‘| @ Look at the photos. Describe the hotels. b (520) Read and listen to the text. Which hotel is not shown in the photos? HOTELS Over 30,000 tonnes of snow and neary 2,000 Ifyou want a room with an unforgettable view, you won't do beter tonnes ofice are used to build the ICEHOTEL in than The Tee Houses in Kerala, India. The two tee houses have Jukkasni, Sweden The ie is made wih water fom been bit inthe middle ofa rainforest, thiry metes above the gound. the RverTome. There's an ie cinema and an ice To each them, you ether have o walk along a high ope bide, o you bar, and almost evrything inthe bedrooms is made can be pulled up on a rope. From the hotel you can ook ou over the af ice - chairs, tables, even the bees. You sleep in a ‘ainforest and watch the beautiful bids fying past. Both tee houses sleeping bag on reindeer skins. Inthe moming you can have gota siting oom, a edroom and a shower. The larger house has take a sauna o jump ino the hot bath outside. The fot two double bedrooms. One night costs fom €150. temperature inside the hotel never rises above minus 4°C, but snow suits, boots and gloves are provided. In May, the hotel melts, so it must be rebut every year Prices are from €600 per double room per night ) ‘Would you like to spend afew nights in prison? You can in Mount Gambier, South Australia, where the local jal Dee me an a very popular with young backpackers, couples and families. Guests sleep in the old prison cells and meals can be eaten Se ‘icket in the yard. You can also visit the voleano at Mount Se eee} een Eee Ls Me ae Even when its snowing outside you can have a tropical experience at the Topical Islands Resor in Krausnick, Germany The resort is built inside a hangar that was originally used for airships and isthe biggest free- ‘standing hall in the world. The 66,000 square metres contain the world’s largest indoor tropical rainforest, with 50,000 plants and a vilage where you can See copies of traditional buildings from Thalland, Borneo, Samoa and BaliYou can relax on the beach and swim in the warm water ofthe lagoon. Or why not try the waterside? Its 27 metres high! Guests can stay in a lodge for €210 a night, or ina tent in the rainforest camp for €138 a night. Lots of people like to stay ina hotel nea the sea, but what about a hotel thats actually in the sea? The Poseidon ‘Mystery Island resort in Fi has got twenty-five suites that are twelve metres under the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Seventy er cent ofeach room is covered in clear acrylic, so you can watch fish swimming past.The fish can be fed by pushing a button. Guests are taken down tothe underwater rooms by elevator. There's also library a theatre and a wedding chapel own there. One week atthe resort, including wo nights in an underwater room, costs €22,000 fora sulte2 copy and complete the chart with information about the hotels. for ICEHOTEL icc Unusual co) Sed ry 3 Which hotels do the statements describe? 1 You can see a rainforest when its snowing. 5 2 It disappears every year 7 3. Tropical birds wil ly past your room, 2 4 Young people who haven't got a lot of money will like this place. 4 You can get married here. > You can spend the night in a tent, You can watch fish swimming. Itisn't good for people who are afraid of heights. 2 You can play sports here. # You can’t have a hot shower in your room. 1 4a Why are some of the hotels more expensive than others? What kind of people would stay in each one? b Which of the hotels would you like to stay in most? Why? Put them in order from 1 to 5. Compare your list with a partner. Grammar: modal verbs with the passive voice What is the missing word? 5 a Create your own unusual hotel. Write a description of it. Use the questions to help you. ‘+ What is unusual about your hotel? + Where is it? * What can you do there? ‘+ What kind of people will / won't like it? + How much does it cost? 'b Tell the class about your hotel. Listen to three dialogues about holidays. Where did the people go? Match the dialogues to the correct photos. bb (B20 tisten again. Find this information. 1 Where did they stay? 2 What did they do? | 3. What did they like best? 4 Were there any problems? 7 Work with a partner. Choose one of the other photos in exercise 6a or one of the hotels in exercise 1. Make dialogues about your own holiday there. Use the questions in exercise 6b to help you. Start like this: ‘¢ Hi. Did you have a good holiday? © Yes, it was great. We