Lesson 3
What’s the date today? – It’s Wednesday 4th February
Aims
- Review from Lessons 1 & 2
- Grammar – present simple
- Rooms and facilities in a hotel
Say these dates:
10/11/24 9/1/26 10th November
5/8/20 7/5/98 fifth
2/9/15 01/03/01 two thousand ‘n’ 1 salt ‘n’ pepper black ‘n’ white
15/6/19 25/12/11 “djoon”
20/2/17 21/4/21 “twen– tee – uth,”
30/7/14 31/10/27
What are these times? 12.00 12.05 12.10 12.15 12.20 12.25 12.30 12.35 12.40 12.45 12.50 12.55
- It’s 12 o’clock. It’s twelve oh five, five past 12.
- It’s midday/midnight.
- It’s 12 noon.
- It’s ten past 12. (US “after”)
- It’s quarter past 12.
- It’s twenty past 12.
- It’s half past 12.
- 12.35 It’s twenty-five to one. (1300 – timetables) It’s twelve 35
- 12.40 It’s twelve forty. It’s twenty to one.
- It’s twelve 45. It’s quarter to one.
- It’s ten to one
- 1.02 It’s one’ish. It’s about one o’clock
- What time is it now?
- What time does the lesson start? It’s starts at 9 o’clock
- What time does the lesson end/finish? It finishes
- What time did you go to bed last night?
- What time do you usually wake up on Saturday mornings?
- What time did you wake up this morning?
- What time do you usually eat dinner?
- What time will you have lunch today?
- Are you a morning person or a night owl?
- What is your favourite time of day and why?
8 o’clock or 8 am
8 o’clock in the morning/in the evening
Ser fram emot
- I am looking forward to the arrival of spring
- I’m looking forward to my cup of coffee/tea in the break
- I’m looking forward to the weekend so I can take it easy
- I’m really looking forward to sunny weather.
The polar night = 24 hours of darkness
The midnight sun = 24 hours without the sun setting
My town is located above the Arctic Circle.
I often go to bed just after midnight. I went to bed at 2 am. … in the early hours
To give up a habit
To go back to an old habit
I gave up smoking in my 20s. I gave up (eating) meat when I was a teenager.
Pronunciation – extra sound
- She finishes, wishes, “siss”
- Cross crosses
- She pushes the pram
- Buses, messes
- match – matches “siss”
- Titmuss Sarah Titmuss’s pen Sarah’s pen
- Lars car It’s Lars’s car
- It’s Lars Lindgren’s car
- Think about where you live. What kind of activities can you do in the different seasons?
- What activities can you recommend a visitor to Sweden?
Jobs in hotels and restaurants
kitchen porters, dish washers, kitchen assistants
housekeeper, a repairman, a maintenance man, hotel porter
They’re waiting staff – event organisers
She’s the hotel manager.
What rooms do you find in a hotel?
Single room, double room, family room, triple room
A suite “sweet”
A junior suite
An executive suite
We order an extra bed.
A guest apartment
A twin room
The room has an en-suite bathroom. = part of the hotel room
The hostel has shared bathrooms = with other guests
The hotel lobby
Use the lift (BrE) elevator (US)
The guest lounge
The hotel restaurant
The breakfast room (for B n B)
Can you recommend a good budget hotel?
Rooms in a hotel
“I’d like to book a single room”.
a conference room/a meeting room (a/an = one of many)
the gym, the lobby, the reception, the (guest) lounge, (the = only one)
the dining room/ the restaurant, the (hotel) kitchen,
The hotel will store your bags in the luggage/baggage/storage room after you’ve checked out
Facilities in a hotel
It has a spa, an indoor swimming pool, a jacuzzi
Bar stools, chairs
An underground car park (BrE) a parking lot (US)
We provide electric charging spots.
Take the stairs in case of a fire
A staircase
An emergency exit, a fire escape
All hotels are obliged to provide disabled access.
Please use the (wheelchair) ramp.
A buggy
A stairlift
The hotel offers a laundry service. It also offers a dry-cleaning service.
US (public) the hotel restroom, the bathroom, the men’s room, the women’s room
BrE Excuse me, where are the toilets/loos? Where are the ladies? The gents? (= gentlemen’s toilets)