成人高等教育英语教材第二册07

UNIT 7

Tourist Information

Integrated Skills Development

Dialogues
A. At a Travel Agent's

Mike Hunter is a young doctor from Canada. He has been at an international medical conference in Beijing and tomorrow he will fly to London. At the moment he's at a travel agent's.
Mike Hunter: I want to fly to London tomorrow. Can you confirm my ticket, please?
Assistant: Yes, sir. There is a flight tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock. Please check in not later than one o'clock.
Mike Hunter: What's the flight number?
Assistant: It's CA 937.
Mike Hunter: When will I arrive in London?
Assistant: You'll be there at five o'clock in the afternoon.
Mike Hunter: How can I get to the airport?
Assistant: You can take a bus from the bus station. That's just opposite here. Buses go to the airport every ten minutes. Here's your ticket, sir. It's all in order.
Mike Hunter: Thank you very much for your help.
Assistant: You are welcome.

B. Tourist Information

Rod Bensons is an American. He is staying at a hotel in Beijing. He is asking about tours in the capital city.
Rod: Can you give me any information about tours?
Attendant: Yes, sir. I can even arrange a tour for you if you want me to. What would you like to see?
Rod: I'd like to see the Great Wall.
Attendant: Would you like to go by coach or by train?
Rod: What do you recommend?
Attendant: My advice is to go by coach.
Rod: I'll do that then. By the way, all my money is in travelers' cheques, I'm afraid.
Attendant: I can change those for you, sir.
Rod: Thanks a lot.
Attendant: It is my pleasure.

Passage Holidays

"Package Holidays" are becoming more and more popular. That is the sort of holiday many people are going on. A travel agency has chartered the plane they are going to travel in, reserved the hotel rooms they will stay in and even ordered the food they will eat. That is why it is called a package holiday. Such holidays are usually rather cheap. That is probably why they are so popular. But not everybody likes them. Some people say you do not see very much of the country you go to.
Some young people are going abroad, too. But they are not going on a package holiday. And their holiday will not be very expensive, either. They will probably walk most of the way. Sometimes they will get "lifts" in trucks or cars. They will stay in youth hostels². Sometimes they will even sleep in parks or fields. That is how a lot of young people see the world these days.

New Words and Expressions

attendant
n. 侍者，服务员

charter
v. 租，包（船、飞机、车辆等）

cheque
n. 支票（美check)

coach
n. 长途公共汽车

conference
n. 会议

hostel¹
n. 旅店，（为徒步或骑自行车旅行的青年所设的）招待所

international
a. 国际的，世界的

lift
n. 搭便车

order
v. 定购

package
a. 一揽子的

sort
n. 种类，类别

traveler
n. 旅行者，旅客

flight number
航班号

every ten minutes
每隔十分钟

in order
妥当的，能用的

arrange a tour
安排一次旅行

package holiday
（费用全包的）团体旅行

go on
从事

youth hostel
青年招待所

Merry Learning

A Proverb

A little learning is a dangerous thing.（夜郎自大。）

Phonetics

以字母e 结尾的单词：
rate hate fate plane
scene complete compete
fine kite wine bite hire
stove pole vote sole hole
use mule³ mute assume

Pronunciation and Intonation⁴

A: I think this material is much prettier than that, don't you?
B: Well, I don't know. I like them both. Why do you like that one better?
A: Well, the design is more interesting and the colors are brighter. And it's not as expensive, either.

1 hostel   

n.（学生）宿舍，招待所

参考例句：

• I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
• He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。

2 hostels   

n.旅舍，招待所( hostel的名词复数 )；青年宿舍

参考例句：

• The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
• Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住？ 来自互联网

3 mule   

n.骡子，杂种，执拗的人

参考例句：

• A mule is a cross between a mare and a donkey.骡子是母马和公驴的杂交后代。
• He is an old mule.他是个老顽固。

4 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。