商务英语_Unit_8_Planning.ppt

Do the following pictures remind you of Brazil? What else could you associate with Brazil? D Read the article and answer the questions 1 Where is the Bahia coast? 2 What does Sauipe offer to attract visitors? 3 Who is Sauipe trying to attract? 4 What problems does Brazil face in attracting more tourists? 5 What solutions have been mentioned? 6 What criticisms does Mario Beni make about the new resorts? In northeast Brazil. A five-hotel complex, a gold course and designer shops Rich, foreign visitors. Not enough international flights; level of service needs improving which requires lengthy staff training; creation of new slums Provide training courses for making handicrafts; organize credit for cooperatives to produce food for the hotels. Not properly planned – no adequate infrastructure, training or planning; poor transport links; no local tourism or sports facilities. 7 What do these numbers in the article refer to? 7,300 b) 170 million c) 15 d) 2.1 billion The length of Brazil’s coastline in kilometers The cost of the Sauipe five-hotel complex in US dollars The typical minimum length of time, in years, that it takes to cover the cost of building a hotel. The amount, in US dollars, that the Bahia state government says it has invested in infrastructure in the last 10 years E Imagine you are planning a new resort in your own country. Discuss these questions. 1 Where will you build it? 2 What sort of customers will you try to attract? 3 What facilities will you include? Use ‘will + verb’ to express a voluntary action or promise I will send you the information when I get it. I will translate the email so that Mr. Smith can read it. I won’t do all the housework myself. I will call you when I arrive. If I am elected President of the United States, I will make sure everyone has access to inexpensive health insurance. I promise I will not tell him about the surprise party. Useful ways to talk about future plans 2. Use ‘be going to’ to describe planned