Couch Surfing 沙发漫游

 　　自助游是旅游爱好者们的最爱，但在高昂的费用、人生地不熟等问题面前，不少旅行者只能望“游”兴叹。不过最近，一种新型的网络互助游——“沙发漫游”受到人们的关注。人们可以在网上寻找旅途中的免费住处，虽然“待遇”可能只是沙发床或打地铺，但却可以让你更“廉价”地踏遍全球。

　　一起来看下面的解释：

　　Couch surfing is travelling on a budget, using a broad network of contacts in order to get overnight accommodation for free, or at as little cost as possible. Participants, dubbed¹ couch surfers, join dedicated² websites, providing as much information about themselves as possible in order to make others feel comfortable hosting them, or using them as a host. Various safety features are generally available in such online networks, like verification of names and addresses, personal references, and 'vouching³ for' a particular member as a reliable host or guest.

　　“沙发漫游”是一种经济的旅游方式，可以通过一个庞大的关系网免费或者用尽量低的费用在旅游目的地过夜。“沙发漫游者”一般会加入专门的网站，并尽可能多的提供他们的个人信息以使其他会员愿意为他们提供住宿或跟他们换房旅游。这类网站一般都会有安全认证程序，比如核实姓名和地址、个人推荐、以及“担保”某位会员为可靠房主或房客等。

　　让我们看一个例句：

　　It might sound crazy to travel halfway⁴ across the world to sleep on a stranger's sofa, but this is exactly what millions of people have done whilst participating in couch surfing.

　　到地球的另一边在陌生人家的沙发上过夜吗听起来可能有点疯狂，不过这恰恰是数百万参与“沙发漫游”的人做过的事情。(CRI)

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

3 vouching   

n.（复核付款凭单等）核单v.保证( vouch的现在分词 )；担保；确定；确定地说

参考例句：

• These are references vouching for his ability. 这些都是证明他能力的介绍信。 来自互联网
• If you want to test, to test a Vouching Clerk is also more useful to some. 你如果要考，去考个单证员还更有用一些。 来自互联网

4 halfway   

adj.中途的，不彻底的，部分的；adv.半路地，在中途，在半途

参考例句：

• We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
• In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。