an interview summarized
He is known for his fun and creative ideas. People love his work because it is beautiful and different. Bill cares a lot about nature and wants to protect the planet. He designs hotels that are not only nice places to stay, but also help local people and the environment.
Bill created a group of special hotels called the Bensley Collection. These hotels are small, private, and full of style. But they are also more than just luxury. Bill wants his hotels to have a purpose. This means they should do good things, like support local communities or protect animals and nature.
In an interview, Bill talked about new ideas in hotel design. He said that building hotels should not just be about making money. It should also be about helping the world. For Bill, design, nature, and people are all important. He wants guests to enjoy their stay and also learn something. That’s why Bill Bensley is not just a hotel designer – he is someone who wants to make the world better through his work.
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Vocabulary:
- fun – something that makes you happy and laugh
- to care about – to think something is important and want to help
- to protect – to keep something safe
- the environment – the world around us (like trees, animals, rivers, and air)
- to create a group – to make a team or collection of people or things
- to have a purpose – to have a good reason or goal
- to support – to help someone or something
- a community – a group of people living in the same place
- to make money – to get money by working or doing business
- to enjoy a stay – to feel happy and relaxed while staying somewhere (like a hotel)
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Multiple-choice test, only 1 answer is correct:
1. What does “fun” mean?
A. Something that makes you tired
B. Something that makes you happy and laugh
C. Something that makes you angry
2. What does it mean “to care about” something?
A. To forget something quickly
B. To break something
C. To think something is important and want to help
3. What does “to protect” mean?
A. To keep something safe
B. To throw something away
C. To look at something
4. What is “the environment”?
A. The food in a hotel
B. The world around us like trees, animals, rivers, and air
C. A room inside a house
5. What does “to create a group” mean?
A. To sleep outside
B. To make a team or collection of people or things
C. To sing with friends
6. What does “to have a purpose” mean?
A. To play games
B. To eat food
C. To have a good reason or goal
7. What does “to support” mean?
A. To help someone or something
B. To walk away
C. To stop working
8. What is “a community”?
A. A group of people living in the same place
B. A kind of food
C. A big tree
9. What does “to make money” mean?
A. To lose your job
B. To get money by working or doing business
C. To find a toy
10. What does “to enjoy a stay” mean?
A. To feel happy and relaxed while staying somewhere
B. To clean your room
C. To go home quickly
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Answer key
- B
- C
- A
- B
- B
- C
- A
- A
- B
- A
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Match the word (1–12) with the correct definition (A–L).
Vocabulary words:
- designer
- hotel
- idea
- nature
- planet
- special
- guest
- different
- to help
- to build
- to learn
- to talk
Definitions:
A. a place where people sleep when they travel
B. a person who makes new things look nice
C. not the same
D. to speak with someone
E. the Earth
F. trees, animals, rivers, and the outside world
G. something new you think of
H. to give support or do something kind for someone
I. to know something new
J. to make something with your hands or tools
K. someone who stays in a hotel
L. not normal or usual, in a good way
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- B
- A
- G
- F
- E
- L
- K
- C
- H
- J
- I
- D
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Fill in, words below:
- Bill Bensley is a famous and creative hotel __________.
- He wants his hotels to help __________and nature.
- The hotels are special and look very __________.
- Bill cares about the planet and the __________.
- He talks about his ideas for good __________design.
- The guest can __________ a stay and learn something.
- Bill does not just want to __________ money.
- He wants to __________ build with a real purpose.
- Nature and people are important in every __________hotel.
- His work is fun, but it also __________ others.
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a) build b) environment c) designer d) helps e) hotel
f) make g) different h) Bensley i) people j) enjoy
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Complete the interview:
Interviewer: Hello, Mr. Bensley! Can I ask you some questions?
Bill Bensley: Yes, please!
1. Interviewer: __________
Bill Bensley: I am a hotel designer.
2. Interviewer: Do you like your job?
Bill Bensley: Yes, I like it very much.
3. Interviewer: What do you design?
Bill Bensley: __________
4. Interviewer: __________
Bill Bensley: They help people and protect nature.
5. Interviewer: __________
Bill Bensley: I care about the planet and the environment.
6. Interviewer: __________
Bill Bensley: It is my group of special hotels.
7. Interviewer: Do guests enjoy their stay?
Bill Bensley: __________
8. Interviewer: Do you want to make money?
Bill Bensley: __________
9. Interviewer: What is your big idea?
Bill Bensley: __________
10. Interviewer: Why do you design hotels?
Bill Bensley: ___________
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a) Hotels can be fun and good for the world.
b) What do you care about?
c) What is your job?
d) Yes, but helping is more important.
e) Why are your hotels special?
f) What is the Bensley Collection?
g) Yes, guests like to stay and feel happy.
h) I design hotels and beautiful places.
i) I want to help people and protect nature.
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Third person – rewrite this story in the 3rd person singular (present simple):
I am Bill Bensley. I design hotels all over the world. I love to make hotels special and beautiful. My hotels help people and protect nature. I care about the planet. I want my hotels to have a good purpose. Guests enjoy their stay and learn about the world. For me, design is not just about money. It is about making a difference. That is my story.
You write:
His name is Bill Bensley. He designs hotels……………….
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Correct version:
He is Bill Bensley. He designs hotels all over the world. He loves to make hotels special and beautiful. His hotels help people and protect nature. He cares about the planet. He wants his hotels to have a good purpose. Guests enjoy their stay and learn about the world. For him, design is not just about money. It is about making a difference. That is his story.