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 hostels. 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

hostel
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 mule mute assume

Pronunciation and Intonation

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.