1. Visits and travel Unit 9

2. Aims: This unit focuses on welcoming and making small talk with visitors to company. Learners learn to enquire about journeys and the weather, to exchange opinions about business events and talk about hotel facilities. The unit also introduces the past simple forms of to be and the auxiliary verb do  Book a hotel room  Welcome visitors and make small talks  Describe business events  Write a letter requesting information  Past time  Adjective

3. Lesson 1Finding out about hotel

4. Part AReading Read and list all the facilities and services the hotels offer Answer: outdoor pool; tennis and squash courts; fitness centre; gym; discos; bars; karaoke room (all leisure facilities); women- only floor; conference centre; business centre; shopping facilities Read the articles again and decide which hotel is most suitable

5. Part B Listening listen and do the match answer the question in the book Part C Language focus/speaking Part D Writing Write a fax to one of the hotels in A for Jennifer Lee.

6. Lesson 2Talking about a visitor

7. Part ADiscussion Think about a similarities and differences when you talk to people you first meet from an English speaking country. E.g. can you ask:  How much they earn  How old they are  If they are married

8. Part B Presentation and listening Part C Language Focus Part D Speaking think of a situation  Weather  Journey  Hotel  Plans for visit  Business

9. Lesson 3 Attending business events Part AVocabulary Part BPronunciation 1. Listen and fill in the blanks Part CLanguage focus 1. Complete the conversation with adj. from Part A 2. Practice the conversation with a partner