电视英语口语教材 第二十二课

 　　[00:00.00]Lesson 22

　　[00:01.58]第二十二课

　　[00:03.16]Tourism

　　[00:04.55]旅游业

　　[00:05.93]Modern means of transportation,communication,advertising and credit¹ have all played a part in the growth of a giant new industry,tourism.

　　[00:12.11]现代交通、通信、广告以及信用手段对新兴的庞大的行业——旅游业的发展起到了作用。

　　[00:18.29]Tourism is a service industry.It does not sell a product that you can own but provides services on a temporary basis.

　　[00:24.08]旅游业是一种服务业。它并不是出售你可以拥有的产品，而是提供暂时的服务。

　　[00:29.88]The customer gets such things as a seat on a plane,a room in a hotel,and a chance to sit on a beach in the sunshine.

　　[00:35.83]顾客可以得到诸如飞机上的座位、旅馆里的房间以及在海滩晒太阳的机会。

　　[00:41.77]Until modern times,a trip was often a long and difficult adventure.

　　[00:44.77]直到近代，旅行还常常是个漫长而又艰难的历险。

　　[00:47.78]People had to travel by horse or camel or on foot.

　　[00:50.39]人们不得不靠着骑马、骑骆驼或者步行去旅行。

　　[00:53.00]The first development in modern transportation was the steamship².

　　[00:56.27]现代交通工具的首次飞跃是轮船。

　　[00:59.53]More recently,autonobiles and planes have made travel both faster and more convenient.

　　[01:04.03]在最近些时候，汽车和飞机使旅行变得既快又方便。

　　[01:08.52]Advertising has played a large part in the growth of tourism,when hotels and travel agencies³ began to advertise the attractions of different tourist areas,

　　[01:14.89]广告业对旅游业的发展起了很大作用。为旅馆和旅行社做旅游胜地的广告时，

　　[01:21.27]the airlines and other transportation companies advertised the low fares to reach them.

　　[01:25.12]航空公司和其它运输公司就做开了到达这些地方的便宜票的广告。

　　[01:28.97]Modern means of communication have made the travellers reserve a plane seat or a hotel room from a long distance.

　　[01:33.27]现代通令手段使得游客可以从遥远的地方预定机座和旅馆房间。

　　[01:37.57]And they can travel now and pay later by using their credit cards.

　　[01:40.81]他们可以先旅行然后再用信用卡付帐。

　　[01:44.05]All these means have become one of the features of modern life.

　　[01:47.25]所有这些手段都形成了现代生活的特色之一。

　　[01:50.45]SHOPPING

　　[01:52.69]Hello,you two.Where have you been?

　　[01:56.64]We’ve just been to the shop.

　　[01:58.36]What did you buy?

　　[01:59.95]I bought some envelopes and a bottle of ink.

　　[02:03.51]How much is the ink?

　　[02:05.49]Twenty-three cents.

　　[02:07.87]I must go and get a bottle too.I’ve run out of ink.

　　[02:12.44]THE STOLEN HORSE

　　[02:14.05]被偷走的马

　　[02:15.65]Once a peasant lost his horse and he went to town to buy another.

　　[02:19.05]从前有个农夫丢失了一匹马。一天他到城里去另买一匹。

　　[02:22.45]Among the horses on sale he saw his own horse.

　　[02:24.80]在出售的马群中，他发现了自己的那匹马。

　　[02:27.15]"This horse is mine,"he said to the man standing⁴ by the horse.

　　[02:29.71]"这匹马是我的，"他对站在马旁的卖马人说。

　　[02:32.27]"Someone stole it from me three days ago."

　　[02:34.11]"三天前有人偷走了我这匹马。"

　　[02:35.95]"How can that be?"the man said."It has been mine for three years."

　　[02:38.82]"哪有这回事？"那人说。"这匹马跟我三年了。"

　　[02:41.70]"Three years?"said the peasant."Are you sure?"

　　[02:44.18]"三年了？"农夫说。"真的吗？"

　　[02:46.66]Then he quickly covered both eyes of the horse with his hands and asked:"Which eye is he blind in?"

　　[02:51.02]说着他马上用双手蒙住马的两眼，问道："这马哪只眼睛是瞎的。"

　　[02:55.39]"The left eye,"said the man.The peasant uncovered⁵ the horse’s left eye and people saw it was clear and shining.

　　[03:00.53]"左眼，"那人答道。农夫放开马的左眼，人们看到这只眼睛又明又亮。

　　[03:05.68]"Oh,I made a mistake,"said the man."I meant to say the right eye."

