DON'T GO AWAY!

Are you ready for the lesson?

               Lesson 2:  Don't go away! will take you on that paradise vacation you've been waiting for!
You'll read a brochure for a world-class resort hotel and listen to recordings about some
exciting vacation spots, then you'll learn some helpful vocabulary for an exclusive hotel,
but there's more, lesson 2 also includes:
helpful hints for the present tense
questions and negatives in the simple present tense
phrasal verbs with turn
important idioms for using the telephone
we'll finish off lesson 2 with a culture note discussing why Americans move around so
much, but first, let's start with a pronunciation warm-up, ready!

                                          English at work

                     recorded message: the hotel Royal
listen to the following recorded phone message from the hotel royal in Florida,
hello, and well come to paradise at the hotel Royal, Florida, where an exciting
adventure beckons, located near world-famous Disney world in Orlando, Florida, our
world-class hotel features well-appointed accommodations designed to pamper you
with luxurious amenities, don't go away, for more information and for rates and reservations, please stay on the line, we'll be right with you,


now let's take a look at a brochure for the hotel roYAle, Florida on the next page
build your vocabulary

once again, let's take a look at some vocabulary related to the topic of this lesson,

  • accommodations, a place to stay, food and services,
  • amenities, attractive and convenient material comforts
  • amidst, among, between,
  • appointed, arranged, famished
  • beckon, to call someone or something to come towards you, often with the use of a hand or finger gesture that means"come here"
  • cuisine, manner or way of preparing food, a tradition of cooking particular to a region or country,
  • dazzling, something exciting or beautiful; blinding light,
  • grotto, a cave or caver, an artificial structure made to look like a cave,
  • legendary, similar to a story handed down from the past; something that is spoken of b many people over many years,
  • luxurious, expensive, rich, abundant, magnificent; something that appeals to the senses,
  • nightlife, places to go and things to see and enjoy at night,
  • pamper, to give a lot of care and attention to someone,
  • panoramic, a view aha can be seen from all sides,
  • savor, to find delicious; to taste or smell with pleasure,
  • sip, to drink slowly in small amounts,
  • spacious, having a lot of space; very large and open,
  • strive, to work toward a goal with great effort,
  • stroll, to walk slowly an in a relaxed way,
  • terraced, with levels arranged like stair steps,
  • world-class, among the best in the world,
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