Unit 2b

Corporate Hospitality

hospitality

• n.

• kindness in welcoming strangers or guests

• receptiveness

Corporate hostpitality: 企业商务招待

Part I

Mixing business with pleasure

Discussion – Entertain your clients

• What ways of entertainment can you think of when you have to entertain important clients?

Make your business pleasant

Reading

• Go over Reading 1 on page 24.

• Discuss with your partner:– What advice is given in this training

course?

Key words and phrases

• Pick up:

1. She soon picked up French when she went to live in France.

2. When I arrived at Guangzhou airport, she picked me up.

Key words and phrases

• See … as:

1. I didn’t see his determination as a defect.

2. Regard .. as/think of … as

Key words and phrases

• Stand around:

1. Don’t stand around doing nothing. Give me a hand with the luggage.

2. Stand about/sit around/

Key words and phrases

• On the company:

1. This meal is on me.

2. Have another coffee. It’s on the house.

Key words and phrases

• Chit-chat:

1. Informal chat

2. We are just chit-chating.

Key words and phrases

• Add up to:

1. The figures add up to 270.

2. Their actions added up to a deliberate flouting of rules.

Key words and phrases

• Lie in:

1. The causes of the war lie in the greed and incompetence of politicians on both sides.

• Lie with:

2. Responsibility for the disaster must ultimately lie with the government.

Key words and phrases

• Lie in:

1. The causes of the war lie in the greed and incompetence of politicians on both sides.

• Lie with:

2. Responsibility for the disaster must ultimately lie with the government.

Discussion - Which way?Page 23

• Read the profiles of the business people

• Discuss their possible characteristics and preferences

• Choose appropriate ways to entertain them, and state your reasons.

Mixing business with pleasure

• a meal at an expensive restaurant

• a round of golf

• a sightseeing tour of the city

• an evening at the theatre

• a visit to a sports event

• a shopping trip

Brainstorming - Pros and cons

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of mixing business with pleasure?

• Discuss and state your ideas.

Brainstorming - Pros and cons

• Build a good business relationship• Establish rapport with clients• Enhance mutual understanding• A more colorful life• Difficulty of swapping roles• Forget your role• Problems with personal relationship might

endanger business and vice versa.

Part II

Arranging a company visit

Reading 2

• Read the letter, and find out what the invitation is for.

• Please include essential information in your answer.

• The invitation is for Mr. Fellini to visit the Trackplus factory in Oxford and Head Office in London.

Words and Expressions

• Our range of children’s and teenage faship sports wear

1. Product range 产品系列

Words and Expressions

• Meet all your expenses

1. Satisfy; pay off

2. Can you meet this account?

Words and Expressions

• Put/leave/place sth at sb’s disposal

1. My library is at your disposal.

2. A helicopter was put at their disposal.

Words and Expressions

• In due time/course

1. We shall no doubt ge the information in due course.

Appropriate wording

• Always consider your relationship with your target reader.

• This decides how formal or informal your letter should be.

• Choose the most appropriate phrase to fill each numbered space in the letter.

• 1. B; 2. B ;3. A; 4. A; 5. B; 6.A

Writing assignment

• Page 26• Use the phrases mentioned in the

“Don’t forget” section. • Assignment should be handed in to your

Class Monitor before October 22nd, using word document(electronic version). Template can be found in the public email box.