初阶文化|第30集：你愿意为度假花多少钱？

音频一：

W: Cruises have become very popular with the Japanese both for holidays and for business conferences. In fact, the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has increased a lot recently.

M: Really? I’m interested to hear more about that.

音频二：

Today I'm going to talk about tents. Camping is still one of the cheapest ways of having a holiday. And each year, over three million people take camping vacations, either here in Britain or abroad.

音频三：

W: Don't you wish you were going away for the holiday?

M: No, I'm happy to stay at home．It's pretty irritating having to fight all that holiday traffic just to get out of town for a couple of days.

重点词汇：

1, cruise /kruːz/ n. 游船度假

a cruise around the world 环球航游

2, conference /'kɑnfərəns/ n. 会议

3, tent /tent/ n. 帐篷

4, camp /kæmp/ v. 宿营，露营 n. 营地

go camping 去露营

5, irritating /'ɪrɪteɪtɪŋ/ adj. 让人恼火的

irritate /'ɪrɪteɪt/ v. 激怒某人

6, fight /faɪt/ v. 战斗,争取

7, a couple of 两三个…；一对…

跟读训练：

一、

W: Cruises have become very popular with the Japanese

游轮变得很受日本人欢迎

both for holidays and for business conferences.

无论是度假还是商务会议。

In fact, the market for all types of luxury holidays for the Japanese has increased a lot recently.

事实上，日本所有类型的豪华度假市场最近都有了很大的增长。

M: Really? I’m interested to hear more about that.

真的吗？我想听听更多细节。

二、

Today I'm going to talk about tents.

今天我要讲的是帐篷。

Camping is still one of the cheapest ways of having a holiday.

露营仍然是度假最便宜的方式之一。

And each year, over three million people take camping vacations,

每年都有超过300万人去露营度假，

either here in Britain or abroad.

无论是在英国还是在国外。

三、

W: Don't you wish you were going away for the holiday?

你难道不想去度假吗？

M: No, I'm happy to stay at home.

不想，我很喜欢待在家里。

It's pretty irritating having to fight all that holiday traffic just to get out of town for a couple of days.

仅仅是为了出城待几天，就要忍受节日交通，这太烦人了。

今天我们学习了三种度假方式。首先Cruises have become very popular with the Japanese，是高端的游轮Cruises，专门满足高端节假日需求luxury holidays；然后，我们听到了Camping is still one of the cheapest ways of having a holiday 性价比很高的露营camping。最后，如果仅仅是为了出城，还得忍受爆堵的交通fight all that holiday traffic just to get out of town，那就太烦人了It's pretty irritating！

背景拓展：

在西方国家，许多家庭都将野营作为一项重要的活动。美国的露营都必须在露营地（Campground）进行，打开谷歌地图，直接搜Camping或者Campground就能跳出一大堆附近的营地可供选择。一般都是收费的。露营需要带的装备camping gear一般包括，帐篷: tent；睡袋: sleeping bag；防潮垫: moisture-proof pad；露营灯：camping light 等等。

我曾经在内蒙古阿拉善盟的沙漠里徒步三天两夜，睡了两晚的帐篷。是的，空气清新，周遭安静，星空明朗，甚至见到了很久未见的银河。但是，搭帐篷，收帐篷，睡沙地的感觉真的有点irritating，不信，你试试。