In Company Courses:

ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS

27.01.14

•Booking holidays online (listening BBC learning English) •Cut price travel (reading p.84, 85)•Language Links (review p.86, 87)•Special oral task #1

Have you ever booked a flight or a holiday online?

What are the pros and cons of booking online?

Too good to be true?

1.What does Stephen Dunk say sometimes happens when people try to book great offers on the internet?

the internet crashes / the prices are more expensive / their credit card doesn’t work

2. What does Frank Brehany say happened to a family who booked their holiday online?their flight was cancelled / their hotel was more expensive / their hotel had closed down

3. How many offices does Travel Zoo have? 23 / 19 / 875

4. RyanAir and EasyJet are major rivals. Why did EasyJet object to RyanAir’s advertisement?they did not like the model / the holiday destinations were not hot / the flights were expensive

5. What new rules will be in effect from June 1?prices will be more expensive / prices will be cheaper / prices will be clearer

Booking Holidays onlineDo you know this vocabulary? Check with a partner.

•hidden costs•clicking•budgeted for•an emotional commitment•a round-trip•deceptive

Booking Holidays online1.What do ‘azure blue waters’ and ‘a cosy hotel room’ really mean sometimes?2.What country is Ctrip.com in?3.What does ‘a really good deal’ mean?4.Give an example of ‘hidden costs’.5.What does Stephen Dunk mean by an ‘emotional commitment’?

Collocations – words that attract!

…a good deal

…a fortune …the price

…costs

Collocations – words that attract!get

offersee

negotiate…a good deal

costpay

makecharge

…a fortune

adjustincrease

lowerreduce

…the price

coverestimatereduce

increase…costs

How was your trip?