SECTION A In this section you will hear a
mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes
on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, bat you will need them
to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over,
you will be given two minutes to check your notes ,and another ten minutes to
complete the gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE. Use the blank sheet for
note-taking. Classification of Lodging
Places The tourist industry has its own system to classify
different types of lodging places. Five categories of lodging
places: 1
1.______. They usually are multi-storied lodging
facilities with twenty rooms to hundreds of rooms. They usually
are found in 2
2. ______. They
offer porter service, room service, and parking service. Motor
Inns They usually are two to six-story buildings.
They usually have a restaurant or a bar, and some provide luggage and room
service. They usually are found near 3 and
the interstate highway system. 3.
______. Motels They usually are small 4
4. ______. They usually are found on
smaller highways and roads. They usually are run by 5
5. ______. 6
6. ______. They may look like hotels
or motor inns, but usually located at beaches or near the mountains.
They offer 7 , such as golf, horseback riding, skiing, etc.
7.
______. They may be specialized. Guest House They
are privately owned homes where the owners rent bedrooms to visitors.
Equipment in them is usually very simple. In the LT. K. , people call
them B and Bs, which stands for 8
8. ______. On the European
continent, people call them pensiones. Some other
classifications of lodging places: 9
9. ______. Small: up to 100 rooms
Medium: 100--200 rooms Medium-large place: 200--500
rooms Large: over 500 rooms Clientele
Transient clients: vacation travellers or business travellers staying for
a short time 10 : clients who lease rooms
with weekly, monthly or even yearly rates. 10.
______.