Booking tickets on the phone is a basic part of business travel. In this intermediate Business English Podcast, we will practice useful phrases and language for making travel arrangements on the telephone.

打電話定票是商務出差的一個基本組成部分。在這節中級商務播客中，我們來練習下打電話安排出差中用到的有用的短語和句子。

Viva is an Italian manufacturer of ladies’ apparel, or clothing. Marco and Francesca, Viva employees, are on a business trip. After visiting customers in the UK, they are now heading to Las Vegas in the United States to meet with their American distributor – the company that sells their product there. Marco calls a travel agent to book tickets for them.

Viva是意大利一家生產女裝的廠商。Marco 和Francesca，是Viva的員工，他們一起出差。拜訪完英果的客戶后，他們要前往美國的拉斯維加斯去和美國的經銷商們會面——經銷商負責在美國銷售服裝。Marco給一家旅游社打電話訂票。

Listening Questions:
1) When does Marco want to leave and when does he want to return? Will he and Francesca be flying first class, business class or economy?

2) Does Marco ask the travel agent to “hold the fare” or does he pay for it immediately?

3) Does Marco need to pick up his and Francesca’s tickets at the travel agent’s office?