　　[03:09.40]"噢，我说错了，我是说右眼，"那人说。

　　[03:13.12]"It’s not blind in either eye,"said the peasant,uncovering the other eye.Then he said to the people around:"It’s clear this man is a thief."

　　[03:18.53]"它哪只眼睛也不瞎，"农民说着放开了马的右眼。他对周围的人说："很清楚，这人就是小偷。"

　　[03:23.94]The thief tried to run away,but the people caught him.They took him to the judge,and the peasant got his horse back.

　　[03:30.05]小偷想逃走，但人们抓住了他，把他带到法官那儿。农夫领回了自己的马。

　　[03:36.16]tourism

　　[03:37.55]旅游

　　[03:38.93]industry

　　[03:41.09]工业

　　[03:43.24]sell

　　[03:44.95]卖

　　[03:46.66]product

　　[03:48.38]产品

　　[03:50.09]own

　　[03:51.80]拥有

　　[03:53.51]provide

　　[03:55.35]提供

　　[03:57.19]temporary

　　[03:59.80]暂时的

　　[04:02.42]basis

　　[04:03.93]基础

　　[04:05.45]customer

　　[04:06.57]顾客

　　[04:07.69]such

　　[04:10.31]这样的…

　　[04:12.92]plane

　　[04:14.56]飞机

　　[04:16.21]hotel

　　[04:18.18]旅馆

　　[04:20.15]chance

　　[04:21.80]机会

　　[04:23.44]beach

　　[04:25.35]海滩

　　[04:27.26]trip

　　[04:29.04]旅行

　　[04:30.81]adventure

　　[04:32.90]冒险

　　[04:34.99]camel

　　[04:36.44]骆驼

　　[04:37.89]foot

　　[04:40.57]脚

　　[04:43.25]development

　　[04:44.70]发展

　　[04:46.15]transportation

　　[04:48.82]运输

　　[04:51.50]steamship

　　[04:53.85]轮船

　　[04:56.20]recently

　　[04:57.91]新迁地

　　[04:59.62]automobile

　　[05:01.91]汽车

　　[05:04.20]travel

　　[05:06.61]旅行

　　[05:09.03]convenient

　　[05:10.41]方便的

　　[05:11.80]advertising

　　[05:14.02]广告业

　　[05:16.24]growth

　　[05:17.82]成长

　　[05:19.40]agency

　　[05:22.01]旅行社

　　[05:24.62]attraction

　　[05:27.24]吸引力

　　[05:29.85]area

　　[05:31.17]地区

　　[05:32.49]airline

　　[05:34.90]航空公司

　　[05:37.32]fare

　　[05:38.83]费用

　　[05:40.35]reach

　　[05:42.96]到达

　　[05:45.57]communication

　　[05:47.42]通信

　　[05:49.26]means

　　[05:51.54]工具

　　[05:53.83]reserve

　　[05:56.11]预定

　　[05:58.40]pay

　　[06:00.11]支付

　　[06:01.82]credit

　　[06:04.37]信用

　　[06:06.92]credit card

　　[06:08.56]信用证

　　[06:10.21]feature

　　[06:12.56]特征

　　[06:14.91]shopping

　　[06:16.75]买东西

　　[06:18.59]centre

　　[06:20.43]中心

　　[06:22.28]buy

　　[06:23.73]购买

　　[06:25.18]envelope

　　[06:27.21]信封

　　[06:29.25]bottle

　　[06:30.96]瓶

　　[06:32.67]ink

　　[06:35.28]墨水

　　[06:37.90]cent

　　[06:39.22]分

　　[06:40.54]run

　　[06:41.79]跑

　　[06:43.04]run out of

　　[06:45.59]用完

1 credit   

n.信用，荣誉，贷款，学分；v.归功于，赞颂，信任

参考例句：

• I credit him with a certain amount of sense.我认为他有一定的见识。
• He got the credit,and we did the dirty work.他得荣誉，我们做不讨好的工作。

2 steamship   

n.汽船，轮船

参考例句：

• The return may be made on the same steamship.可乘同一艘汽船当天回来。
• It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving the port.雾很大，汽艇差点把一只正在离港的小船撞沉。

3 agencies   

n.代理( agency的名词复数 )；服务机构；（政府的）专门机构；代理（或经销）业务（或关系）

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations. 联合国有许多专门机构。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The project is funded by the World Bank and other multilateral agencies. 这项计划由世界银行和其他多国机构资助。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 uncovered   

adj.无盖的，未保险的v.揭开…的盖子( uncover的过去式和过去分词 )；揭露，发现

参考例句：

• His head was uncovered. 他光着头。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police. 暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。 来自《简明英汉词典》