XIV. Act out these situations.

Situation 1. You are a trainee housekeeper. You are contacting the hotel Maintenance Engi­neer to tell him about:

- a TV set that is out of order in room 302;

- a telephone that is broken in room 123;

- a water pipe that is leaking in room 219;

- a window that cannot be shut in room 210;

- two bulbs that need replacing in the second floor corridor;

Find out:

a) it the Maintenance Engineer will attend to the jobs;

b) when the jobs will be done;

c) what he wants you to do yourself.

Situation 2. You are a Housekeeper reporting to a Hotel Manager on the state of a room after a guest has left it.

A lot of things have been damaged and a lot of things are missing.

Situation 3. You are the Hotel Manager. Ask the Housekeeper questions, to find out exactly how much is damaged or missing. Take a note of the information the Housekeeper gives. Decide what you are going to do about it.

XV. Vocabulary Check: Translate into Russian the names of furniture items and equipment in bedroom and bathroom.

XVI. Read and translate into Russian an article from "The Financial Times". Use a dictionary if necessary.