剑桥商务英语资料Unit14.doc

Unit 14 Socializing
14. Gift-giving
A. Warmer
(1) the items in the illustration(n.例証、實例）
scarf(圍巾、頭巾), tie, chocolate, animated(adj.動畫的) storybook,(leather)belt,toothbrush,vase/ashtray/crystal(n.水晶) bowl, toy, wallet, silver (n.銀adj.銀的)adornment(n.飾物、裝飾品）/kitchen items

(2) Are they suitable for a business client in your country? Why?

B. Reading
(1) New Word:
Arab / 5Ar n. 阿拉伯人
generously / 5adv. 慷慨地，大方地
subscription /s[b5skripF[n/ n. 订阅费
civilization /7siv[lai5zeiF[n/ n. 文明
depict /di5pikt/ v. 描写，描绘
insulting /in5sQltiN/ adj. [对某人]侮辱的，无礼的
recipient /ri5sipi[nt/ n. 接受者，领受者
thoughtfulness /5WR:tfulnis/ n. 考虑周到
Lent /lent/ n. [基督教的]大斋教－the period before Easter during which Christian traditionally eat less food or stop doing sth. that they enjoy
wrap /rAp/ v. 包，裹
consumable /k[n5sju:m[bl/ n. 消费品
preference / n. 偏好，偏爱

(2) The discussion of etiquette of gift-giving in our country.

C. Listening
New Words:
corporation /7kR:p[5reiF[n/ n. 大公司，大企业
Minneapolis /7mini5Ap[lis/ n. 明尼阿波利斯(美国城市)
be out in the open adj. 对外公开
accuse /[5kju:z/ v. 控告；谴责
offend /[5fend/ v. 冒犯
donate /d[u5neit/ v. 捐赠，馈赠
charity / 5tFAriti/ n. 慈善团体
Maria Kelly’s answers to these three questions:
1. It depends on the company. Employees in large companies are often not allowed to accept any gift.
2. Yes.
3. Give the gift to charity.

14.2 Planning a free day
A. Reading
1. For the students who do not have to go on business trips, let them imagine the things business travelers like doing in their free time; for the students who have to travel in their jobs, let them make a list of things they like to do in their sparetime when they are in another city or country.

2. Questions:
Where’s a good place to go shopping?
Does Budapest have a metro?
Where’s a good place for a coffee?
Where’s a good place to watch opera/listen to the music?
Is there any good place to have a meal?

B. Reading and Presentation (略)
C. Grammar
1. What’s the best way to the centre of town?
(Do you know….?) (Could you tell me…?)

---- Could you tell me what the best way to the centre of town is?

2. What time does the market close?

---- Could you tell me what time the market closes?

Exercise:
1. Do you know what the country code for Hungary is?
2. Could you tell what the Hilton’s telephone number is?
3. Could you tell me when the Hungarian Grand Prix is?
4. Could you tell me what time the foreign exchange closes?
5. Do you know how much a tram(n.電車，煤車） ticket costs?
6. Do you know when the market is open?

14.3 Eating out
A. Discussion
B. Listening
New words:
race through v. 快速移动（快速浏览）
agenda /[5dVend[/n. 议程
briefcase / 5s/ n. 公文包
rumbling / 5N/n. 隆隆声
desperate / 5t/n. 绝望的
survive /s[5vaiv/ v. 活着，幸存
olive / 5Rlv/n. 橄榄
fingernail /il/n. 手指甲

C. Reading and vocabulary
1. Please choose what you would like to eat.
brasserie / i/ n. a cheap, informal restaurant usually serving French food 〔出售法国食品的〕啤酒店，小餐馆
spinach / 5sV/ n. a vegetable with large and green leaves 菠菜
bacon / 5n/ n. salted or smoked meat from the back or sides of a pig, often served in narrow thin pieces 咸猪肉，熏猪肉
crouton / n/ n. a small square piece of bread cooked in fat and served with soup or on salad 油炸面包丁
camembert /[/ n. a small round French cheese, that is white outside and yellow inside [产于法国的外白内黄的]卡门贝干酪
berry / / n. a small soft fruit with small seeds 浆果，酱
compote / t/ n. fruit cooked in sugar and water and eaten cold 糖水水果，蜜饯
pheasant / n. a large bird with a long tail, often shot for food, or the meat of this bird 野鸡; 野鸡肉
redcurrant /7red5kQr[nt/ n. a very small red fruit that grows on bushes in northern Europe [北欧产]红醋栗
blackcurrant /7blAk5kQr[nt/ n. a European plant that grows in gardens and has small blueblack berries 黑醋栗，黑加仑子
jelly / 5dVeli/ n. a very thick sweet substance made from boiled fruit and sugar with no pieces of fruit in it 果酱
grilled /gril/ v. if you grill sth., or if it grills, you cook it by putting it close to very strong direct heat 烧烤
champagne /FAm5pein/ n. a French white wine with a lot of bubbles, drunk on special occasions 香槟酒
hollandaise /7hRl[n5deiz/ adj. 荷兰式的
salmon / 5sAm[n/ n. a large fish with silver skin and pink flesh that lives in the sea but swims up rivers to lay its eggs 鲑鱼，三文鱼
crespolini: crepes with chicken, smoked bacon and broccoli
ratatouille: a vegetable stew, usually made with eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, peppers and onions, seasoned with herbs and garlic, and served with hot or cold. 蔬菜炖烩
puree / n. food that is boiled or crushed until it is a soft mass that it is almost liquid 酱，泥，糊
sprout /spraut/ n. An ALFALFA seed which has grown a stem and is eaten 苜蓿芽
bitter-sweet /7bit[5swi:t/ adj. a taste or smell that is bittersweet is both sweet and bitter at the same time 甜中带苦的
mature /m[5tFu[/ adj. mature cheese, wine etc. has a good strong flavor which has developed during a long period of time 制成的，酿成的
Stilton / / n. a kind of English cheese that is white with grey-blue mark and has a strong taste 〔英国的〕斯提尔顿干酪
oat /[ut/ n. 燕麦
biscuit / 5biskit/ n. 饼干

2. Please mark the different ways of cooking food that you can find.
Smoked, fried, roast, grilled, boiled,

Steamed—stir-fried---braised

3. Please look for words to describe flavors, e.g., bitter-sweet, mature, and see if you can provide more.
Sweet and sour, hot and sour, spicy and hot, light, salty

D. speaking
1. Please imagine that you have to explain “糖醋鱼” and “铁板牛肉” and try to build up the descriptions.
Vinegar
Garlic
Green pepper
Metal cover
Beef slices
Fish
Pepper sauce
Ginger
Sugar
Salt
Steel board

2. You can have a specialty in your mind and then describe it to your partner, the partner should guess what it is, giving the Chinese traditional name of this dish.