Q10 - At the hotel
'We want a room on the first floor,' I said.
'Certainly, sir,' the hotel manager answered.
'Have you a room with a private bathroom?' I asked.
'Yes, sir,' the hotel manager said. 'Here are the keys to number twenty-one.'
I took the keys and my wife and I went upstairs. We unlocked the door of number twenty-one and went into the room. We shut the door and put our cases on the floor.
'Listen!' my wife said. 'There's a man in this room. He's singing.'
'You're right!' I said. 'He's in the bathroom!'
I knocked at the door of the bathroom. The singing stopped.
'Who is it?' a voice asked.
'This is our room,' I answered. 'What are you doing here?'
'Your room!' the voice answered angrily. 'This is my room. Please go away. I'm taking a bath.''I'll call the manager,' my wife said.
Just then the door opened and the manager came in.
'I'm very sorry,' he said. 'I made a mistake. Your room is next door. Here are the
keys to number twenty-two.'
Vocabulary
floor andar
certainly certamente
manager gerente
private privativo, particular
key chave
take took pegar
upstairs andar de cima
unlock destrancar
shut fechar
case mala
knock bater
singing canto
go away Vá embora
Just then bem então
make fazer; cometer
mistake erro
next door ao lado
Answer these questions
A
1 Do you want a room on the first floor?
2 Is there a room with a private bathroom?
3 Did the manager give you the keys?
4 Didn't you go upstairs?
5 Did you go into room twenty-one?
6 Is there a man in the bathroom?
7 Will your wife call the manager?
8 Wasn't the manager sorry?
9 Didn't the manager make a mistake?
10 Is your room next door?
B
12 Who wants a room on the first floor?
13 Who gave you the keys?
14 Who is in the bathroom?
15 Who will call the manager?
16 Who has given you the keys to room twenty-two?
C
17 Do you want a room on the first floor or on the ground floor?
18 Did the manager give you the keys to room twenty-one or room twenty-two?
19 Did you and your wife go upstairs, or did you stay downstairs?
20 Is the stranger in the bathroom or in the bedroom?
21 Is this your room, or is it the stranger's room?
22 Will your wife call the manager, or will you call him?
23 Did the manager come upstairs, or did your wife go downstairs?
D
24 Which keys did the manager give you?
25 Where did you and your wife go?
26 Whose room was this?
27 What is the stranger doing in the bathroom?
28 Why was the man angry with you?
29 Why is the hotel manager sorry?
E
Ask these questions
Ask me
1a if I want a room on the first floor.
b why I want a room on the first floor.
2a if the manager gave me the keys to room twenty-one.
b what the manager gave me.
3a if this is my room.
b whose room this is.
4a if my wife will call the manager.
b who she will call.
5a if the manager came upstairs.
b when the manager came upstairs.
6a if my room is next door.
b where my room is.
