1. Unit 10a Business hotel

2. Hotel facilities Brainstorm
List typical hotel facilities as many as possible.
outdoor and indoor swimming pool
tennis courts
sauna
beauty parlour
fitness club
restaurant and bar
business centre
internet access
banquet hall
gymnasium

3. Hotel facilities
Read the information about three hotels, and get the general idea.
Compare their list of facilities in the following four aspects: price, time & duration, facilities, route & lacation. Vocabulary
Read the text again, and work out how much it would cost for the characters to stay at the hotels for different durations and at different times.
Read the texts again, and choose
one of the three hotels for each
character and explain
your reasons.

4. Reading
Which of the three hotels should the following people stay at and why?
Marco and Frances Bianchi
Maurice Breton
Linda de Hamm
Hyde Park Gardens or Royal London Hotel (facilities for both of them; depends on how much they want to spend)
Royal London Hotel ( communication facilities)
St Steven’s Hotel ( the single supplement is only in midweek)

5. Speaking accommodation facilities 住宿设施 convenient transport 交通方便
Discuss in pairs: Which of the three hotels would you choose?
Possible expressions:
accommodation facilities 住宿设施
convenient transport 交通方便
close to… 紧邻……
comfortable and friendly service 舒适和热情的服务
reasonable price 合理的价格
up-to-date communication facilities 先进的通讯设施
offer express check-in and check-out 提供快捷的入住 登记和结账服务
only a short walk from shopping centres 离购物中心只有很短的路程

6. Group discussion & listening
Which of the following things are most important?
sauna TV fax bar secretarial service
video conferencing quick check-in
room service distance from airport
modem socket good room lighting pool √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
Listen to the tape, and tick the items that Kevin Smith
says are important for business traveler.

7. Vocabulary inn n. 小旅馆，小酒馆 corporate adj. 企业的，公司的 coordinate v. 协调
courtesy bus 免费接送巴士
catering n. 酒席承办、提供饮食及服务plug n. 塞子, 栓, 插头 v. 插入, 塞住, 接头secretarial adj.秘书的，有关秘书事务的
upgrade v. 使升级，提高
wharf n. 码头
pier n. 码头，长堤，突堤

8. Listening 1.Many guests like to eat in their rooms ________.
Listen to the tape again, choose the correct option to complete the sentences.
1.Many guests like to eat in their rooms ________.
2. Good lightning means____________.
3. The business center at the hotel __________
4. The hotel provides ___________.
5. Corporate guests ______________.
C so they can do more work.
B bright desk lighting so guests can work.
B organizes the food during a conference.
C a free bus service to the center of London.
A do not usually exercise during their stay.

9. Listening Listen to the tape again, and answer the questions.
1. What special needs do business travelers have?
2. What facilities are there in the rooms?
3. Why do guests need good lightning ?
4. What service does the business center provide?
5. Is distance to the airport and city center important?
They need quick check-in and check-out, good room service and their meals to be served in their rooms.
Communication facilities such as a modem socket , and a fax.
They often spend their evenings preparing work.
It provides basic secretarial services such as photocopying and typing, conference co-ordination and catering service.
Yes. The guests don’t want to be near Heathrow airport or right in the city center.

10. Grammar annoying to want to important to helpful to don’t want to
Look at the tape script. Find examples of verbs and adjectives followed by the infinitive. Write them below.
Verb +infinitive
Adjective + infinitive
annoying to
important to
helpful to
easy to
want to
don’t want to
tend to

11. Speaking
Ask your partner to describe an ideal hotel in his /her eyes, and recommend it to a business traveler.
check-in 入住手续
room service 客房服务
communication facilities 通讯设施
environment 周边环境
facilities in hotel in general 饭店的总体设施
personal situation 个人的具体情况

12. Listening
Montse Garceron is staying at the Holiday Inn at Nelson Dock. She asks about travelling into central London. Listen and complete her notes.
Bus
Leaves every (1) _______minutes between (2) ______and nine in the morning. After that every (3)__________.
Takes: (4)_________minutes to Tower Hill Underground Station.
Costs(5)_________________.
River taxi
Leaves every (6)____________mins during the rush hour. After that runs to a timetable. Takes;(7)______________.
Costs:(8)___________ each way. 20
seven 40
Writing 15
free 30 15
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13. Writing Mr. Kiriakov wants to visit HMS Belfast. It is 9.30 am.
You are the receptionist at Holiday Inn, Nelson Dock.
Write quick directions for following guest.
Mr. Kiriakov wants to visit HMS Belfast. It is 9.30 am.
Mrs. Sanz wants to visit Canary Wharf Tower and then the Tower of London. It is 8.30am.