【英语趣味课堂】去墨西哥旅游-Trip to Mexico

 Senem: Hey, Shawn, how are you doing?

 

Shawn: Good, good, how are you?

 

Senem: Good thank you. I just wanted to ask you, what were you thinking¹ of doing during the summer vacation?

 

Shawn: Um, I don't have a set plan really. I'd like to go to Mexico² with somebody but I can't seem to find anybody to go with.

 

Senem: Oh, my gosh, that is so strange. I really want to go to Mexico, too.

 

Shawn: Really!

 

Senem: Yeah.

 

Shawn: Well, you know, summer vacation starts in about 10 days, I mean, so why don't we book our tickets together.

 

Senem: That would be great.

 

Shawn: Awesome³.

 

Senem: Wait a minute. Have you been to Mexico before?

 

Shawn: Yeah, I've been to Cancun once before.

 

Senem: That's really good, because I haven't been to Mexico, so I wouldn't know where to go.

 

Shawn: Ah, well, I can show you some great bars⁴ and some great places to go swimming and diving⁵.

 

Shawn: Sounds really good. I was also thinking of going on a road trip around Mexico, maybe head up tp Puerta Viarta

 

Senem: Uh, could we get an international driving license⁶ really easy, yeah!

 

Shawn: Actually, I can drive around on my Canadian license without any problems.

 

Senem: Wow, that is so convenient⁷.

 

Shawn: Yeah, it is, and also, I'm, you know, the Baja pennisula is only a short boat ride away, we could also head to there.

 

Senem: That would be so awesome.

 

Shawn: Right, and you know one place I really want to go is Mexico city. I heard it's huge and humid, it's crowded but boy I think it would be fun.

 

Senem: How about the hotels there?

 

Shawn: What are the hotels like? It is expensive or?

 

Senem: Well, I'm sure they have really cheap hotels but the hotels I stayed in were medium to pretty high priced, so if we're going to go together maybe we should think about splitting⁹ a hotel room.

 

Shawn: I'm up for that.

 

Senem: Alright, great.

 

学习内容：

 

book our tickets

 

Summer vacation starts in about 10 days, so why don't we book our tickets together? 

When you 'book your tickets' it means¹⁰ that you reserve¹¹ them by paying for them in advance¹². Notice the following:

 

If you book your tickets now you get a big discount¹³.

We booked the tickets for spring vacation yesterday.

head up

 

I was thinking of going on a road trip around Mexico, maybe head up to Puerto Vallarta. 

You 'head up' somewhere when you travel in a northern direction to get there. Notice the following:

 

We are going to stop at the supermarket and then head up to my parents' house.

It's better to head up there now before traffic gets too bad.

humid

 

I heard Mexico City is huge and humid, but I think it would be fun. 

A place is 'humid' when there is a lot of moisture¹⁴ or water in the air. In a humid place the air feels wet. Notice the following:

 

It's always humid in the bathroom after someone takes a shower.

It's so humid outside today that I started sweating¹⁵ the second I walked out the door.

splitting a hotel room or split⁸ a hotel room

 

If we're going to go together, maybe we should think about splitting a hotel room. 

In this case 'split a hotel' means to share a hotel room and that each person pays half of the price of the room. You can use the word 'split' to talk about sharing or sharing the cost of anything. Notice the following:

 

We are going to split the cost of sofa.

Let's just split the internet bill from last month.

up for that

 

That's a good idea; I'm up for that. 

If you are 'up for' something you want to do it. Notice the following:

 

I'm a little tired tonight, so I'm not really up for going dancing.

I'm always up for doing something outside on a nice day.

 

1 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

2 Mexico   

n.墨西哥

参考例句：

• They took me to Mexico.他们把我带到墨西哥。
• Mexico is a beautiful country.墨西哥是个美丽的国家。

3 awesome   

adj.令人惊叹的，难得吓人的，很好的

参考例句：

• The church in Ireland has always exercised an awesome power.爱尔兰的教堂一直掌握着令人敬畏的权力。
• That new white convertible is totally awesome.那辆新的白色折篷汽车简直棒极了.

4 bars   

n.马上的齿龈；酒吧间( bar的名词复数 )；售酒的（饮食）柜台；条；（门、窗等的）闩vi.

参考例句：

• The hotel is ideally placed for restaurants, bars and clubs. 这家宾馆地处的位置适宜经营餐厅、酒吧和俱乐部。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The prisoner had filed through the steel bars and escaped. 那囚犯锉断钢条逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 diving   

n.跳水，潜水v.下潜 dive的现在分词

参考例句：

• The company offers scuba-diving as an add-on to the basic holiday price. 这家公司提供带水肺潜水活动，不包括在基本度假费用以内。
• I'd love to go diving in the Aegean. 我很想到爱琴海去潜水。

6 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

7 convenient   

adj.便利的，方便的

参考例句：

• I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
• Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。

8 split   

n.劈开，裂片，裂口；adj.分散的；v.分离，分开，劈开

参考例句：

• Who told you that Mary and I had split up?谁告诉你玛丽和我已经离婚了？
• The teacher split the class up into six groups.老师把班级分成6个小组。

9 splitting   

爆裂式的

参考例句：

• the splitting of the atom 原子的分裂
• We heard an ear-splitting scream from the terrified girl. 我们听见那个受惊的女孩发出一声刺耳的尖叫声。

10 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

11 reserve   

n.储备（物），储藏量，预备队；vt.储备，保存，保留，预定，预约

参考例句：

• We'll reserve the ticket for you till tomorrow noon.票为您保留到明天中午。
• This area was once a wildlife reserve.该地区曾是一个野生动物保护区。

12 advance   

n.前进，预付 vi.前进，进展 vt.促进，推进

参考例句：

• The booking office sells tickets 3 days in advance.售票处预售3天的票。
• She walked 2 yards in advance of her husband.她走在她丈夫前面两码远的地方。

13 discount   

v.折扣，打折扣，贴现，不重视，低估

参考例句：

• Would you give me a discount?你给我折扣吗？
• This is a discount price.这已经是打过折的价格了。

14 moisture   

n.水分；降雨量；水气；湿气

参考例句：

• This tree drank up more moisture than that one.这棵树吸收的水分比那棵树多。
• The moisture in the air makes it humid today.今天空气中水气大，天气很潮湿。

15 sweating   

n.发汗v.（使）出汗( sweat的现在分词 )；（使）流汗；（使）发汗；焖

参考例句：

• We were sweating profusely from the exertion of moving the furniture. 我们搬动家具大费气力，累得大汗淋漓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• When the spasm passed, it left him weak and sweating. 一阵痉挛之后，他虚弱无力，一直冒汗。 来自《简明英汉词典》