It's time to talk

The hotel game

This is a game for two to four players. Toss a coin to move. Heads move two squares. Tails move one square. When you land on a square, say what the instruction on the square tells you to say. If the other players are happy that the Hnglish is correct, you stay on the square. If not. move back. If you disagree with your colleagues, your teacher will rule. The winner is the first guest to check out.

Ring the hotel Ask the price of a single room

Ring the hotel Book a room

Ring the hotel You have a reservation for next Tuesday; change it

Ring the hotel You want to speak to Mrs Johnson in room 274

Go to reception You want to change your room; say why

Return to reception Tell them you've lost your key

Phone reception Ask If you can send an email

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Arrive at the hotel Check in

Phone reception Ask for a morning call

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Go to reception Ask where the swimming pool is located in the hotel

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• Complaining:	My shower doesnl work
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Go to reception The hotel restaurant is busy; ask about

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Go to reception CHECK OUT

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Phone reception The people in the next room are very noisy and you can't sleep

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Go to reception You need a taxi to the airport tomorrow morning

Unit twenty-one 73

Isabelle Segura is a pa in Neuilly, just outside Paris. She talks about her working week.

W orking for Rolls Royce

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How many hours per week do you work? Do you think you work too much'

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Work is like a second home

1 listen to Isabelle Segura talking about her job in Rolls Number of employees 4 40 400

Royce International. Which of t he details are correct? Meetings per week 2-3 4-5 more than 5

Working hours per week 30 35 40

2 Listen again and answer the following questions. ►W22.1 Holiday weeks per year 3 5 6

1 What's the first thing Isabelle does when she gets to

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2. How much time docs Isabelle spend reading and 111IHHII'frVl'HiTfflffl Isabelle says: -People spend too writing her emails? much time in meetings.' Is it the same in your

3. What benefits does Isabelle get in her job? organisation?

4. Why does she like her job?

Many, much, a few, a little

We can use many, much, a tew and a little to talk about quantity. Look at the examples below.

I don! have many meetings today. How much work have you got to do?

I donl have much time. How many business trips does he make each year?

I need a little information. Can I have a little more time?

I have a tew jobs tor you to do. Do you have a few more minutes⁹

Now complete these rules with many, much, a few or a little.

We use many and (1) with countable nouns. Note

We use (2) and a little with uncountable nouns. Remember that we can use a lot of

in positives, negatives and questions We use (3) and much, mainly in questions and negatives. _{wrth counlaD}|_e plural nouns and

We use a few and (4) mainly in positives and questions. uncountable nouns. See Unit 7.

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74 Unit twenty two

Do it yourself

1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

1. I don't give much presentations in my job.

2. Do you want a few milk with your coffee?

3. How many information do you have about our new product?

4. I'm sorry but I need a few more time to write this report.

2 Complete the questions with How many or How much.

1. How cars has he got?

2. How information does he have?

3. How people work in production?

4. How new equipment have they bought?

5. How jobs does she havtf?

6. How meetings do you have this week?

7. How money does he make?

8. How emails have I got?

3 Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the email. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

many a little a few much a lot of

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Best regards, Arthur Davies

4 Write some sentences about your job.

Example: I go to too many meetings each week.

1. a lot of

2. many

3. much

4. a few

5 , ,„.,.., a little

/ few