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 \nCould I have an early morning call at 7 a.m.please?(=Could you wake me at 7 a.m.?)Could you put it on my bill,please?(=add the cost to the bill,e.g.for a drink you have inthe hotel bar)  \nCould I pay my bill,please?(=pay for everything)Could you order(=call)a taxi for me to go to the airport?Are you fully booked (=completely full)next week?  \nIs breakfast/dinner included?(=Does the price include breakfast/dinner?)  \nWhere's the lift?(=the machine which takes you up or down a floor)[AmEng=elevator]Excuse me.How do I get to the underground station from here?  \nExercises  \n87.1 Put these sentences in a logical order.  \n1 I paid my bill.  \n2 I checked in at reception.  \n3 I left the hotel.  \n4 I went up to my room.  \n5 I spent the night in the hotel.  \n6 I had an early morning call at seven o'clock.  \n7 I booked a room at the hotel.  \n8 I went out for dinner in a local restaurant.  \n9 I arrived at the hotel.  \n10 I got up and had a shower.  \n11 I had breakfast.  \n12 I tipped the porter who carried my luggage upstairs.  \n87.2 What would you say in these situations?  \n1 You want to stay in a hotel for two nights next week with your husband/wife.You phonethe hotel.What do you ask or say?……    …    ………  ……  \n2 You are at the hotel reception and you are planning to leave in about 15minutes.Whatcould you ask the receptionist?  \n3 You want to wake up at 7 a.m.but you don't have an alarm clock.What do you ask atreception?  \n4 You have a drink in the hotel bar.The barman asks how you want to pay.What's yourreply?  \n5 When you turn on the shower in your room,the water comes out very very slowly.Whatcould you say at reception?  \n6 You want to go to the nearest bank but don't know where it is.What do you ask atreception?  \n87.3 You are staying in quite a good hotel (e.g.two-star or three-star)in your country.Would youexpect to have the following?  \n1 a room without a private bathroom  \n2 a hairdryer in the bathroom  \n3 a colour television in the room  \n4 a telephone in the room  \n5 writing paper in the room  \n6 a machine for making tea and coffee in the room  \n7 an electric trouser press(=a machine which presses/irons your trousers for you)in theroom  \n8 air conditioning in the room  \nIf possible,compare your answers with someone from a different country.  \n# A sightseeing holiday\n\nA Sightseeing  \nYou may do a bit of sightseeing on holiday,or you may do a lot of sightseeing,but you willprobably go to a museum or art gallery,and see or visit some of these things:  \nmarket  \nfountain  \npalace  \nstatue  \nMany people go on a sightseeing tour of a town(usually in a bus);they can also go on atour of the castle /the cathedral/the art galler","cbCairO36XkopNtM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCairO36XkopNtM","pdf",1140322,"English","# Hotels\n## Types of hotel\n## Types of hotel accommodation\n## A visit to a hotel\n## Useful words and expressions\n# A sightseeing holiday\n## Sightseeing\n# Things that tourists often do on holiday\n# Describing places\n## Places and place descriptions\n# Exercises","[{\"question\":\"How are hotels graded in Britain, and what do the star ratings mean?\",\"answer\":\"Hotels in Britain are graded with stars from one-star to five-star. 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