Unit 9 Visits and travel 9.1 Finding out about hotels (1) Reading Read this article about airport hotels and then give each paragraph a suitable title from the box. (2) Writing Put these words in the correct order to make questions. near / city / center / it / is / the? ____Is it near the city center?________________ there / shopping / is / a / center? __________________________________ center / it / have / does / a / business? __________________________________ good / does / have / restaurants / it? __________________________________ a / pool / there / swimming / is? __________________________________ it / service / good / does / have? __________________________________ (3) Listening Listen to Simon Chang describing the hotel he stayed in on a business trip to Bangkok and write short answers to the questions in Exercise 2. _____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ ____________________________________ 9.2 Talking to a visitor (1) Vocabulary Put the words in the box under the correct headings. Business Travel Weather presentation _traffic___ __fine____ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ (2) Grammar Read this conversation and then complete it with was, wasn’t, were, weren’t, did or didn’t. A: Hello, it’s good to see you again. B: Hello, it’s nice to see you, too. A: How ___was_(1) the drive from Manchester? B: It ______ (2) very good-there ______ (3) a lot of traffic and it was windy. A: What time ______ (4) you leave Manchester? B: I wanted to leave at 7.30, but I ______ (5) get started until 8. A: ______ (6) you able to find our offices without any trouble?. B: Yes. There ______ (7) any problems finding your office, but it ______ (8) easy to find a parking space! (3) Reading Read this article and find the countries to complete the missing information in the chart. Now tick (√) the correct statements. 4 There were more visitors in groups than independent travelers. __________ 5 Most of Thailand’s visitors come from East Asia. __________ 6 Few tourists come from Africa. __________ 7 There were fewer visitors from Sweden than the year before. __________ 9.3 Attending business events (1) Reading Your colleague, Alicia Gomez, was at this conference. Read the advertisement and her replies, then write your questions. YOU: _What was the conference like?___________ ALICIA: It was very interesting. YOU: _____________________________________ ALICIA: It was very comfortable. I had a room overlooking the sea. 3 YOU: _____________________________________ ALICIA: It was excellent. We ate lots of fish and salads. 4 YOU: _____________________________________ ALICIA: Some of the speakers were terrible. They talked too much and I got tired. 5 YOU: _____________________________________ ALICIA: The other people were very friendly, and I enjoyed talking to them. 6 YOU: _____________________________________ ALICIA: It was beautiful and we had lots of sunshine. (2) Grammar Ask more questions about the conference like this: enjoy / conference? __Did you enjoy the conference?_______ go / Table Mountain? _________________________________ meet / Felipe Lopez? _________________________________ go / a lot of workshops? _________________________________ learn / anything new? _________________________________ have / good time? _________________________________ (3) Listening Listen to Alicia Gomez giving a report about the conference and answer the questions. What is the population of Chile? _________________________________ What is the name of its capital? _________________________________ How many visitors were there to Chile last year? _________________________________ What is the rate of growth? _________________________________ What is one of the most famous places in Chile? _________________________________ How high are the mountains in the north? _________________________________ How high is Lake Chungara? _________________________________ References 9.1 1 2 b 3 e 4 a 5 f 6 d 2 2 Is there a shopping center? 3 Does it have a business center? 4 Does it have good restaurants? 5 Is there a swimming pool? 6 Foes it have good service? 3 1 No, it isn’t. 2 Yes, there is. 3 Yes, it does. 4 Yes, it does. 5 No, there isn’t. 6 Yes, it does. The hotel wasn’t bad. It was a little out of the centre, so I had to take taxis everywhere. There was a huge shopping centre right in the hotel, so I was able to buy some new shirts without even going outside! It had a very good business centre – I could use my computer, send and receive faxes and make all my calls from there rather than from my room .there was quite a lot of sports equipment, but I really wanted to go swimming there were four restaurants in the hotel. My colleagues took me out to dinner so I never ate at the hotel, but I think the restaurants were quite good. 9.2 1 Business: conference, trade fair, meeting Travel: journey, flight, trip Weather: wet, overcast, windy 2 2 wasn’t 3 was 4 did 5 didn’t 6 Were 7 weren’t 8 wasn’t 3 1 Sweden 2 Argentina 3 Bangladesh Tick statements 5 and 6. 9.3 1 2 What was the hotel like? 3 What was the food like? 4 What were the speakers like? 5 What were the other people like? 6 What was the weather like? 2 2 Did you go to Table Mountain? 3 Did you meet Felipe Lopez? 4 Did you go to a lot of workshops? 5 Did you learn anything new? 6 Did you have a good time? 3 1 13 million + 2 Santiago 3 1 million + 4 14% 5 Easter Island 6 6,000 m + 7 4,157 m … Chile, whose capital is Santiago, has a population of over 13 million people. Tourism is now very important to Chile’s economy. Last year, there were more than one million visitors, and the number is growing at a rate of 14% every year. Almost everyone knows about Raster Island, with its stone heads, and it is one of Chile’s most famous sights. But Waster Island is not the only interesting thing to see in Chile! In the north, there are mountains over 6,00 metres high, and the highest lake in the world, Lake Chungara, is at 4,157 metres. There are beautiful national parks all around the country, and it is easy to travel around by plane, bus or car. If you don’t want to travel independently, there are many excellent tours available, or you…