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MODULE 10 BUSINESS TOPIC
Travel and entertainment
VOCABULARY Business travel
1 Do you agree with this view?
‘I can see a trend, executives want to save costs on business
travel ,and connecting people virtually is ing more
affordable.’
2 Study the phrases in the does each one
mean?How is it pronounced?
commute subsidised transport congestion give a lift to someone
rush hour teleconferencing car share scheme travel expenses
3 Which of these statements do you sympathise with?
1 Spending two hours each muting to and from
work really affects people’s quality of life.
2 It’s fair that pany should subsidise travel for
people mute a long way to work.
Learning Tip 3 If more people worked flexibly we could avoid
congestion and rush hours.
Try to use idiomatic 4 I don’t mind giving a colleague a lift to work now and
phrases when then but I couldn’t take part in a car share scheme. I
expressing opinions: enjoy that hour to myself in the mornings.
eg I couldn’t agree 5 Air travel is too time- and
more ;I’d go along teleconferencing is the only way forward.
with that;Actually, 6 It’s the duty of every employee to manage their business
that’s not the way I travel expenses as if it were their own money.
see it,etc.
4 Discuss the following questions.
1 How do you get to work / college each day?
2 Why do you use this from of transport ?
3 Do you pay for your own travel?
5 As the new manager of the support services at
Sterrman, Engineering firm, you have been asked to
reduce spending on travel and entertainment .
Suggest a policy to tackle each of the problems below.
Current situation
1 pany owns and maintains a fleet of 35
company cars for the sales team.
2 pany pays for business class tickets on both
long and short flights.
3 The use of expensive restaurants to entertain guests
and clients is mon.
4 pany spends a lot on hiring outside rooms for
meetings and confe