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Complaint About Our Room
Um e-mail de reclamação a um hotel: o que estava reservado era outra coisa.
Uma reclamação formal. Repara na estrutura (os factos, o problema, o pedido) e nas formulações delicadas mas firmes como I would therefore like to ask ….
To the hotel management,
I am writing about our stay at your hotel from 3 to 7 May (booking number 48211). We had booked and paid in advance for a double room with a sea view and a balcony.
When we arrived late on the first evening, we were told that this room was no longer available and were given a room on the ground floor, facing the car park. The receptionist promised that we would be moved the next morning. However, nothing happened, and when I asked again, I was told that the hotel was fully booked for the rest of the week.
The room itself was clean, but it was noisy until late at night, and the window could not be opened because of the smell from the kitchen. Since the view was the main reason we had chosen your hotel, we were very disappointed.
I would therefore like to ask for a partial refund of the difference between the two room types for all four nights. I have attached a copy of the booking confirmation and two photographs of the room we were given.
I look forward to hearing from you within the next two weeks.
Kind regards,
Clara Hoffmann
To the hotel management,
We stayed at your hotel from 3 to 7 May (booking number 48211). We booked and paid for a double room with a sea view and a balcony.
When we arrived, the receptionist said that this room was not free. We got a room on the ground floor, next to the car park. The receptionist said they would give us a new room the next morning. But nothing happened. Then they told us that the hotel was full for the whole week.
The room was clean, but it was very loud at night. We could not open the window because of the smell from the kitchen. We chose your hotel because of the view, so we were very disappointed.
Please pay back the difference between the two rooms for all four nights. I have added a copy of our booking and two photographs of our room.
I hope to hear from you in the next two weeks.
Kind regards,
Clara Hoffmann
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Gramática neste texto
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we were told · were given a room · could not be opened
Numa carta de reclamação há muita passiva — quem agiu exatamente não importa: we were told, were given, could not be opened. Formar a passiva →
were given a room
Com verbos de dois complementos, é muitas vezes a pessoa que passa a sujeito: we were given a room em vez de a room was given to us. A passiva com dois objetos →
look forward to hearing
Depois de look forward to vem a forma em -ing: I look forward to hearing from you. Verbos com -ing →
As palavras a partir de B2 neste texto
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a gestão
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parcial
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As listas de palavras deste texto
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Perguntas de compreensão
4 perguntas sobre o texto. A cada resposta aparece a frase em que ela está — uma pergunta cuja resposta não se encontra no texto não avalia nada.
1. O que tinha reservado a Clara?
Lê o primeiro parágrafo depois da saudação.
Repara em «sea view».
a double room with a sea view and a balcony
2. O que prometeu a receção na primeira noite?
Lê o segundo parágrafo.
Repara em «the next morning».
we would be moved the next morning
3. Porque é que não se podia abrir a janela?
Lê o terceiro parágrafo.
Repara na palavra «smell».
because of the smell from the kitchen
4. O que pede a Clara?
Lê o parágrafo com «therefore».
Repara na palavra «refund».
a partial refund of the difference between the two room types