【英语趣味课堂】旅游-Trip

Jessica: So Kate what is, what's this future trip? What are you gonna do next year?

 

Kate: Next year, so when I leave Japan, I'm going back to Australia to work for another 8 weeks and then I'm off to New Zealand to see the rest of New Zealand and then Fiji and then, and then it'd be nice there cause I get to spend some time lying on the beach and then go to the Cook Islands. After the Cook Islands I'm going to go and see my best friend. She lives in Kuala Lumpur, so I'm going to go and do the East Coast of Malaysia and then I'm gonna go to Thailand and the Cambodia and then Vietnam¹ and Lao and then India, and that's as far as I got.

 

Jessica: OK, so after that point you don't know where you're gonna go?

 

Kate: No, I don't know where I'm gonna go. Probably, probably I'm gonna head towards Canada because one of my best friend's immigrated³ there so I'd like to see him.

 

Jessica: Wow, so how long do you think you're going to be traveling for then?

 

Kate: Three years.

 

Jessica: For three years. Wow, so now, do you have, like a plan after that or?

 

Kate: Yeah, after I finish my travels I'm going to go back home and I've just finished my Master's before I came up, so I'm going to go back and do my PhD. in Psychology⁴ and then I'm going to train to be a psychologist⁵.

 

Jessica: Wonderful. Great. Well thanks Kate.

 

学习内容：

 

Learn Vocabulary from the lesson

off (to)

 

I'll go back to Australia to work, and then I'm off to New Zealand.

 

'Off to' is an informal⁶ way to say 'going to' or 'leaving for.' Notice the following:

 

I can't believe you're off to college next fall.

He's off to summer camp next week.

the rest of

 

I want to see the rest of New Zealand.

 

If you want to see 'the rest of' something this tells us that you have seen part of it, but you want to see the parts that you haven't already see.  It is like saying 'the part that remains⁷.' We can also use this to talk about food, movies, work, a group of people, etc. Notice the following:

 

I'm going to watch the rest of the movie I started last night.

Did you eat the rest of the pizza?

spend time

 

I'd spend some time lying on the beach.

 

When you use your time to do something you 'spend time' doing it.  Notice the following:

 

My neck hurts from spending so much time on the phone.

He spends a lot of his time outside.

head (towards)

 

After that, I'm going to head towards Canada.

 

'Head towards' is used to show that you are traveling in the direction of something.  This can be used when telling someone how to get to a place and giving them points of reference⁸ to travel towards.  Notice the following:

 

He said he was going to head towards Boston after New York.

You should head towards the supermarket take a left at the second stoplight.

immigrated

 

One of my best friends immigrated to Canada.

 

If you 'immigrate²' to a non-native you come with the intention⁹ of living there for a long time or making it a permanent¹⁰ residence¹¹. Notice the following:

 

He immigrated to this country five years ago.

My grandparents immigrated here from the Czech Republic.

 

1 Vietnam   

n.越南

参考例句：

• Vietnam is suffering from food shortage.越南正遭受食物短缺之苦。
• Laos is on the west of Vietnam.老挝在越南西面。

2 immigrate   

v.（从外国）移来，移居入境

参考例句：

• 10,000 people are expected to immigrate in the next two years.接下来的两年里预计有10，000人会移民至此。
• Only few plants can immigrate to the island.只有很少的植物能够移植到这座岛上。

3 immigrated   

v.移入( immigrate的过去式和过去分词 )；移民

参考例句：

• He immigrated from Ulster in 1848. 他1848年从阿尔斯特移民到这里。 来自辞典例句
• Many Pakistanis have immigrated to Britain. 许多巴基斯坦人移居到了英国。 来自辞典例句

4 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

5 psychologist   

n.心理学家；心理学研究者

参考例句：

• Dr.Sinclair is a child psychologist.辛克莱博士是一位儿童心理学专家。
• Psychologist is expert who studies at psychology.心理学家是研究心理学的专家。

6 informal   

adj.非正式的，不拘礼的，通俗的

参考例句：

• I got an informal reception.我受到了非正式接待。
• The leaders met over informal lunches.领袖们在非正式午餐时进行会晤。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 reference   

n.提到，说到，暗示，查看，查阅

参考例句：

• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。
• I like to have my reference books within my reach.我喜欢把参考书放到伸手可取的地方。

9 intention   

n.意图；目的；打算

参考例句：

• I'm sorry I offended you,but it wasn't my intention.对不起，冒犯你了，但我绝不是有意的。
• We understood her intention.我们明白了她的心意。

10 permanent   

adj.永久的，不变的，固定的

参考例句：

• The coat gives permanent protection against heavy rain.这种防雨衣经久耐用。
• It's difficult to find a permanent cure for this disease.这病很难除根。

11 residence   

n.住处，住宅；居住，(合法)居住资格

参考例句：

• They are only allowed one month's residence.他们获准只逗留一个月。
• He took up residence in Australia.他去澳大利亚居住。