Lesson Five

Section One

Task 1

An Unpleasant Trip

Words & Expressions 1.Isle of Wight --an island in the south of England 怀特岛

2. Herbert Wilson

3.brochure --a thin book giving information about sth or advi

sing sth a holiday/travel brochure 旅游指南

Words & Expressions 4.courteous --having or showing good manners; polite

5.beefburger --hamburger

6.exorbitant --much too high; unreasonable

Key to the Exercises

A. 1.The Isle of Wight.

2. They were not pleased with their hotel.

3. He decided to write to the Manager of

Happytours.

Key to the Exercises

4. A travel agency.

5. The Hotel and travel arrangements.

6. They will never book any future holidays

through Happytours.

 

Brochure Mr. Wilson

Hotel

Service

Food

Atmos-phere

 

Journey home

 

comfortable, medium-sized, with a magnificent view of the sea

courteous, old fashioned

excellent

relaxed, friendly

11.00 am ferry

half a mile from the sea, with our room overlooking a car park

The majority of the staff are foreigners and couldn’t speak or understand English

strictly beefburgers and chips or fish and chips, wine at exorbitant prices

didn’t get away till 6 pm