成人高等教育英语教材第一册15

UNIT 15 Package Tour

Integrated¹ Skills Development

Passage
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A
Experience a week in Europe with seven nights in Germany and one night in Paris, France. Your journey begins in Paris, the "City of Lights". You'll spend the first night and following morning there. Then you will fly to Munich. There you will spend the afternoon and early evening experiencing Oktoberfest!
Then you reach our destination—Lake Tegernsee, Germany. It's an ideal place for tours of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. You can enjoy sightseeing and some of the world's best outdoor activities. All of these are only minutes from your hotel.
Our tour ends with a flight from Munich to Paris and back to the States. An optional two-night stay in Paris is offered on the way back.

Germany ________________________________________________________
Experience Oktoberfest & Seven Nights in Germany
October 2 — 10
$1499
Round-trip flights from Los Angeles
7 nights' accommodations
Air transportation between Paris and Munich
European breakfast daily
Welcome party
All airport/hotel transportation
Baggage handling

B
Your holidays could be very special this year. You'll find lots of bargains waiting for you in Hong Kong ... clothing, watches, cameras, jewelry² ... the list goes on and on.
But if this is not enough for your seven-day six-night stay, there is more! Hong Kong will provide all the sightseeing choices you can imagine ... city tours, sunset harbor cruises⁴, exciting day trips to Macau and even a trip to the mainland of China. Surely one of the world's great shopping experiences and a great vacation!

Hong Kong ______________________________________________________

Five Nights — The Last Tour Before British Rule Ends!
December 2-8
$1149
Round-trip flights from Los Angeles or San Francisco
5 nights' accommodations
Breakfast daily
Walking tour of Kowloon
Half-day Hong Kong city tour
Hong Kong shopping tour
Baggage handling

New Words and Expressions

accommodations
n. 住宿，食宿

advertisement
n. 广告

baggage
n. 行李

camera
n. 照相机

clothing
n. 衣服

cruise³
n. （乘船）游览

exciting
a. 令人兴奋的

following
a. 其次的，下列的

handle
v. 搬运，处理

harbor
n. 海港

ideal
a. 理想的

imagine
v. 想象

jewelry
n. 珠宝，首饰

mainland
n. 大陆

optional
a. 可自由选择的

outdoor
a. 户外的，野外的

package
n. 由旅行社代办的团体旅游

round-trip
n. 来回的，往返的

sunset
n. 日落

transportation
n. 交通运输

early evening
傍晚

reach one's destination
到达目的地

outdoor activities
户外活动

end with
以…结束

on the way back
在回来的路上

go on
继续下去

Merry Learning

A Riddle⁵

It has cities, but no houses; It has forests, but no trees; It has rivers, but no fish. What is it?
(A map.)

Phonetics

g在单词中的读音：
get gate guest
glass great

age change bridge
geography German

Pronunciation and Intonation⁶

A: Excuse me. Could you tell me which way the bookstore is?
B: Yes, it's that way. You go two blocks, then turn left. It's on the corner opposite the post office.
A: Thanks.

1 integrated   

a.整合的，完整的

参考例句：

• A fully integrated low phase noise LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented.介绍了一种全集成的LC压控振荡器(VCO)的设计。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 cruise   

v.巡航，航游，缓慢巡行；n.海上航游

参考例句：

• They went on a cruise to Tenerife.他们乘船去特纳利夫岛。
• She wants to cruise the canals of France in a barge.她想乘驳船游览法国的运河。

4 cruises   

v.乘船巡游( cruise的第三人称单数 )；以快而平稳的速度长距离行驶；巡航；轻而易举赢得（或获得）

参考例句：

• Cruises on the Thames in London, have become an annual attraction. 在伦敦泰晤士河上的巡航已成为一年一度的引人注目的事。 来自辞典例句
• Throughout the year traders and recruiters arrive from far, dry cruises. 一年到头，总有商人和募工者经过干渴的长途航行来到这里。 来自辞典例句

5 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

6 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。