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Unit 1 Shopping and Banking Online

Part 1 Getting ready

B: drop shopping mouse feet retailing

street get done third-party online

30% mails Britain gift-buying 50% net period

C: Major points Details

1. the site

2. merchant Addresses/phone number/call up

3. Strict safety measures

4.

Part 2 Net shopping under fire

A. delivery delivery

delivery charges

personal information 87%

returning goods 47%

order 35% dispatch 87%

money back two

B．Summary:

convenience choice obstacles complete trust

build consumers’ trust mature payment service

Part 3 Banking at home

A: Outline

1. C: limited opening hours

2. Online banking services

D: getting current information on products

F: e-mailing questions to the bank

3.A: competing for customers

4.A: having no computer at home

B: 1. It is banking through the Internet.

2. “Online banking” offers convenience which appeals to the kind of customer banks want to

keep.

3. Banks most want to keep people who are young, well-educated, and have good incomes. Part 4 More about the topic

B: English Good Customer Service American Good Customer Service

1. in a pleasant environment 1. human side

2. second to none a. family/…/occasions in life

3. different customers b. a partnership

Example:

take a look at everything

alternatives 3. repeat business sales come to sales assistants

4. first contact with the customer

Part 5. Do you know …?

1. c

2. b

3. c

4. c

5. c

6. b

Unit 2 Hotel or B&B?

Part 1 Getting ready

This year An average year

35% 60%

45% 20%

60% 80%

30% 15%

50% 70%

30% 20% hotels prices Other related information

￡30/single; ￡60/double Children under 12

￡29/full board

￡28/double+bath excluded

1. hot food: fried egg

2. coffee tea jam cooked

3. dinner, bed and breakfast

4. the room plus all meals

5. Value Added Tax

Part 2 A touch of home

Outline

1. B&B

A. bed and breakfast

B. 15000

C. advantages over big hotels

2. A. meeting different people

3. Several features of Suit Us

A. built in 1883

B. …famous guests

4. A. B&B not suitable for some people

Part 3 Renting a car

https://www.sodocs.net/doc/e05025174.html,rmation about the customer

A family of three + camp equipment

Leaving on Fir., July 7th

Returning on Mon., July 10th

…

Best choice: a Pinto station wagon

Regular rate: $ 79.95

Special weekend rate: $ 59.95

Pick up: after 4 p. m. on Fri.

Return: by 10 a. m. on Mon.

Mileage rate: first 300 miles free, then 12 cents per mile

Other costs: Insurance $ 10

Sales tax 8%

Deposit $ 100

B: a compact car/ a station wagon/ automatic transmission/ current models/ pick up/ return the car/ special weekend rate/ regular rate/ unlimited mileage/ insurance sales tax/ a full tank of gas/ deposit/ lowest rates

Part 4. More about the topic

A: 1. suite: a large room with a partition to separate the bedroom area from the sitting room area

2. twin room: a room with two single beds for two people

3. Penthouse: a well-furnished and luxurious suite at the top of the building

4. Lounge or sitting room: a room not used as bedroom, where guests may read, watch

television, etc.

5. single room: a room occupied by one person

6. double room: a room with one large bed for two people

Room type Rack rate Suitable for Features

￡40 Staff of all grades

￡55 Sales staff

￡150 Managerial stall entertaining private guest;

the lake

￡220 total privacy; … ;

country side; … ;

fully fitted kitchen

Part 4 Do you know…?

Names of hotels Locations Ranks in general category

Cernobbio, France —Italy2—3

3—2

4—8

London, UK—Paris, France

8—4

B：1. F 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. T

Unit 3 “Planting” Money

Part 1 Getting ready

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A: Time: Thursday, April 17

Purpose: teaching children how to save money

Way of teaching: 2500 bankers making 5000 presentations

B: 1. Making savings visible and real: building up savings in a piggy bank/ opening children’s

own bank savings account.

2. Encouraging children to save as much as they can: putting 25 cents away for every dollar

the children earn

3. A first step toward learning to budget: giving children an allowance and part of it going

into their own savings.

4. Making savings and investing fun: giving children play money to “invest” in stocks they

can track in local newspapers

Part 3 Credit cards

A: Outline

1.The importance of credit cards

2. Nature

A. “charge”—paying at a later date

B: “limit”

3. The potential disadvantages—expensive

A. easy to make lots of purchases on card

B. likely to pay a tremendous amount of interest

4. The benefits

B. helpful for emergencies

C. good for travel

Part 4 More about the topic

A: Exercise 1

Column A Column B

1. 3

2 1

3 2

Exercise 2: Answer the following two questions.

1. “Spending priorities” refers to the following situation:

Americans are spending so much of their income on ever larger houses and cars that they can’t afford to spend on social programs or infrastructure repairs.

2. By doing so, one would feel happier, would have fewer disputes of work and lower levels of stress hormones in their blood. One gets sick less often and dies at an older age.

B: Summary:

Mr. Cox, the vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas,…, of Myths of Rich and Poor, sees the positive side to the increased prosperity of … Americans are better off than they were 30 years ago. Here … :

Technological …created hundreds of gadgets that …both easier and more pleasurable, for example, cellular and cordless phones, computers, answering machines, and microwave ovens;

Today …about 3/4 have washing machines, half have clothes dryers, 97% have color televisions, 3/4 have VCRs, 2/3 have microwaves and air conditioners, 3/4 own their own automobile, 40% own their own home, half have stereo systems.

