Chapter 2 / Business Trip

Глава 2 / Деловая поездка

When travelling, you need all your language mastery. You must get your immediate needs met by whatever means possible.

It can be very frustrating to be so vulnerable and unable to control your environment and events around you. This chapter is about travel language, and it is designed the vocabulary and expressions you need to make hotel reservations, to get in and out of airports, to greet people, and to take transportation.

It is survival English for the business trip, and it will help you over the major obstacles of your business to give you travel.

Hotel Reservations / Бронирование отеля

Если вы хотите позвонить заранее, чтоб забронировать отель, можно в качестве примера придерживаться следующего диалога. Услышав что-то вроде: Hello. (Hotel Ritz), can I help you?, вы можете сказать:

Yes, please. This is____(your name).

I am calling to make (or confirm)

a reservation at your hotel.

Is this the reservation desk?

Да, пожалуйста. Мое имя (ваше имя).

Я звоню зарезервиро­вать (подтвердить

заказ) в вашем отеле.

Это отдел бронирования?

После этого вас соединят с the Reservation Desk или ответивший сам вам поможет. Ниже можно найти полезные в этой ситуации фразы и диалоги:

I would like to make a reservation

for a single room (double room)

for ___ (give date).

Can you tell me what

the standard (or deluxe)

room rates are?

Я бы хотел забронировать

оди­нарный (двойной) номер

на ___(дату).

He могли бы вы сказать мне

сто­имость стандартного

(люкс) но­мера?

Do you have any corporate rates

or special discounts?

Есть ли у вас корпоративные рас­ценки

или специальные скидки?

Please book me at the corporate

rate а room for two nights

(the weekend).

Пожалуйста, зарезервируйте мне номер по корпоративным рас­ценкам на 2 ночи (на выходные).

I will be arriving at 6 o'clock

in the morning.

Я планирую приехать примерно

в 6 утра.

Could I have a non-smok­ing room?

Does the room have a private shower

(bath)?

Can you tell me if that rate includes

hotel taxes and service?

Можно номер для некурящих?

В номере есть душ (ванная)?

He могли бы вы сказать, в сто­имость

включены налог и обслу­живание?

What is the full price of the room?

Does that include breakfast?

Нow far are you from the airport

(train station)?

How much would it cost for a taxi

(bus)?

Какова полная цена номера?

Завтрак включен?

Как далеко вы находитесь

от аэропорта (ж/д вокзала)?

Сколько это будет стоить на такси

(автобусе)?

Could you tell me what kind of

transportation is available from

He могли бы вы сказать, как до вас

добраться от аэропорта (вокза­ла)?

the airport (train station)?

Dialogue: Making Hotel Reservations

Hotel Operator:

You:

Hotel Operator:

Reservations:

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Hello, Traveller's Inn. May I help you?

Yes, please. I'm calling to make a reservation for next week.

One moment, please. I'll ring reservations.

Reservations, may I help you?

Yes, please. What do you have available for next week, from the 20th to the 25th?

Will this be for yourself?

Yes, I would like to make a reservation for a single room. Do you have any corporate rates?

Yes, we do. We have a corporate rate and a senior discount program. Both offer 15 percent discount off our standard rate.

Okay, then book me for five days at your corporate rate.

Okay. That's five days at $I25 per night, beginning the 20th of this month. Will you be arriving before 6:00 p.m. or would you like to guarantee your room with a credit card?

I'll be arriving before noon. Does that rate include breakfast?

Yes, it does. We offer a full breakfast every morning from 7:30 to 11:30.

Sounds good.

Will this be a smoking or non-smoking room?

Non-smoking, please. By the way, how far are you from the airport?

We're five miles from the airport; we are right off the freeway before you get to town.

You:

Reservations:

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You:

Listen, I was wondering if you could make a dinner reservation for me in town.

I'd be happy to. What did you have in mind?

Well, I don't know the area, so if you would pick out a popular restaurant, someplace within walking distance. For about 8:00 p.m.

Consider it done.

Thank you. I appreciate your help.

You're quite welcome, and thank you for choosing Traveller's Inn. Good-bye.

Bye now.

Transportation / Транспорт

Is this American Airlines?

I would like to book a flight from London to Zurich on (give date). Can you tell me what flights

are available?

I would like a non-stop

(direct) flight.

I would prefer an evening flight.

I would like a non­smoking seat.

I would prefer an aisle

(window) seat.

I would like a business class ticket.

Это Американ Эйр-лайнз?

Я бы хотел забронировать билет на рейс из Лондона в Цюрих на (дату). Не могли бы вы сказать,

какие есть рейсы?

Я бы хотел беспосадочный

(пря­мой) перелет.

Я бы предпочел вечер­ний рейс.

Я бы хотел место для некурящих.

Я бы предпочел место возле

про­хода (возле окна).

Я бы хотел билет бизнес-класса.

How much is the round-trip fare?

(one-way fare)?

Are you showing a movie? Which one?

Would you like my credit card number?

Will you send me the tickets, or

do I have to pick them up

at a travel agency?

Сколько стоит билет туда и обрат­но

(в одну сторону)?

Вы показываете фильмы? Какие?

Вам нужен номер моей кредитки?

Вы мне пришлете билеты,

или за ними нужно заехать

в агентство?

Можно закончить разговор фразой: Thanks for your help.