商务英语Unit 3 Travel

教材：新视野商务英语（上）

Unit 3 Travel

Objectives Key vocabulary Lead-in Language focus Skills Business communication Homework

Objectives

When the learners finish learning this unit, they should be able to

providing information on travel collecting information on travel arrangement on business trip

Language focus

Present continuous for future: fixed arrangements

Pronunciation: contractions of to be

Skills

Writing: faxes

Reading: The Japanese in Britain

Listening: international travel

Key vocabulary

1.itinerary: a plan of a journey 旅行计划2.colleague: someone who works in the same place e.g. May I introduce one of my colleagues at the ba

nk?3.cultural: ~ events: 文化活动 ~ diversity: 文化多样性 ~ differences= culture gap 文化差异 culture shock: 文化冲击

4.social:

~ science

~ services 社会福利事业 socialism; society; socialist

5.convention:

① Conference

② customs

Lead-in

1. What does the woman do?

Answer:

2.What is she doing?

Answer:

3.Where is she from?

Answer:

4.Where is she going?

Answer:

She is in adverstizing.

She is planning a trip

She is from the UK

She is going to Poland.

Present continuous for future

现在进行时表示将来Use

We use the present continuous to talk about fixed future arrangements.

现在进行时用于表示安排好的将来动作。e.g. We’re meeting colleagues from the Madrid office

on Monday.

I’m not visiting the offices in Athens on this trip.

Are they flying to Heathrow?

Pronunciation:Contraction of to be in the present continuous1.I’m going to Poland in July. (I am)2.You’re speaking first at the Business

Conference. (You are)3. This department’s responsible for account.

(It is)4.We’re meeting at 1 o’clock in the restaurant.

(We are)5.They’re looking for someone with good

communication skills. (They are)

Reading:Read paragraphs 1-4 of the article and

answer the questions.1.How many Japanese work in Britain?Answer:2. What is Masami Sato’s job title?Answer:3. Does Masami Sato like living and working

in London? Why/ why not?Answer:

12,000

Office lady

Yes, she does. She likes the parks and green fields.

4. Why is she going home?

Answer:

5. What are her job opportunities in London?

Answer:

6. When is she going home?

Answer:

7. Does she want to go home? Why/ why not?

Answer:

She is on a scheme to give office ladies overseas experience.

She has no job opportunities in London; she can’t be promoted.

She is going back to Japan next year.

No, she doesn’t. Because there are few amusements and noopportunity to relax.

Presentation and listening Collocation exercise: ways of making, accepting

and declining offers 1. Explain the situation to the class. Make sure

they understand that they are organizing a visitor’s free time and arrangements.

2. Ask students to think about ways in which they could help a visitor to their company. Match the verbs to the nouns.

3. Play the recording for the first time for them to check the collocations.

4. Read the message. 5. Play the recording again and ask learners to

complete the notes.

Business communication:Introduction:

Introducing someone: I’d like to introduce you to Senor lglesias.

Mr Brown, this is Ms Barty.

Responding to an introducation: How do you do?

Pleased to meet you.

Introducing yourself: How do you do? I’m John Smith.

Homework: What two uses do you know for the

present continuous tense? Think of five countries and name the

nationality for each country. From the reading article in this unit, what

do the Japanese think of Britain? What do you say when you meet

someone for the first time?