* DATE: 23/07/2015

NAME: ANTONELA CABRERA

SEMESTER: 7th

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF

AMBATO

ENGLISH

4 PRODUCT

* The dictionary is an essential tool when it comes to learning languages.Among the tools we have to study a new language, the dictionary is probably one of the most important.

*ENGLISH DICTIONARY

*Here I present an important vocabulary that you can use in different situations.

*The words are obtained from the books of tourism and hospitality

*UNIT 10

*TURISM BOOK

*HOW DO YOU PAY?

Normally we don't think much about the way we pay for things. This words are important when buying things or when we are shopping, we should know some words needed in a store and the different types of payment.

*Businesses A company or other organization engaged in commerce, A business sells goods and/or services to clients.

*Example:

* The business traveler is in a important company

*Cash only a cash only business only accepts cash as a method of payment

*Example:

*Mary use cash only when goes to shopping

*Charge card is a small card from a bank or shop that allows you to buy items and pay for them later

Example:

The turist used in the hotel his charge card

*Checking account is a type of bank account. You can withdraw money using checks.

*Example:

*Jhon used his checking account in a trip

*Credit card is a small card that allows you to buy something at a lower price.

*Example:

*I have a credit card to buy in the store

*Customer One that buys goods or services, as from a store or business.

*Example:

*The customer visit the store every year

*Debit card is a small card that takes money out of a bank account.

*Example:

*The turist uses a debit card in the city any moment

*Holidaymakers One who goes on vacation.

*Example:

*The holidaymakers are in a elegant hotel on the beach

*Identification is a document that proves who you are.

*Example:

*The identification is important for the turist when travel

*Methods of payment The way a merger or acquisition is financed.

*Example:

*The hotel offer different methods of payment

*Personal check is a method of payment that uses money from a checking account.

*Example:

*My mother has a personal check when we go to other city

*Photo ID is a card that proves who you are and has a photograph of you on it.

*Example:

*The man has a photo ID to proves who he is

*Transaction a transaction occurs when someone buys or sells something.

*Example:

*The transaction of the visitor was completed

*Traveler’s checks are used by travelers instead of cash. They are printed with a set amount.

*example.:

*The turist arrives to the hotel with his traveler’s checks

*UNIT 10

*HOTELS BOOK

*BREAKFAST SERVICE

Modern breakfast (served in hotels ) may include cereals, bacon and eggs, toasted bread and marmalade with tea or coffee. This words are importants to know words of this service.

*á la carte it is offered from a menu and paid for separately and not as part of a package.

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*example.:

The chef offer a special menu a la carte

*Bagel is a round piece of bread with a hole in the middle.

*Example:

*In te morning the children eats a bagel

*Brunch is a meal between breakfast and lunch.

*Example:

*In the day the brounch is indispensable

*Continental breakfast is a small meal that usually only includes coffee, juice, and a pastry.

*Example:

*The family bought a continental breakfast in the hotel

*Coupons is a piece of paper that people use to get discounts on items.

*Example:

*Mr. Paul has many coupons in the room

*Eggs over easy is an egg dish. It includes eggs that are cooked on both sides with the yolk intact.

*Example:

*The eggs over easy are very cooked

*Fried eggs are eggs that are cooked in oil.

*Example:

*The fried eggs are delicious in the morning

*Gratuities A favor or gift, usually in the form of money, given in return for service.

*Example:

*The gratuities are for the workers of the hotel

*Hostess A woman who receives or entertains guests in a social or official capacity.

*Example:

*The hostess receives guests i the hotel

*Pancakes are flat cakes cooked in a pan or over a grill.

*Example:

The pancakes are expensives for the turist

*Pastry is sweet bread that is typically eaten for breakfast

*Example:

*Harry in the breakfast bought a pastry for mary

*Refill is an amount of a liquid needed to fill up a container holding a drink.

*Example:

*The refill is very expensive

*Reward A consequence that happens to someone as a result of worthy or unworthy behavior

*Example:

*The reward of peter is a result

*Scrambled eggs are eggs that are stirred before they are cooked.

*The cooker gives scrambled eggs in the morning

*Toast is a piece of bread that has been cooked so the outside is crispy.

*Example:

*The toast is important for the nutrition

*Voucher is a piece of paper that some businesses accept instead of money

*Example:

*The voucher is for luis

*UNIT 11

*TURISM BOOK

*WHERE TO GET MONEY

*There are many places to get cash for example the bank, is important know vocabulary that you can use when travel to other country and get cash in different moments of the day.

