生活英语情景口语:去浪漫之都啦

E: welcome back! How was your vacation?
T: it was fantastic, but I'm glad to be back! Being¹ a tourist is really tiring!
E: where did you end up going?
T: because it's off-season, we got a really good package deal to Paris, so we went there.
E: I've always wanted to go to Paris. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous tourist attractions² in the world! Did you go to the top?
T: that was the first thing we did. I have a few pictures. Do you want to seet them?
E: sure. What's this one a picture of?
T: oh, that's a picture of me on our fourth day of travelling. I'm standing³ next to a famous founation in the centre of the city.
E: you don't look very happy in that picture.
T: no ,by that time, I was sick of sightseeing. I had had enough of art galleries, cathedrals⁴, fountains⁵, statues⁶, and palaces!
E: so what did you do?
T: we spent that afternoon walking around a flea⁷ market. We had a few coffees, watched a movie, and went for a swim in the pool at the hotel.
E: my travel agent always seminds me to plan a day of relaxing for every 3 days of sightseeing. Did you go to the Louvre?
T: of course! You can't go to Paris without going to their famous art gallery! I was surprised by how small the Mona Lisa was though.
E: that's what everyone says! I can't wait to see it for myself some day.
欢迎回来！假期过得怎么样？
好极了。不过回到家我还是很高兴。毕竟出门旅游还是挺累的。
那你后来决定去哪里了？
由于属于旅游淡季，我们赶上了一个去巴黎的特别优惠的旅游团，所以我们就去那儿了。
我一直都很想去巴黎。埃菲尔铁塔是世界上最著名的名胜之一！你登到塔顶了吗？
我们第一站就是去那儿。我拍了一些照片。你想看看吗？
当然。这张拍的是什么？
这是我在旅游第四天拍的。我站在市中心一个特别有名的喷泉旁边。
你看起来怎么高兴啊？
不是，那时候我对观光已经有点腻了。我参观了太多的美术馆，教堂，喷泉，雕像和宫殿！
那你怎么办？
那天下午我们去逛了逛跳蚤市场。喝咖啡，看电影，然后回酒店泳池游了泳。
我参加的旅行社总是提醒我每观光3天就要腾出一天时间来放松身心。你们去卢浮宫了吗？
当然去了！去巴黎怎么能不去最有名的美术馆呢！但是蒙娜丽莎那幅画怎么那么小啊，真让我大吃一惊。
每个去过的人都这么说！我已经等不及了，一定要找时间亲自去看一看！
 

1 being   

n.存在；生存；生命存在，生命，人， 本质；art.在，有，是

参考例句：

• Can you explain to me the purpose of being?你能对我解释一下存在的目的吗？
• What is the purpose of our being?我们生存的目的是什么？

2 attractions   

n.吸引( attraction的名词复数 )；具有吸引力的事物；有吸引力的特征（或品质、人）；（尤指两性间的）爱慕

参考例句：

• Venice is one of the great tourist attractions of the world. 威尼斯是世界上令人向往的旅游胜地之一。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Three others like to see some natural attractions of beauty and peacefulness. 另外三个人喜欢美丽、安静的自然景观。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 cathedrals   

n.总教堂，大教堂( cathedral的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• All I want is peace, sanity, cathedrals. 我想要的只是和平、健全，大教堂。 来自电影对白
• John Heilbron, The Sun in the Church: Cathedrals as Solar Observatories, 3-23. 约翰．海耳布隆，《教会里的太阳：教堂即太阳观测台》，第3-23页。 来自互联网

5 fountains   

n.喷水( fountain的名词复数 )；喷泉；来源；人工喷泉

参考例句：

• 'I go through no streets and past no fountains. “我不从街上走，也不从泉水过。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记
• The fountains in the park play on Sundays. 公园里的喷泉星期天才喷水。 来自辞典例句

6 statues   

n.雕像，塑像( statue的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A clay mould is used for casting bronze statues. 用黏土模具来浇铸青铜塑像。
• They learned to mould bronze into statues. 他们学会了铸铜像。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 flea   

n.跳蚤

参考例句：

• I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话，我就要对他不客气了。
• Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。