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unit 1 TRAVEL
Culture Understanding
Are You a Traveler or a Tourist?你是旅行者还是游客?
A tourist is a person who travels for pleasure and a traveler is someone who experiences a trip in depth.
游客仅仅为了愉悦出游,而旅行者深度体验行程。
in depth 深入地
for pleasure 为了愉悦
who travels for pleasure是a person 的定语从句,who在从句中做主语
who experiences a trip in depth是someone的定语从句
A tourist is someone who travels simply to see and a traveler is a person who looks carefully, who observes with curiosity,and who seeks to connect with the place he / she visits, with its history, its flavors, and its people.
游客旅游时只想简单地看一眼,而旅行者仔细观看,带着好奇心观察,并寻求旅行地点与那里的历史、风味和人之间的联结。
observe 观察
curiosity 好奇心 with curiosity 带着好奇心
seek to 寻求
flavors 风味
connect with 与…联结,与…联系
A tourist feels the need to get as much sightseeing as possible.
游客觉得有必要尽可能多观光。
as much (...)as possible尽可能多
sightseeing 观光
The idea is that to visit a place and experience it, you must visit buildings, museums and historic sites.
他们的想法是游历一个地方时人们得去参观那儿的建筑、博物馆和历史景点。
historic sites 历史景点,历史遗迹;历史遗址;
historic adj.有历史意义的;历史上著名(或重要)的;有史时期的;
比较级: more historic最高级: most historic
Site n. 现场;网站;站点;(建筑物、城镇等的)地点,位置,建筑工地;
Taking photographs of yourself in these locations allows you to return home and show that you were there.
在上述地方拍照能让人回家后展示你曾去过那儿。
allows sb to sth 允许某人做某事
His parents won't allow him to stay out late.
他的父母不会允许他在外待得很晚。
allow sth/doing sth 允许某事/做某事,
allow me(礼貌地表示主动帮忙)让我来
A traveler, on the other hand, does not need to rush.
然而,旅行者并不行色匆匆。
on the other hand,在另一方面
Rush 匆忙,行色匆匆
The really important thing is to go with the senses awake, with a hunger to learn, to discover, to ask questions, and to be surprised by what may be found along the way.
对于他们而言,真正重要的事情是用感官去体验,虚心去学习、去发现、去提问,并为沿途的发现而感到惊喜。
with the senses awake 用感官去体验
awake v.(使)醒来;唤醒;唤起;被唤起 adj.醒着(尤指入睡前或刚醒时)
with a hunger to learn 虚心去学习
along the way 沿途
is to go with the senses awake, with a hunger to learn,