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Chapter 17 Business Trips;17.1 Background Information When you are going to have a business trip, choosing transport is necessary and important. Comfort is a very important factor to consider. Comfort means being physically relaxed and contented, free from worries and unhappiness. With comfortable transport, you can stretch out, lie back and even get some sleep during the trip so that you can arrive well rested and ready for your work. This is vital for the success of your business. Cost-effectiveness is also important. You have to consider the cost that may occur when you choose transport for your business trip. It is advisable not to choose a transport whose cost is beyond your budget, since expensive transport can inevitably increase the costs even before you do your business, which can even stop you from meeting your targets. You should never allow this kind of cost to ruin your whole business. Convenience is another factor to consider. Convenient transport can help to make your trip easy, efficient and free from fatigue. ;17.2 Situational Conversation Section 1: Room Reservation A: Good morning, room reservations. Can I help you? B: I would like to book a room in your hotel. A: What kind of room would you prefer? A single room or a double room? B: A double room, please. A: From which date and for how many nights? B: From July 25 to July 28. A: Could you please hold on? I’ll check our room’s availability. (After a while) Yes, sir. We do have a double room for those days but it is with a double bed, not twin beds. Would you mind that? B: That’s OK. I’ll be with my wife. What’s the rate? A: It is one hundred and twenty U.S. dollars per night. B: I’ll take that. A: May I have your name, please? ;B: Yes, it is Smith. A: May I have your phone number, Mr. Smith? B: A: At what time will you arrive? B: Around 4 p.m. A: I would like to confirm your reservation. A double room for Mr. and Mrs. Smith at one hundred and twenty U.S. dollars per night from Jul