 |
|
Ring the hotel Book a room
Ring the hotel You have a reservation for next Tuesday; change it
Ring the hotel You want to speak to Mrs Johnson in room 274
Go to reception You want to change your room; say why
Return to reception Tell them you've lost your key
Phone reception Ask If you can send an email
♦
Arrive at the hotel Check in
 | |||
 |
| ecet |
| Phone reception Ask for a morningcall |
Go to reception Ask where the swimming pool is located in the hotel
| 1 - i^^pI | ^| ^^^^^^^H |
| Remember lo learn ihe phrases in the unit (or when you slay in | | |
| a hotel | |
| • Arriving: | 1 have a reservation. |
| « Asking lor information: | What time is breakfast? |
| • Complaining: | My shower doesnl work |
| • Leaving: | I'd like to check out, please |
| ^^^^^■iH^^^^^d | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H |
Go to reception The hotel restaurant is busy; ask about
| ; |
Estaurants near
He hotel
Go to reception CHECK OUT
«!
Phone reception The people in the next room are very noisy and you can't sleep
♦
Go to reception You need a taxi to the airport tomorrow morning
Unit twenty-one 73
Isabelle Segura is a PA in Neuilly, just outside Paris. She talks about her working week.
|
Working for Rolls Royce
Warm
How many hours per week do you work? Do you think you work too much'
Listen to this ^ jt :
Workis likea second home
1 listen to Isabelle Segura talking about her job in Rolls Number of employees 4 40 400
Royce International. Which of t he details are correct? Meetings per week 2-3 4-5 more than 5
Working hours per week 30 35 40
2 Listen again and answer the following questions. ►W22.1 Holiday weeks per year 3 5 6
1 What's the first thing Isabelle does when she gets to
work? ||vmBnMf|_n
2 How much time docs Isabelle spend reading and 111IHHII'frVl'HiTfflffl Isabelle says: -People spend too writing her emails? much time in meetings.' Is it the same in your
3 What benefits does Isabelle get in her job? organisation?
4 Why does she like her job?
Many, much, a few,a little
Wecan use many, much, a tew and a little to talk about quantity. Look at the examples below.
I don! have many meetings today. How much work have you got to do?
I donl have much time. How many business trips does he make each year?
I need a little information. Can I have a little more time?
I have a tew jobs tor you to do. Do you have a few more minutes9
Now complete these rules with many, much, a few or a little.
We use many and (1)................. with countable nouns. Note
We use (2)................. and a little with uncountable nouns. Remember that we can use a lot of
in positives, negatives and questions
We use (3)................. and much, mainly in questions and negatives. wrth counlaD|e plural nouns and
We use a few and (4).................. mainly in positives and questions. uncountable nouns. See Unit 7.
Grammar reference page 118 <
74 Unit twenty two
Do it yourself
1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1 I don't give much presentations in my job.
2 Do you want a few milk with your coffee?
3 How many information do you have about our new product?
4 I'm sorry but I need a few more time to write this report.
2 Complete the questions with How many or How much.
1 How............. cars has he got?
2 How............. information does he have?
3 How............. people work in production?
4 How............. new equipment have they bought?
5 How.............. jobs does she havtf?
6 How............. meetings do you have this week?
7 How............. money does he make?
8 How............. emails have I got?
3 Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the
email. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
many a little a few much a lot of
| E |
&
From: Arthur Davies fFn iw ,.
OearMsDelmont,
;jvSO,soro-tha( oftwarejsiatewe
a^id, can', ^^ Prod— •* week. ,-m
'he moment. We will need Hi............. lnformarion a!
^!anbe9™«ionaLain;ou,on(y,imebe'°re
S-*^»(S)........
Best regards, Arthur Davies
|
4 Write some sentences about your job.
Example: I go to too many meetings each week.
1 a lot of
2 many
3 much
4 a few
5 ............................... ,........ ,„.,.., a little
/ few
IvcTion pro
Hems
Unit twenty-two 75
^p Saying numbers and prices
1 In pairs, write down how to say these numbers and prices. Some answers are given lor you.
—j NumbersPrices
25 twenty-tive 50p
CO
1 L 100 ..... £4.99 ........................................................
i^Z 101 ............................................................... £250 two hundred and titty pounds
1.000 ............................................. ,............. €150.000 .......................................................
.................................. £150m ............ ,............................................
10,550 ................................................... ..... $0.99 ....................................................
500.000 tive hundred thousand $4.95 ........................................................
1,000,000 ............................................................ $2,500 two thousand five hundred dollars
1.000.000.000...................................................... $2.5m .......................................................
2 Listen and check your answers. ►►IZ2.2
| Cover your partner's answers. Then point at same of the numbers and prices above and ask your partner to say them.
|Vn you say this? A
. That's two thousand five hundred doilanMA
3 Write down live numbers (big and small) and five prices (euros, pounds and dollars).
Then dictate the numbers to your partner.
Numbers Prices
It's time to talk
You are going to role-play a conversation with your partner. Student A should look at page 105 and Student B at page 108.
|
On ihe agenda
Speaking
Solving a business problem
Communicating at work
Helping visitors
Vocabulary
Money and business tinance
iOal