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  1. Topics for discussion:

  1. To what extend can the above mentioned “guest-first” strategy items improve the service standards in Ukraine?

  2. Which of them do you consider the most significant and why? Which are of minor importance?

  3. Have you ever experienced a “guest-first” approach? Was it in our resorts or abroad?

  4. Speak about the worst and the best service experience you’ve ever had.

  1. R ole-play the following “restaurant service drawbacks” situations:

  • You’ve been waiting for your order at the restaurant for half an hour already.

    • You’ve been given the wrong order.

    • You’ve been given the wrong change.

    • You complain about the portion size.

    • You complain about the quality of food: you’ve found a fly in your meal!

R eading exercises

  1. Read the following folk anecdotes: folk humour

T here’s nothing for me to do there

A married couple is on their way to a party. The husband is driving; his wife is giving him instructions:

“Now, behave yourself, don’t use any swear words, don’t drink too much liquor, and don’t stare at women, you hear?”

“Whoa!” The man reins in the horses. “We go back.”

“What? Why?”

“There’s nothing for me to do there, really, so I’d rather stay home.”

Late to come home

“My good neighbour, could you give me a loan of a poker? I’ve misplaced mine and can’t find it.”

“Any time, dear, but not now. My husband, who’s supposed to have come home hours ago, isn’t home yet. Yours’s the same, isn’t he?”

You can’t see it

“You know, my wife is so skillful in mending rips and holes on clothes that you just can’t see any signs of damage!”

“Yeah, my wife too is blessed with some skills. After she launders my shirts you just can’t see they’ve been laundered.”

  1. D iscuss the following:

  • What anecdote did you like most and why?

  • What other folk anecdotes do you know?

  • Do you think that folk anecdotes are a good way to attract tourists to Ukraine?

  • Think of some other ways to promote our country brand to foreigners.

Business Skills Describing Trends: Graphs and Charts

It is well-known that charts and graphs help us describe and illustrate the information we want to transfer to our listeners during the presentation as they visualize material otherwise difficult to comprehend. However, it is important to know what words and phrases to use to solve this task successfully. The following common expressions and words will help you to describe any chart you like:

To indicate tendencies or vectors of movement you may use the following verbs:

UPWARD CHANGE: to rise; to increase; to go; to grow; to climb; to boom; to show / see an upward trend; to jump; to rocket; to recover; to improve; to surge; to shoot up; to soar; to expand; to take off; to strengthen; to double; to creep up.

DOWNWARD CHANGE: to fall; to decrease; to decline; to dip; to drop; to deteriorate; to go down; to reduce; to lower; to cut; to shrink; to show / see a downward trend; to weaken; to slide; to plunge; to collapse; to crash.

STABILITY: to level out / off (at); not to change; to remain stable (at); to remain steady (at); to maintain at the same level; to stay the same; to stabilize; to be / remain flat.

FLUCTUATION: to fluctuate (around); to vary; to stand (at); to be volatile.