*Account a formal banking, brokerage, or business relationship established to provide for regular services, dealings, and other financial transactions.

*Example:

*The account of the bank is secure

*Arrange to put into a specific order or relation; dispose.

*Example:

*The traveler arrage plans for a futuer events

*ATM is a machine that you use to access and withdraw money from your bank account.

*Example:

*She takes money out of the ATM

*Bank are places where people keep their money.

*Example:

*The bank opens at 2 o’clock

*Branch is an office that is part of a bigger company.

*Example:

*The branch is important for the gerente

*Business hours are the times that the company is open.

*Example:

*My mom did not come home because it has a business hours

*Electronically is to send something using electric methods.

*Example:

*My father gets money electronically with electric methods

*Keep to retain possession

*Example:

*When there is a problem with cash my mother keep calm

*Key pad An input device consisting of a set of keys that are typically numeric and arranged in a grid as on a cell phone or calculator

*Example:

*She used the keypad for operating a portable electronic device

*Nearby Located a short distance away; close at hand Pay To give money to in return for goods or services rendered

*Example:

*The hotel is nearby to the bank

*PIN number is a secret number that you use to access a bank account using an ATM.

*Example:

*I forget my pin to access to my account

*Safe Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt

*Example:

*The money is safe in hotel

*Service charge is money that you pay to receive a service.

*Example:

*she received service charge for her job

*Service fee is money that you pay to receive a service.

*Example:

*The service fee pays the guest

*Transfer To convey or cause to pass from one place, person, or thing to another

*Example:

*She tranfer the call to the rooms

*Wire transfer is a way to send money electronically.

*Example:

*The guest did a wire transfer to your wife

*Withdraw is to take money out of your bank account.

*Example:

*He can withdraw from a particular place

*HOTELS BOOK

*AT THE BAR

*IS IMPORTANT KNOW SOME DRINKS THAT ARE AT THE BAR FOR EXAMPLE THE TYPE OF WINE, SOME LIQUORS AND THE THINGS THAT IS IMPORTANT WHEN YOU VISIT THE BAR, THIS VOCABULARY INCLUDE IMPORTANTS WORDS FOR THIS PLACE.

*Apply To put to or adapt for a special use

*Example:

*He ordered a formal apply request

*Beer A fermented alcoholic beverage brewed from malt, usually flavored with hops.

*Example:

*The boy requested a beer to the room

*Bartender is a person whose job it is to make and serve drinks in a bar.

*Example:

*The bartender is an expert with drinks

*Cocktail is an alcoholic drink that is made by mixing other drinks together.

*Example:

*She doesn’t liked the cocktail of the bar

*Domestic beer is a beer that is made in the country in wich it is served.

*Example:

*The domestic beer is less known that the international

*Happy hour is a limited period of time, often in the early evening, when drinks are cheaper than usual.

*Example:

* The happy hour occurs once a day

*House wine is a cheap wine that is featured by a restaurant and that is not listed on the menu under its usual name.

*Example:

*House wine is recommended by the manager

*ID is a document that proves your name , address and age. It often has a photograph on it.

*Example:

*The ID is important for legal procedures

*Imported beer is a beer that is made in a country other than the one in wich it is served.

*Example:

*He imported beer every month

*Legal age The age at which a person by law attains the capacity to engage in certain transactions or be treated legally as an adult.

*Example:

*The legal age to be in a bar is more than 18 years

*Liquor An alcoholic beverage made by distillation rather than by fermentation.

*Example:

*she bought a liquor to your boyfriend

*Minors Lesser or smaller in amount, extent, or size.

*Example:

*The minors lesser are in the hotel

*On tap it is served in bulk from a big container using a faucet.

*Example:

*The drink is served on tap at the bar

*Order an instruction that must be obeyed; command

*Example:

*He put in order to the employees

*Pricing The amount as of money or goods, asked for or given in exchange for something else.

*Example:

The pricing are accessible to all customers

*Pitcher is a large container with a handle and spout that holds drinks.

*Example:

*The customer ordered a pitcher for the room

*Red wine is a wine that has beeb made with grape skins and is red.

*Example:

*red wine is healthy and rejuvenates

*Shelf A flat, usually rectangular structure composed of a rigid material, such as wood, glass, or metal, fixed at right angles to a wall or other vertical surface and used to hold or store objects.

*Example:

*It is very useful in the room and elsewhere

*Top shelf it is of a high quality and is usually expensive.

