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1. General Education Office BUSINESS ENGLISH LA.231/LA.331/LA.3501 Unit 4: Travel

2. Objectives By the end of this class you should be able to… • Describe familiar places. • Identify and understand business hotel brochures. • Use grammar points ‘can/can’t’ and ‘there is/there are’. 4. Make bookings and check arrangements

3. History of Business Travel Why did people first start traveling thousands of years ago? Business! Ancient societies first set out across land and sea in search of trading partners to do business with. Ways of travel have changed and with it new problems to think about for the modern businessperson.

4. Disadvantages of Business Travel • Stress • Poor Health • Reduced Quality of Life • No friends • No family

5. Business Travel • checking in • waiting for luggage • going through security checks • speaking in a foreign language • packing suitcases When you travel which of the following do you like or not like? Make THREE sentences as in the examples • being away from home • travelling to the airport / station • meeting new people • flying • eating new food I love meeting new people.I like eating new food.I don’t mind packing. I don’t like flying. I hate checking in.

6. Which of the expressions do these show?

7. Listening Listen to extracts 1 - 8. Where ( a – e) can travellers hear or say these things? • in a taxi c) at a railway station e) on a plane • at an airport d) at a hotel

8. Vocabulary – Travel Details Say these flight details. Then listen and check. • Flight BA 427 5) You fly from terminal 3. • Flight LH 265 6) The 4.40 flight to Frankfurt is now boarding. • Flight UA 491 7) You are in row 35, seat E • The plane leaves 8) The plane arrives at 12.10.from gate 38.

9. Vocabulary – Travel Details Work in pairs. Ask each other information about some business travellers’ flight details. Student A: See below. Student B: Turn to page 140 Student A 1 Ask your partner for the missing flight details, for example, What are Mr Asafiev’s flight details? 2 Give your partner the flight details he or she needs. Mr Asafiev ____________ Mr Bendhiba _TAY616___ Ms Salgado____________ Ms Ayhan _TK940____ Ms Ho Way Choo___________ Mr Mehmood __PK 758__ Mr Soong ____________ Mr Ashida ___JL984___ 3 Now check the flight details with your partner.

10. C)People often do these things when they travel. Match the verbs (1-10) with the correct phrases. • Work in pairs. Put actions 1 to 10 from exercise C into order. • e.g., 1 – buy a ticket, 2 - book a hotel room

11. Complete the following sentences. Use the nouns from the box. bill reservation booking receipt centre fax call luggage flight seat • At the ticket office • I need to change my _booking______. • Is there a direct ______________. • At the check-in desk • Can I take this as hand _____________. • Can I have an aisle _____________. • In a taxi • 5 Please take me to the city _____________. • Can I have a _____________, please. • At the hotel • I have a _____________ for two nights . My name’s Burkhard. • Can I send a _____________ from here. • Can I have an alarm _____________ at 6.45, please? • I’m checking out today. Can I have the _____________, please?

12. Listening 4.3 Listen to each part of the recording. Then answer these questions. Part 1 1 What time is the next train to Manchester? Part 2 • Which flight is boarding at gate 23? Part 3 • What time does the train leave? • Which platform does it leave from? Part 4 • The passenger chooses a flight. What time does it leave? • When does the flight arrive? • What is the flight number? • Which terminal does it leave from?

13. Language Focus • We use can to say we are able to do something. He can program a computer. (ability) • We use can I or can we to ask permission. Can I use the phone please? (permission) Yes of course. / Sorry I’m afraid it’s for staff only. • We also use can to talk about what is possible. Can I fly direct from Moscow to Sydney? (possibility) No, you can’t. You need to change. Sort the ‘Can cards’ into these three types.

