美語情景對話 第672期:Travel Options 旅行選擇

Todd: Could you talk about, when you travel, do you prefer to travel with somebody to travel alone?

託德：你在旅行時是喜歡和朋友結伴旅行還是獨自旅行？

Keren: I prefer to travel with someone but on my next trip I'm actually traveling alone so I'm looking forward to seeing whether I enjoy myself. Yeah.

凱倫：我喜歡和朋友們結伴旅行，不過下次旅行我要獨自旅行，我很想看看我是否能玩得愉快。

Todd: So this will be the first time you've travelled alone?

託德：這是你第一次獨自旅行嗎？

Keren: It will be the first trip where I actually plan the whole trip by myself. Yeah.

凱倫：這是我第一次一個人計劃整個旅行。

Todd: OK, next. When you travel do you like to follow a guide book or do you like to explore and just do things without any planning.

託德：好，下一個問題。你在旅行時是喜歡按照旅遊指南去玩，還是沒有計劃，四處逛逛？

Keren: I tend to be on a time budget so I do use guidebooks and in general it will be the Lonely Planet — the same as everybody else.

凱倫：我會進行時間預算，所以我會參考旅遊指南，一般我會和其他人一樣，參考《孤獨星球》旅行指南。

Todd: You go to the same places as everybody else.

託德：你也和其他人一樣去同樣的地方。

Keren: Yeah.

凱倫：對。

Todd: Yeah. I guess that's just how it normally works... OK When you travel do you usually like to go on a budget for a long time or do you like to spend a little money and have more of a good time and a shorter vacation?

託德：好。我想基本上都是這樣的……你在旅行時是喜歡節省費用玩得時間長些，還是喜歡稍微多花些錢，在較短的旅程中好好享受？

Keren: Definitely I prefer to be on a budget and have much longer time. Yeah, and I think on a budget that you experience the culture better as well, so I think it's better all around.

凱倫：我當然是節省費用，希望玩得時間長些了。我認爲節省費用可以更好地去體驗當地的文化，去各個地方都轉轉更好一些。

Todd: Now when you travel what are some things you do to save money?

託德：你在旅行時會怎麼節省費用呢？

Keren: I cut down on alcohol.

凱倫：我會少喝酒。

Todd: Oh, yeah.

託德：好。

Keren: Because that's usually a big expense and I shop at supermarkets and tend to, try not to eat in restaurant so much.

凱倫：因爲喝酒花費很多，我會在超市買東西，儘量不去餐廳吃飯。

Todd: OK, and the last one is when you travel to you try to stay away from other tourists and travelers or do you like to meet other people as you travel?

託德：最後一個問題，你在旅行時是會避開其他遊客還是喜歡在旅行中結識新朋友？

Keren: I like to spend time away from other tourists but I find that that's often difficult and for example in a place like Machu Pichu there are thousands and thousands other tourists and there's nothing you can do about it.

凱倫：我會努力避開其他遊客，不過我發現這點很難，比如說，像馬丘比丘這樣的景點有數萬名遊客，所以你沒辦法避開其他人。

Todd: Right.

託德：對。

Keren: Yeah. Unfortunately.

凱倫：嗯，很不幸。

Todd: Well, anyway on your trips, I hope you have a good time.

託德：好，希望你旅行愉快。

Keren: Thank you very much.

凱倫：非常謝謝你。

Todd: Thanks, take care.

託德：謝謝，保重。

Keren: Thank you.

凱倫：謝謝你。

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重點講解：
1. look forward to doing sth. 期待；盼望；
例句：I look forward to paying you a visit next week.
我期待着下星期去拜訪你。
2. the same as 同樣的；相同的；
例句：I want my son to wear the same clothes as everyone else at the school.
我想讓兒子和學校裏其他人穿得一樣。
3. prefer to do sth. 更喜歡；偏好；
例句：I prefer to go on self-catering holidays.
我喜歡膳食自助的度假。
4. cut down on 削減；減少使用；
例句：Finally-- they have hired a new person. I hope this cut down on our work a little.
終於他們僱用新人了。希望我們的工作能減少一些。
5. stay away from 不去，遠離（某地）；
例句：Flu is catching,so stay away from work.
流感是會傳染的，所以別去工作了。