Travel Practice English (Volume 1) (with CD-ROM)

Author: Wu Yun
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: This set of books is divided into two volumes, accompanied by one teacher's manual. Each volume contains 10 units, covering the main workflows in the three core aspects of tourism services (travel agencies, hotels, and tourist destinations): tour booking services, tourism transportation services, flight booking services, tourism reception services, hotel front desk services, hotel room services, tourism catering services, tour guide services, tourist scenic spot services, tourism shopping and leisure services, tourism complaint handling, and tourism marketing, among others. Each unit is composed of six parts: warm-up exercises (preview) — picture description or word meaning guessing; 3–4 tourism situational dialogues (dialogues); two tourism application reading passages (reading), designed to provide more professional terminology and knowledge for teachers and students; 2–3 listening comprehension exercises (listening comprehension) — dictation of sentences and phrases, comprehension and judgment, answering questions, and filling in charts; functional sentences (functional sentences); speaking practice (speaking) — role-playing, situational drills, and party discussions; and tourism application simulated writing (simulated writing) — basic skills, examples, and exercises. This set of books is accompanied by an audio CD for the dialogue and listening comprehension sections, featuring clear pronunciation, rich vocal expression, and strong situational authenticity. The teacher's manual is in electronic format and can be downloaded from the China Tourism Education Network (www.tepcb.com) if needed. This textbook is suitable for teaching use in tourism-related majors at vocational colleges and above, as well as for tourism foreign language enthusiasts for study or self-learning. Additionally, it can also serve as a training manual for service and management personnel in tourism enterprises.