*Example:

*The top shelf is expensive because is of good quality

*Well drink is made from cheaper. Unbranded liquors.

*Example

*She has well drink in the refrigerator

*White wine is a wine that is made without grape skins and is pale in color.

*Example:

*In the trip he acquired a white wine

*UNIT 12

*TURISM BOOK

*AT THE CURRENCY EXCHANGE OFFICE

*IN A TRIP IS IMPORTANT A CURRENCY EXCHANGE OFFICE TO CONVERT DOLLARS, EUROS AND MORE CURRENCY RATES, IN THIS VOCABULARY YOU WILL FIND WORDS THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW.

*Amount The total of two or more quantities; the aggregate.

*Example:

*she must amount of the last month

*Buy – back A business buys something that it sold to you before

Jhon buy-back the trip to las vegas

*Commission is the amount of money a business charges for some types of service.

*Example:

*He was the winner of a commission

*Connect is to let a telephone caller communicate with someone else.

*Example:

*The cell phone connect to persons that are away form home

*Convert is to change money from one currency to another.

*Example:

*She is in the office to convert the money to dollars

*Currency is a word for money from a particular place, like the euro and the dollar.

*Example:

* The currency is representative of a country

*Currency exchange office is a place where you can change money for another country’s money.

*Example:

* The currency exchange helps to the visitors

*Exchange rate is the rate at which money from one country can be changed for the money from another country.

*Example:

*She say that this is a exchange rate of money

*Increase To make greater or larger.

*Example:

*The turism increase in the hotels

*Local currency is the money from the country you are in.

*Example:

*The local currency is devalued because the crisis is terrible

*Measure The dimensions, quantity, or capacity ofsomething as ascertained by comparison with a standard.

*Example:

*Statistical measure helps to control the entry of tourists

*Minimum charge The least amount of money you pay for something.

* Example:

*He has a mínimum charge for the credit in the bank

*Receipt A piece of paper that proves that someone paid for something.

*Example.:

*The receptionist gives the receipt to the visitant

*Release form a release form makes a person not responsible if something bad happens.

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*Example:

*He signed a release form in the agency

*Wish A feeling that one would like to have or do something or to see.

*Example:

*I wish travel around the world

*HOTELS BOOK

*MEET THE KITCHEN STAFF

*CUSTOMERS KNOW THAT TE SERVICE IN THE HOTEL IS GREAT, ALSO IS IMPORTANT KNOW SOME THINGS AND SOME WORKERS THAT ARE IN CHARGE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND WORK IN THE RESTAURANT KITCHEN. THIS WORDS ARE VERY IMPORTANTS FOR YOUR VOCABULARY

*Behind the scenes it takes place in private and not in public.

*Example:

*Nobody knows what happens behind the scenes in the job

*Butcher is a person whose job is to cut up or sell meat.

*Example:

*The butcher has a complicated job

*Caller tells the kitchen staff what food customers ordered

*Example:

*The caller does many activities in the reception

*Certain  Sure to come or happen; inevitable

*Example:

*She should eat certain amount in the trip

*Desserts  A usually sweet course or dish, as of fruit, ice cream, or pastry, served at the end of a meal.

*Example:

*The desserts are delicious and fattening

*Dishwasher  A person who washes dishes, especially one hired to wash dishes in a restaurant.

*Example:

*In the hotel there is a dishwasher in the cook

*Head chef is in charge of the kitchen and is responsible for creating the menu, cooking, ordering supplies and overseeing the other workers.

*Example:

*The head chef is the person indispensable in the cook

*Influence A person who exerts such power

*Example:

*An important person can be an influence to the others

*Instructions An imparted or acquired item of knowledge

*Example:

*On trips should follow the guide's instructions

*Line cook a line cook works at one food station, preparing and cooking one part of a meal or a specific type of food.

*Example:

*The line cook has a food station for wok

*Pastry chef makes desserts

*Example:

*Pastry chef is creative with desserts

*Prep cook works in a kitchen, preparing food to be cooked. A prep cook does not usually cook.

*Example:

*My friend is prep cook and work in a kitchen

*Sous chef has the most authority after the head chef and often assists the head chef.

*Example:

*The sous chef helps to the head chef

*Special is a dish that chefs make for a limited period of time.

*Example:

*He prepared a special dish at the event

*Station is the place where a chef makes a certain type of food.

*Example:

*For the chef's is the kitchen is the station

*Swing cook a swing cook works in more than one area of a kitchen, helping wherever he or she is needed.

*Example:

*The swing cook is friendly with everyone in the hotel