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A Montreal man, Lou Lenitzki, was awarded $450 in damages after discovering bed bugs and mice in a hotel he booked for a luxury vacation in Martinique. He sued the tour organizer, André Gingras, for a total of $2,675, but the judge rejected his health claim of $2,000 due to lack of evidence. The case highlighted issues with the hotel’s condition and the tour organizer's responsibility for the travel arrangements.

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A Montreal man, Lou Lenitzki, was awarded $450 in damages after discovering bed bugs and mice in a hotel he booked for a luxury vacation in Martinique. He sued the tour organizer, André Gingras, for a total of $2,675, but the judge rejected his health claim of $2,000 due to lack of evidence. The case highlighted issues with the hotel’s condition and the tour organizer's responsibility for the travel arrangements.

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OPOSICIONES TRIVIUM PREPARADORA: EMMA HAMILTON

Text 1. "Traveller gets $450 award"

A MONTREAL man who found bed bugs and mice in his supposedly luxurious
Caribbean hotel was awarded $450 in damages yesterday by Provincial Court Judge
Roland Robillard.
Lou Lenitzki paid $1,300 to Atlantic Pacific Travel and Tours Inc. in March 1976, for a
"luxury" vacation on the island of Martinique.
Travel brochures provided by tour organizer André Gingras of Tours Mont Royal
promised a luxury hotel, free baggage transport from the airport, free golf course and
privileged beaches.

Bed bugs
However, on his arrival, Mr Lenitzki found that there was no one to look after his
baggage, the hotel rooms were infested with bed bugs and mice and the golf course had
reverted to pasture.
To make matters worse, the hotel was in bankruptcy and the staff were not carrying
out their duties.
Mr. Lenitzki sued Mr. Gingras for $2,675 - $650 for the plane ticket, $25 to move his
luggage to another hotel and $2,000 for aggravating his health.
He told the judge he suffered from nervous tension.
Judge Robillard rejected the $2,000 health claim, but ordered Mr. Gingras to pay
$450, plus interest, of the remaining total of $675.

No complaints
The judge noted in his judgement that partial restitution had already been made.
In his defense, Mr. Gingras said that Mr. Lenitzki had made his travel reservations
with Atlantic Pacific and consequently he couldn't be held responsible for the problems
that arose.
Mr. Gingras said he had been organizing trips for several years and he had never
received any complaints about the hotel where Mr. Lenitzki stayed.
The Montreal Star.
OPOSICIONES TRIVIUM PREPARADORA: EMMA HAMILTON

Text 1. Questions on "Traveller gets $450 award"

1. Identify the text type and comment on the style.

2. Explain the meaning of the phrase "in damages" (Paragraph 1).

3. Why do you think the health claim was rejected?

4. Summarise the main points of the article in a few sentences.

5. Analyse in detail (linguistically, semantically, phonetically, morphologically,


syntactically and, if possible, etymologically) the following words, which are
underlined in the text:

a) MICE

b) SUPPOSEDLY

c) AWARDED

d) ON

e) BROCHURES

f) BEDBUGS

g) SUED

h) HE

i) AROSE

6. What are the main grammatical points which could be isolated and taught?

7. Phonetically transcribe the first paragraph.

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