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第123章 Going on Holiday 旅游文化(2)

Flash players go to their destination by air on Friday after work, undertake travel activities after meeting each other on Saturday morning。 In the evening, the activities will be over。 They go back home by air, have one day rest during the Sunday, and then go to work on Monday。

闪友们周五下班后乘飞机前往目的地,周六早上见面开展旅行活动,到晚上活动结束后,闪友们可乘坐飞机返回家,周日休养一天,周一继续上班。

If your sporting appetite is for something a little more dramatic, there’s T&L’s best adventure getaway, New Zealand。

如果你想玩些更刺激的运动,《旅游与休闲》则给你介绍绝佳的冒险乐园——新西兰。

In New Zealand, adventure is king。 I’ll tell you this; the Kiwi’s are absolute adventure nuts。 They’ll try anything。 In fact, they’re going out of their way to invent new adventure sports in New Zealand。

新西兰是冒险乐园。我要对你说的是:新西兰人对冒险运动如痴如醉,他们什么都去尝试。事实上,新西兰人常创新冒险运动。

Let’s Talk!

开始交流吧!

Henry: Eric, do you have any plan for this weekend?

亨利:艾瑞克,周末有什么安排没有?

Eric: It is just boring。 I don’t know what to do。

艾瑞克:太无聊了。不知道做什么呢。

Henry: You should relax during the weekend。 Why don’t you join our flash play family?

亨利:周末应该好好放松一下,不如参加我们的闪玩大家庭吧。

Eric: Flash play family? What is it?

艾瑞克:闪玩大家庭,那是什么?

Henry: You are out, Henry。 Flash play means a form of trip in which people find companions quickly through the Internet, and use advanced transportation like airplane to travel to another city together。

亨利:你落伍了吧。“闪玩”指的是人们通过网络快速找到同伴,然后通过飞机等快捷的交通工具一起到另一个城市去游玩。

Eric: It sounds funny。

艾瑞克:听上去很好玩。

Henry: Of course。 It will be zero pressure with stranger。 And it is exciting。

亨利:那当然。和陌生人一起完全没有压力,而且很刺激。

Eric: I am in。 Then where are you going this time?

艾瑞克:我要参加。那你们这次去哪里旅游?

Henry: Great。 We are going to Yunnan。

亨利:太好了。我们这次去云南玩。

Eric: Wow。 There will be a lot of beautiful girls there。 That will be a feast of sight。

艾瑞克:哇。那里有很多的漂亮女孩。真是一场视觉盛宴。

Henry: Not only in Yunan, there may be some in our flash play family。

亨利:不仅在云南,我们闪玩大家庭说不定就有。

Eric: That is just great。 I am looking forward to it。

艾瑞克:太好了。我真是期待啊。

Henry: You will have a totally different experience。

亨利:你会有一场非常不同的体验的。

Eric: I believe so。

艾瑞克:我觉得也是。

Outbound Tourism

出境旅游

旅游分为出境旅游以及国内旅游。而出境旅游涵盖的内容就可以细分到各目的地,比如欧洲旅游,澳洲旅游,美洲旅游,中东非洲旅游等。随着人们生活水平的提高,更多的人选择去国外旅游度假,2009年出境市场人数更是多达4000多万人次。2009年,各大旅行社出境旅游产品创新有较大发展,产品细分更加明显,服务质量更受关注。老牌目的地产品的推陈出新,新兴目的地的强势登陆均体现出中国出境旅游市场强大的吸引力。

Realize Outbound Tourism

认识出境旅游

1中国出境旅游人口不断增加

Tourism is travel for recreational, leisure or business purposes。 The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who “travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for more than twenty-four hours and not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited”。

As Chinese people get more money in their pockets, and more countries are open to Chinese tourists, outbound tourism of China is growing in leaps and bounds。”

If we look at Chinese tourism industry from an international angle, the most important point is the incredible development of Chinese outbound tourism。 It has already made changes to the marketing system and business mode of some Asian destinations, and it surely will have a vital influence to the global tourism industry。

Among popular attractions, the neighboring countries and regions are still the main destinations for Chinese travelers。 Last year, the number of Chinese mainland citizens traveling to Asian countries or regions accounted for more than 80% of the total outbound departures。

Chinese tours to Africa increased about one third in 2007。

According to their survey, although Hong Kong and Macao have received most mainland travelers in the past, the most wanted destination in Asia for Chinese is Maldives。 Destination attraction has become the most concerned factor for Chinese people in making their travel plans。 And long-haul destinations, such as Africa, will become more popular for the high-end Chinese travelers。

The World Tourism Organization reports the following ten countries as the most visited from 2006 to 2009 by the number of international travellers。 When compared to 2006, Ukraine entered the top ten list, surpassing Russia, Austria and Mexico, and in 2008, surpassed Germany。 In 2008, the United States displaced Spain from the second place。 Most of the top visited countries continue to be on the European continent, followed by a growing number of Asian countries。

2出境旅游相关词汇的表达方式

International tourism 国际旅游

Round trip往返旅行

Package tours包价旅游

Charter tour包机旅游

Mediterranean地中海

Frontier formalities边境手续(过境手续)

Air carriers航空公司

Baggage checks行李票

Accreditation service审定工作

Contracting countries签约国

Set rate统一汇率

Police registration出境证明

Transit traveler过境旅游者

Intercontinental travel洲际旅游

Intracontinental travel跨国旅行

Tourist resorts旅游胜地

Spar vacation在矿泉疗养地度假

Bus and coach tour公共汽车,旅行车观光游览Transportation mode交通工具

由于旅游借助互联网,能够解决传统旅游业不能解决的适应游客行、吃、住、游、玩一体化的需求。同时还由于旅游也作为一个整体的商业生态链,涉及到旅行服务机构、酒店、景区、交通等等,利用互联网可以将这些环节连成一个统一的整体,进而可以大大提高服务的水平和业务的来源。近来,传统旅游业已经越来越感到来自互联网的“双刃剑”的考验,一方面,互联网为传统旅游业提供新的机遇及成为提高服务水平和运作水平的手段;另一方面,大多数没有开展网上业务的中小旅行社则面临严峻的挑战。

Key words & Sentences

关键词句全知道

Los Angeles, California。This second largest city in the entire United States is also the biggest metropolitan area on the west coast。 If you wish to see celebrities or at least check out their homes, this is the place to go。

加利福尼亚的洛杉矶,这个全美第二大城市同时还是西海岸最大的都会区。如果你想一睹名人风采或者最起码看看他们的豪宅,那么这就是你要去的地方。

San Francisco, California。 This hilly place is famous for its Golden Gate Bridge and historic cable cars。

加利福尼亚的圣弗朗西斯科。这个多山的地方以其金门大桥以及颇具历史气息的电缆车而著称。

Las Vegas, Nevada。 This city boasts of being the adult entertainment capital of the world with the existence of so many casinos。

内华达的拉斯维加斯。这个有着众多赌场的城市宣称是世界娱乐之都。

You can experience different forms of gambling here as well as world-class entertainment。

在这里你可以体验到不同种类的赌博以及世界级的娱乐业。

Las Vegas also features grandious architecture from the giant pyramids of glass, multi-colored fantasy castles, replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the New York skyline。

拉斯维加斯还有着宏伟的建筑,从巨大的玻璃质地的彩色梦幻城堡的金字塔尖,到埃菲尔铁塔的复制品,再到纽约的天际线的临摹本。

The place is also near other natural scenic spots like the Grand Canyon Zion and Death Valley。