14. Dialogue Order • Put this dialogue into the correct order. Paulo Hi Judith. Judith Well, I can’t do Thursday, but Friday is OK. Paulo Paolo Ranieri speaking. Judith Oh, hello Paolo, This is Judith Preiss here. Paulo I’m sorry, Judith I can’t. but I can make Thursday or Friday. Judith Paolo, I’m calling about that meeting, Can you make next Wednesday? Paulo Of course. I can pick you up from the station if you like. Judith 10 o’clock’s fine. Oh, and can I bring my colleague, Sabrina? You met her at the conference, Paulo OK Friday it is, Can we meet in the morning – say 10 o’clock Judith Great. See you on Friday. Bye.           1 2 B) Listen and check your answers. (4.4)

15. C) Look at the dialogue in exercise A. Write questions beginning with can. Can Judith and Paulo meet on Friday? • Work in pairs. Ask each other questions. How much can you remember? • Can Paulo meet Judith on Wednesday? No, he can’t. • D) Listen to the dialogue again and practice with your partner.

16. E) Complete the email Judith writes to Sabrina about the arrangements. Sabrina I called Paolo Ranieri about the meeting. He _________ 1 make it on Wednesday, but he _______ 2 do _______ 3 at 10 o’clock. He says of course you _______ 4 come with me! And he _______ 5 pick us up from the _______ 6 . See you soon, Judith

17. Work in Pairs. Role play this situation. • Student A: Turn to Page 135 Student B: See below. • Student B • Ask student A for the following information: • take a taxi from the airport to the office • Can I take a taxi from the airport to the office? • smoke in the building? • get lunch in the cafeteria • get secretarial help? • use a computer?

18. Reading – Business Hotel • Tick the facilities that you expect to find in a business hotel. fitness centre secretarial services reception desk meeting rooms gift shop childcare service restaurant Internet connections         B) Read the brochure on Page 38. Underline the words from Exercise A which are in the brochure.

19. Reading – Business Hotel • Ask and answer questions about the St Regis. • A Can you watch films and videos? B Yes, you can. • watch films and videos • use your computer in your room? • swim at the hotel? • work at night? • eat in the hotel? • play tennis at the hotel? • hold a meeting?

20. Word Partnerships • E ) Match the words on the left (1-8) with the words on the right (a – h) to make word partnerships from the text.

21. Language Focus • We often use there is / there are before a / an or some / any There is an indoor swimming pool. There are three restaurants. There aren’t any shops in the area. Are there any meeing rooms in the hotel? Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.

22. A) Complete these sentences with the correct for of there is or there are. 1 It’s a very small airport. There aren’t any shops in the terminal. 2 ____________ a problem with my ticket? 3 ____________ any aisle seats available. 4 ____________ a stopover in Frankfurt. 5 ____________ any flights to Zurich tonight? 6 I’m afraid ____________ a flight to Warsaw this afternoon 7 ____________ two cafes in the terminal 8 ____________ any buses from the airport to the city centre?

23. Listening - Making bookings and checking arrangements. • A) Read these questions. Then listen to the dialogue and underline the correct answers. • When is Simon arriving? Monday/Wednesday • When is he leaving? Tuesday / Wednesday • What kind of room does he want? single/double • How much does the room cost per night? €120/€150 • How many nights is he staying at the hotel? 1night/2nights • What time will he arrive? 7 o’clock / 6 o’clock

24. Useful Language Making bookings and checking arrangements.

25. Pairwork - Making bookings and checking arrangements. B) Work in pairs. Student A is a receptionist at the Delta Hotel in Greece. Student B is a business traveller. Book rooms for yourself and a colleague. Study the useful language box. Then role-play the telephone call. • Answer phone. Give name of hotel. • Give your name. Ask for two single rooms with baths from 16 to 20 July A) Check booking is for four nights from 16 to 20 July B) Price? • 150 per night per single room. • Restaurant? Car park? A) Restaurant: yes, car park: no Ask for credit card details. B) Visa number 4921 4456 3714 1009 Expiry date: 12/11

26. Summary Today we have learned how to: • Describe familiar places. • Identify and understand business hotel brochures. • Use grammar points ‘can/can’t’ and ‘there is/there are’. • Make bookings and check arrangements