On the Way to the Hotel

1. On the Way to the Hotel By MaoJian

2. Lead-in • Have you ever been to a five-star hotel? • Can you name some famous hotels in Yueyang?

3. Could you tell me the useful expressions in the dialogue? • book a room • Be considerate of sb • Be far from…/a long way away from… • It takes… to do … • Change a lot/ so much… • Great changes have taken place • Municipal government • Make great efforts to do… • Complain about… • Have a good view of… • …’ride/walk/drive to…

4. Universal Pattern • To talk about the hotel • To chat freely focusing on the development of the city • To say goodbye in the hotel lobby

5. Do you know them? bookshelf 书架 ground floor (英)底，层，一楼 cabinet 橱柜 switch 开关 venetian blind 百叶窗帘 curtain 窗帘 wastebasket 字纸篓tea trolley 活动茶几 night table 床头柜 first floor (英)二楼，(美)一楼 folding screen 屏风 hanger 挂钩 plug 插头 wall_plate 壁上挂盘

6. Do you know them? • Chinese painting 国画elevator, lift 电梯 drawer 抽屉 second floor (英)三楼，(美)二楼 spring 弹簧 cushion 靠垫，垫子 socket 插座，插口 sitting_room 起居室 voltage 电压floor 楼层，地板 carpentry (总称)木器 tea table 茶几 bedclothes 床上用品 quilt 被子 mattress 床垫 thermos 热水瓶 transformer 变压器

7. Room Reservations • A：Room Reservations．Good afternoon． • B：Id like to book a double room for Tuesday next week． • A：That’s fine， sir． A double room for Tuesday， September12th， with a front view or rear view？ • B：What’s the price difference？ • A： A double room with a front view is 140 dollars per night，one with a rear view is 115 dollars per night． • B：I think I’ll take the one with a front view then． • A： How long will you be staying？ • B： We’ll be leaving Sunday morning． • A： That will be five nights， sir．Thank you very much，and we look forward to seeing you next Tuesday． • B： Good． That’s all settled then． Good-bye． • A： Good-bye．

8. Room Reservations • Advance Reservations．Can I help you？ • B：Yes，Id like to book a single room with a bath from the afternoon of October 4 to the morning of October 10． • A： Yes， we do have a single room available for those dates． • B： What is the rate， please？ • A： The current rate is＄50 per night． • B： What services come with that？ • A： For＄50 youll have a radio， a color television， a telephone and a major international newspaper delivered to your room everyday． • B： That sounds not bad at all．I’ll take it． • A: We’re looking forward to your visit.

9. A Brief Introduction to Yueyang City • Situated in the northeast part of Hunan Province,Yueyang covers a total area of 15000 square kilometers with a population of 5.3 million .It is a famous historic culture city, excellent tourism city in China and the only port city along the Yangtze River in Hunan Province .

10. Yueyang has advantageous transportation conditions.It is the many-sided intersection(多元交汇） of the Yangtze River,the Dongting Lake,Beijing-Guangzhou railway,No.107 state highway, Beijing-Zhuhai expressway and Wuhan-Guangzhou express railway which is going to build. Yueyang is another "gold cross" similar to Wuhan .

11. Yueyang has profound cultural inside information. Yueyang Tower is the precious historic cultural relic “Be the first to enjoy the trouble and the last to enjoy the comfort." is the soul of Yueyang culture. Moreover, Yueyang is the birthplace of Chinese dragon boat culture with a lot of scenery spots such as Junshan Island, Quzi Temple, Zhangguying building complex built in Ming dynasty, and etc.

12. Yueyang has a vast market space. Located in the center of cities' economic circle of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces,Yueyang is the inevitable transfer place for all goods in Hunan province exported to foreign countries via the Yangtze River.Along with the Dongting Lake bridge's operation, an important channel to east area of Sichuan province and west area of Hubei province has been opened for guests and businessmen at home and abroad to set up their production bases and distribution centers here in Yueyang city.

13. Yueyang has a good foundation for developing industry. Petrochemicals（石化）, textile, feed, papermaking, pharmacy, building materials and etc. have become its mainstay industries（支柱产业）. Changlian Refinery and BalingCo., Ltd. under Sino-petrochemical Corporation and some other large-scale enterprises are scattered in 30 kilometers area alongthe Yangtze River and it is the largest petrochemical base in southern China. Yueyang Papermaking Group, Huaneng Yueyang Power Station and some other large-scale enterprises are under their rebuilding and technical transformation. All these enterprises are of competitive and developing potential in the market.

14. Since China‘s reform and opening to the outside world, Yueyang economy is developing rapidly. In 2002, the gross domestic product value（国内生产总值） was up to RMB 45200 million yuan and the main economic index（指标） ranked at the second place in Hunan province just next to the provincial capital city of Changsha.

15. As one of the first batch cities opening to the outside world along the Yangtze River, Yueyang has strengthened the construction of infrastructure facilities and issued a series of preferential policies and measures in resent years to attract and encourage the foreign investors to invest in Yueyang. Yueyang now is becoming the investment focus of the guests and businessmen both at home and abroad.