3.1At the airport
A Listen to the conversation between Lucy and a bus driver after Lucy arrives at London Airport and fill in the blanks.
B Listen to the two conversations and answer the following questions.
□ Read a guidebook. □ Reserve tickets. □ Book hotel rooms. □ Buy some food. □ Talk with people who have been to the place
where you will go. □ Practice the language of the country if it is a
C Work in pairs and role-play the following dialogue.
You work in the administration department of a company, and there is a guest coming to visit your company next Wednesday and Thursday. Please book a table for him in a restaurant and help him order food..
3 After Arriving at the Target Places
After arriving at your target place, you may make a start on your business by asking directions (to get to your hotel because you are most probably a stranger), handling some expected or unexpected things, registering at a conference, attending business events and so on.
1. Starting-up 2. Booking Rooms 3. After at the Target Places 4. Inviting Your Client to Dinner/Parties/Karaoke
1Starting up
Now, imagine, if you are taking a business trip, what will you do for preparation? Discuss in pairs and decide which of the following you’d like to do and tick (√) those you will most probably do. You may add more things if you want.
Unit 13
Business Trips
In this unit we will talk about
make reservations for business trips handle various things during business trips talk about experiences on business trips
Conversation 1 1) What does the waiter say to encourage Lucy
to order? 2) What food has Lucy ordered? 3) What drinks has Lucy ordered?
Conversation 2 4) Why does Lucy go to the shop? 5) What has Lucy bought? 6) How much has Lucy paid?
foreign country.
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2 Booking Rooms
2.1 Lucy is going to have an overseas business trip. She is booking a room.
Listen to the dialogue and fill in the form.
B Listen to the conversation again and answer the following questions.
C Work in pairs and role-play according to the given situation.
Suppose you work in the administration department of a company, and there is a guest coming to visit your company next Wednesday and Thursday. Please book a room for him.
2.2Kevin, a business hotel manager, is interviewed to share his experience on preparing hotel rooms for business travelers.
A Listen to the conversation and decide whether the following statements are true or false by putting a tick (√) in the correct box.
3.2 Hotel Check-in and Check-out