world too. OK, now if we walk through the foyer to the doors out to the back of the hotel, we’ll see how lovely it is. When the weather’s like this, you probably won’t want be in the hotel much at all. So, immediately outside is this dining area. The outside café is here on the left – it’s not open now, but it’ll be set up around 8 o’clock before dinner. On the right here, there’s a little stage. We have performances two or three nights a week at this time of year and there’ll be information about what’s on in advance. Ahead of you is the beach and the sea – doesn’t it look beautiful? You can see that the pool is close to the sea, so you can hop back and forth from the pool to the beach, if you want to. As you might be able to see, there’s a separate children’s pool at one end. OK, the rooms are spread around the garden area. To the right, running up to the beach are rooms 8–14 and round the corner to the right are rooms 1–7. Rooms 15–21 are over to the left. Now, just round to the left at the end of the dining area is the towel collection and return. It’s a sort of office I suppose – more like a hut really. You can collect a towel for the beach or pool and drop it off when you come back in the evening. I’m sure I don’t need to say, but that means no towels from the rooms are to be taken down to the beach. Now, I said you can hop from the beach to the pool all day, but we do ask people to shower quickly as they come off the beach so that the pool area doesn’t get too sandy. If you look across to the little pathway that takes you onto the beach, you’ll see that just to the left are a couple of showers. They’re warm, so there’s no excuse for not quickly cleaning off before you jump back into the pool. OK, what haven’t I mentioned? Ah, yes – the sauna. At the end of the row of rooms over there – that’s rooms 15–21 – is the sauna and jacuzzi area. Some of you will have paid for that as part of your package and some of you will have to pay a small charge for using it. It’s very popular so you do need to book. Go to reception the evening before you plan to use it. OK, I think they’re ready in reception to check all the passports now, but let me quickly mention horse riding. We have two horses in the stable, which is at the end of the path that runs along the beach from the back of the swimming pool. You need to book a ride at reception and then go to the stable about 15 minutes before your booking. Somebody will be there then to make sure you have the gear and run through a few things with you. Anyway, I’m sure you all want to get to your rooms as quickly as possible – your cases will be in the rooms when you go in. There are plenty of other things to do and there’s information about excursions and so on in reception. So, if you’d like to just come back into the foyer and have your passports ready, we’ll …
063 Workbook Unit 6 Listening
A Listen to a conversation between a hotel receptionist and a guest and write the correct letter A–G next to the four places. Guest: … mm, that’s right … thank you. Can you tell me if the restaurant is still open? I know it’s late, but I hardly had anything to eat on the plane – the meal was dreadful, actually. Receptionist: I’m sorry, the restaurant’s closed now, but there are two or three very nice places to eat within a few minutes of the hotel.
Guest: Oh, good. I’ll have a quick shower and then get something. Which restaurant do you recommend? Receptionist: Well, it depends what you fancy. Rosario’s does pretty much everything, from steak to pizza, and it’s very reasonable.
Guest: Where’s that, then? Receptionist: When you come out of the hotel, go left and then right. You’ll come into a square and there are a few cafés and restaurants around it. Rosario’s is on the opposite side. You’ll see it as you enter the square.
Guest: What are the other places in the square like? Receptionist: They’re all very nice, but a bit more expensive than Rosario’s. Personally, I like the Chinese restaurant down by the harbour. That’s only a few minutes walk too.
Guest: What’s it called? Receptionist: The Lotus Flower. Again, you go left out of the hotel and then walk straight down. Turn left when you get down to the harbour and you’ll see it there, close to the corner.
Guest: Thanks. Oh, is there a cashpoint nearby? I didn’t have time to get any money at the airport. Receptionist: Yes, there’s a bank virtually next door. The cashpoint’s inside the entrance area. You’ll pass it on your way if you go down to the harbour.
Guest: Great. Oh, one more thing. I’ll need to get a taxi quite early tomorrow to get to the conference. The taxi that brought me in dropped me right outside the hotel, so I didn’t see if there was a place to catch one. Shall I order a taxi from here or is there a rank nearby? Receptionist: I can certainly order you a taxi from here but, frankly, it’s better to just walk down to the rank. They charge a little more for picking you up here. You go right when you come out and walk straight down for three or four minutes. Then you take a right and the taxi rank is round the corner. I’ll explain it again tomorrow morning, if you like. I’ll be here when you leave.
Guest: Oh, that’s good. I’m a bit tired to take it in now. Anyway, thanks again. I’ll go and get changed now. Receptionist: OK, I’ll see you when you come back down. Enjoy your stay with us.
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