HOTEL VOCABULARY

arrival bath bellboy booking breakfast area cancellation departure double room elevator (US) floor front office front-office clerk ground floor hall porter housekeeper housekeeping staff ice-dispenser key key card key clerk laundry lift (GB) lobby luggage mail clerk porter registration card restaurant room service single room safe shower staff towel twin beds vacancy voucher wake-up call

llegada bao botones reserva rea de desayuno cancelacin salida habitacin doble ascensor, elevador piso recepcin recepcionista planta baja conserje ama de llaves personal de habitaciones surtidor de cubos de hielo llave llave magntica encargado de llaves lavandera ascensor, elevador vestbulo equipaje encargado del correo portero tarjeta de registracin restaurante servicio a la habitacin habitacin simple caja de seguridad ducha personal toalla dos camas simples disponibilidad de habitaciones cupn despertador telefnico

to book to check in to check out to deposit to disturb to do a room to stay

reservar registrarse registrar la salida depositar molestar hacer una habitacin permanecer

bungalow country cottage guesthouse villa

American plan (US) modified American plan (US) European plan bed and breakfast, B&B half board (GB) room and board, R&B (GB)

bungalow, chalet casa de campo casa de huspedes, pensin chalet

pensin completa media pensin habitacin solamente cama y desayuno media pensin pensin completa

CAN & COULD Asking people to do things (requests) We often use can or could to ask people to do things: Can you wait a moment, please? or Could you wait a moment, please? Liz, can you do me a favour? Excuse me, could you tell me how to get to the station? I wonder if you could help me.

Note that we say Do you think (you) could? (not usually can): Do you think you could lend me some money until next week?

We also use will and would to ask people to do things (but can/could are more usual): Liz, will you do me a favour? Would you please be quiet? I'm trying to concentrate.

Asking for things To ask for something we use Can I have? or Could I have?: (in a shop) Can I have these postcards, please? (during a meal) Could I have the salt, please?

May I have? is also possible (but less usual):

May I have these postcards, please?

Asking for and giving permission To ask for permission to do something, we use can, could or may: (on the phone) Hello, can I speak to Tom, please? Could I use your phone? Yes, of course. Do you think I could borrow your bike? May I come in? Yes, please do.

To give permission, we use can or may. You can use the phone. or You may use the phone.

May is formal and less usual than can or could. Offering to do things To offer to do something, we sometimes use Can I?: Can I get you a cup of coffee? Yes, that would be very nice. Can I help you? No, it's all right. I can manage.

You can also use I'll to offer to do things (see Unit 21): You look tired. I'll get you a cup of coffee.

Offering and inviting To offer or to invite we use Would you like? (not do you like) Would you like a cup of coffee? Yes, please. Would you like to come to dinner tomorrow evening? Yes, I'd love to.

I'd like is a polite way of saying what you want: (at a tourist information office) I'd like some information about hotels, please.

(in a shop) I'd like to try on this jacket, please

I HAVENT MET YOU YET.

Michael Bubl

I'm not surprised, not __________ lasts I've __________ my heart so many times, I ____________ keeping track Talk myself in, I talk myself out I get all worked up, then I let myself down I tried so very hard not to lose it I came up with a million excuses I thought, I thought of every ____________ And I know someday that it'll all turn out You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out And I promise you, kid, that I give so much ________ than I get I ___________haven't met you yet I might have to wait, I'll never give up I guess it's half timing, and the other half's luck ____________ you are, _____________ it's right You'll come out of nowhere and into my life And I know that we can be so amazing And, baby, your love is gonna change me And now I can ___________every possibility And somehow I know that it'll all turn out You'll make me work, so we can work to work it out And I promise you, kid, I give so much more than I get I just haven't met you yet They say all's fair In _________and war But I ___________ need to fight it We'll get it right and we'll be united And I know that we can be so ___________ And being in your life is gonna change me And now I can see every single possibility

And someday I know it'll all turn out And I'll work to work it out Promise you, kid, I'll give more than I get Than I get, than I get, than I get Oh, you know it'll all turn out And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out And I ____________ you kid to give so much more than I get Yeah, I just haven't met you yet I just _____________ met you yet Oh, promise you, kid To give so much more than I get I said love, love, love, love Love, love, love, love (I just haven't met you yet) Love, love, love, love Love, love I just haven't met you yet