.
Operator: All right. I'll take care of it for you. Have a nice evening.
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(You dial the correct number and wait several seconds until your call goes through).
IV. IDIOMS
Shoot Off One's Mouth
(express one's opinions loudly)
Jim doesn't play tennis very much, but he's always shooting off his mouth about
how good he is. Yet he's fooling nobody. Jim is somewhat of a braggart and everyone
knows that he gives opinions without knowing all the facts and talks as if he knew
everything about the game.
Snow Job
(insincere talk)
The salesman tried to convince a group of investors that the properties he was
selling would soon be worth much more money that he was asking. However, no one
bought anything from him because they felt he was giving them a snow job. No one
was deceived by his insincerity and exaggerated claims about the worth of the properties.
1. I need a holiday....
2. I don't like milk....
3. I couldn't get up this morning.....
4. I'd love a cup of tea....
5. I've never been to Africa....
6. I was ill yesterday....
7. I should smoke less....
8. I spent the whole evening watching
television....
9. I didn't know that Ann was in
hospital....
Shoot the Breeze
(chat informally)
What are you going to be doing this afternoon?
Oh, I don't have anything in particular in mind.
Why don't you come over to my place? We can listen to some records and shoot
The breeze.
That sounds OK to me. I'd like to relax listening to music and visit and chat
informally until my folks get back from shopping.
In Stitches
(laughing very hard)
Danny was hilarious at the party the other night. He had us all in stitches! I didn't
realize that he was such a comedian.
He's always been funny, but last night he outdid himself. He had us laughing so
hard that it hurt our sides.
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