Is he speaking over the phone or to the general manager?

1. The customer is asking questions.

2. The managers are discussing business plans.

3. She is selling over the phone.

4. The animators are involving people in the game.

5. The tour operator is putting together a new tour package.

6. I am spelling this word correctly.

7. The general manager is selecting employees.

8. You are thinking about your future career.

9. The students are taking exams at the college.

10. The customers are choosing a tour.

11. They are taking part in the contest.

12. The guide is conducting a sightseeing tour.

III. Make up tail-questions:

MODELS:

We are doing well in English.

We are doing well in English, aren’t we?

We are not doing well in English.

We are not doing well in English, are we?

 

1. You are practising your English.

2. The ticket agent is selling tickets.

3. The guide is not waiting for us.

4. The managers are discussing the prices.

5. He is trying to grasp the difference.

6. Your friend is not thinking of any other job.

7. Your classmates are not planning to enter any other tourist college.

8. The students are choosing a career in tourism.

9. The customers are asking questions about the tour.

10. They are not thinking about the price.

11. The guide is counting her tourists.

12. Your French is not getting better.

IV. Make up special questions:

MODEL:

The travel agent is speaking to the customers in the office.

Who is speaking to the customers in the office?

What is the travel agent doing in the office?

Who is the travel agent speaking to?

Where is the travel agent speaking to the customers?

1. His English is getting better. (What, Whose, How)

2. They are putting a new tour together. (Who, What, What
kind of)

3. The ticket agent is working on the computer. (Who, What)

4. The guide is conducting a tour of the museum. (Who, What, What kind of)

5. The customers are asking questions about the tour. (Who, What, What... about)

6. Her friend is doing well in foreign languages. (Who, Whose, How, What... in)

7. The tourism manager is selecting new employees. (Who, What, Whom, What kind of)

8. They are planning a business meeting with their suppliers. (Who, What, What kind of, Who... with)

9. He is thinking about his exam in Destination Geography. (Who, What, What... about, What kind of)

10. She is practising her English now because she is taking her exam tomorrow. (Who, What, Why)

V. Open the brackets:

1. Where is your manager? - He is in his office. He (to work) on the computer.

2. I (to read) your brochure. - You (to think) about the price, aren’t you? - No, I (not to think) about it.

3. What you (to do) at the moment? - We (to look) through the papers.

4. Where your friends (to plan) to work after graduation?

5. Somebody (to wait) for you in the office. - I (not to go) there at the moment.

6. Who these customers (to look) for? - They (to look) for our tourism manager.

7. Your German (to get) any better? - I hope so. Why you
(to ask)? - We (to plan) to give you a job.

8. What the ticket agent (to do)? - She (to issue) air tickets.

9. What exam the students (to take)? - They (to take) an exam in Destination Geography.

10. Where our guide (to go)? - She (not to go) anywhere. She
(to wait) for us.

VI. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Мои друзья планируют работать в туристском бизнесе.
А что планируешь делать ты? - Я планирую стать экскурсово­дом или гидом-переводчиком.

2. Турагент разговаривает по телефону? - Нет, он сейчас встречается с посетителями.

3. Что вы сейчас делаете? - Мы выбираем тур.

4. Чем в данный момент занимается ваш менеджер? - Он беседует с поставщиками.

5. Когда ты планируешь поступать в туристский колледж? -
Я не планирую поступать в колледж. Я студент Российской международной академии туризма.

6. Почему они сидят в офисе так поздно? - Они ждут cвоих клиентов.

7. Как у тебя идут дела с иностранным языком? - Извини, что ты спрашиваешь? - У тебя хорошо идут дела с английским? - Да, мой английский становится лучше.

 

TO BE GOING TO

I. Transform the sentences in the Present Continuous Tense into the sentences with to be going to:

MODEL:

We are studying English now. - We are going to study English.

1. The students are choosing a career right now.

2. I’m working on the computer now.

3. The travel agent is talking to the customers at the moment.

4. Is the tour operator developing a new tour?

5. Are the students taking exams in Destination Geography?

6. I’m not sitting for my exam in English.

7. She is not planning her career.

8. The students are not working full-time.

9. Is the customer tipping the guide?

10. My English is getting better.

11. Everybody is thinking about future.

12. Am I working here?

II. Translate from Russian into English:

1. Я собираюсь выучить два иностранных языка. - Какие иностранные языки ты собираешься изучать? - Английский и французский.

2. Кем вы собираетесь стать? - Мы собираемся стать менеджерами туризма. Но сначала мы собираемся поработать турагентами.

3. Где твои друзья собираются работать? - Они не собираются работать сразу после школы. - А что они собираются делать? - Они собираются учиться в туристском колледже.

4. Твой друг собирается работать летом? - Да, он собирается поработать в турагентстве или в гостинице во время каникул. - Когда он собирается начать работу? - Он собирается приступить к работе завтра.

5. Все собираются выбирать карьеру. Никто не собирается терять время зря. Я и мои одноклассники собираемся поступать в Российскую международную академию туризма.

 

 

UNIT 2

TOURIST COMPANIES

DIALOGUE