Part 5 Do you know …?

A. Tokyo, Osaka, Oslo, Zurich. Hong Kong, Copenhagen, Geneva, Paris, Reykjavik, London

B. 1. The euro has appreciated against the US dollar.

2. Persistent economic turmoil.

3. Tehran.

4. The Economist team checks prices of a wide range of items—from bread and milk to cars

and utilities—to compile this report.

5. Business clients use it to calculate the amount of allowances granted to overseas executive

and their families.

Unit 7 Fame and Fortune

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Part I Getting ready

A.

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Unit One Track 4-1-O- A. Jay and Elise are talking about an accident. Listen and check the correct picture. Jay: Come in here, Elise. You should see this show! Elise: What is it? Jay: It's called "The Titanic of the Sky." It's about the Hindenburg, a great engineering feat. Elise: The Hindenburg ... Jay: You know, that giant zeppelin that crashed in 1934. Thirty-five people died. Elise: Oh yeah, I remember now. It was flying from Germany to the United States. It crashed as it was landing. Jay: Right. It's so funny looking, don't you think? It doesn't look anything like the airplanes as have today. Elise: That's true. Why would people ride in a zeppelin anyway? It seems so dangerous. Jay: Well, some people called the Hindenburg "man's greatest achievement in flight." They thought it was safe, I guess. Elise: Who rode in it anyway? Jay: Mostly wealthy people. It accommodated between 30 and 40 passengers and crew. One person said it was like a "flying hotel." Eise: It sounds pretty great. Jay: Yeah, and it was fast. That's why people rode it. They wanted to get to their destination faster. Elise: Why didn't they just take a jet plane? Jay: Elise! You know they didn't have jets back then. Look, in 1934 it took five days to travel from Germany to the U.S. by ship. The zeppelin could do it in half that time. It was speedy. Elise: Well, maybe ril sit down and watch a little bit. Maybe r II learn something ... Track 4-1-O-2 | B. Listen again. How was the zeppelin described? Check your answers. Track 4-1-OL-3 A. Listen to the conversation and check the correct picture. Jack: I think we should buy a bigger car. Big cars are safer. Kayla: Yes, but on the other hand, they consume more oil. Jack: They also look really cool. Kayla: That's true, but there are some SUVs which are not big but also very beautiful. Jack: And 1 think big cars are more fun to drive. Kayla: But then again, it's very expensive. Jack: Well, let's get more information about several kinds of cars, okay? Track44OL4 Listen to another person talking about famous buildings in his country and fill in the blanks with information you hear. My country has two very famous buildings called the Petronas Towers. The buildings are made of glass, steel, and concrete. They were designed by an American architect, but he used a Malaysian style. They were finished in 1998, and they were the tallest buildings in the world at that time. Each tower has 88 floors, and is 452 meters high. I really like the Petronas Towers. They show both the modern and the traditional side of my country. Track4-1-OL-5 A. Listen to a talk on controversies about modern buildings. Then fill in the blanks to complete the sentences. Modern buildings: We love them, We hate them The world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris is almost 500 years old, and it faced a very modern problem: There simply wasn't enough space for six million visitors each year. In 1989, American architect I.M. Pei designed a striking glass pyramid in the building's center to be a visitor entrance and shopping arcade. But he also started an angry debate. Some people felt his glass building was a piece of art, like the ones inside the museum. Others said it was just an ugly, modern mistake. Kyoto, Japan, is the country's ancient capital, and the heart of its culture. Its railroad station was too small for the millions of visitors. In 1997, the city completed a new station in a huge shopping center, right in the oldest part of the city. Designed by Hiroshi Hara, the building also contains a hotel and department store. Before it was built, critics said that the high, wide, modern building would destroy the city's traditional look. On the other hand, supporters said it would bring new life into the city center. Track 4-1-OL-6 B. Now listen again and complete the chart with the information you hear. Track 4-1-OL-7 B. Listen to the interview with Erika Van Beek, an engineer. According to Erika, what should be done about overcrowding in cities? The future building boom? Interviewer: What do you think is the biggest problem facing our cities? Erika: I think it's overcrowding. Talk to anyone living in a major metropolitan area and they will say the same thing: There's no space. Even the suburbs are getting crowded. Interviewer: Well, in some places there simply isn't any land left for building, right? Erika: Yes, that's true, but you have to think creatively. You can't give up so easily. Interviewer: Think creatively? What do you suggest? Eiika What rm saying is that we can build more structures underground. We can add parking lots, malls, hotels, and even apartment buildings. There's plenty of space. Interviewer: Isn't it expensive? Eiika Yes, it can be. In the past building underground has been very expensive. However, we have new technology that will bring the cost down. It involves using robots. You don't have to pay robots a salary! Interviewer: Isn't "building down" more dangerous than other kind of construction? Erie Actually, I think it's safer than building skyscrapersfor example. Remember,we already do it. We have subways and underground shopping malls. I'm just suggesting we invest in a variety of bigger projects and that we dig deeper. Interviewer: What would you say to people who doubt your idea?