American English British English and which is American English
1 subway 2 city centre 3 carry-on baggage 4 one way 5 return 6 freeway 7 rest room 8 elevator 9 coach class 10 timetable 11 car park
fifth floor.
Listening
Business traveler's priorities
A Stephanie Taylor is a businesswoman who trav regularly as part of her job. Listen to the first pa
_s_c_h_e_d_u_l_e___ and waiting for forty minutes, we fin got a busd_o_w_n_t_o_w_n____ and found the hotel, but _e_l_e_v_a_to_r___ wasn't working and our rooms were
2 Unit Travel
主讲人：
‘He travels fastest who travels alone.'
Starting up A Answer these questions individually. Then
compare your answers with a partner.
1 How often do you travel by air, rail, road and sea 2 What do you enjoy about traveling? What don't ye food
B Why does Stephanie think it is still important fo businesspeople to travel regularly?
enjoy? 3 Put the following in order of importance to you
when you travel.
comfort safety price reliability sp
4 Does the order change for different types of trav
a) motorway b) lift c) public toilet d) schedule e) economy class f ) single g) parking lot h) underground i) hand luggage j) round trip k) downtown
Vocabulary B Work in pairs. Use words or phrases in Ameri British and English from Exercise A to complete the text b
Starting up B Choose the correct word from the box to compl
the following list of things which irritate people when flying.
seats trolleys queues luggage room cancellations food jet
American English My last overseas business trip was a nightmare fr
start to finish. First of all there was a delay on the
the airport as there was an accident ofrnetehwea_y____ When I got there I found the lower level of the airp
p_a_r_k_in_g__lo_t__ was flooded. Nexctamrry-_o_n_l_u_g_g_a_g_e__ was too big and heavy so I had to check it in.
When we arrived thseub_w__a_y_____ was closed and were no cabs at all. After a long time trying to rea
of the interview and choose the three priorities
mentions from the list below.
? Good organization √
? Regular transport
? Balancing cost with
comfort √
? Easy booking
1 not enough leg .....r.o..o..m.... available 2 lost or delayed ....lu..g..g..a..g..e. 3 long .q..u..e..u..e..s.. at check-in 4 poor quality .......f.o..o..d..... and drink 5 no baggage ..t.r.o..l.l.e..y..s.. 6 overbooking of ......s..e..a..t.s.... 7 flight delays and ....c..a..n..c..e..l.l.a..t.io..n..s.... 8 ...j.e..t...- lag
Starting up
Which of these irritate you most?
Vocabulary A Match the words and phrases below which ha British and the same meaning. For each pair decide whic