留学生在中国 第35期 Plan for Holliday 假期计划

 　　Chapter 35 My new holliday plan第35章假期新计划David: Where are you planning to go for your next holliday?

　　你下个假期打算去那儿？

　　You: Huangshan in Anhui province.

　　打算去黄山，安徽省内。

　　David: Have you ever been there?

　　你去过那儿吗？

　　You: I have never been there. I only heard that Mountain Huangshan is very beautiful and the best mountain in all of China. In the summer, it's breathtaking. It's also very high.

　　我没去过，只听说黄山很美丽，有中国最美的山景。夏天的景色让人叹为观止，同时它也很高。

　　David: How will you plan your trip there?

　　你打算怎么去呢？

　　You: First, I'll buy a train ticket. A friend of mine lives in Anhui. If I want to go to mountain Huangshan, I can go to her home first. And we can go to Muntain Huangshan together. She will take me there. I would stay at her place.

　　首先我要买一张火车票我有个朋友住在安徽。如果我想去黄山，我要先到她家里去，然后她会把我带到黄山那儿去，在去之前我就住在她家里。

　　David: I s it close?

　　近吗？

　　You: No. It's far away from Beijing, maybe 7 hours by train. And Mountain Huangshan maybe too far. Perhaps strain¹ my vacation, I will go to Maintain² Taishan, which is located³ in Shandong province.

　　不，离北京有点远，坐火车要7个小时。也许黄山太远了，假期又短，我还是去黄山好了，它就在山东省内。

　　David: I am not familiar with the Huangshan or Taishan, but I have heard of Hongtashan.

　　我对这两座山都不熟悉，不过我听说过红塔山。

　　You: Hum, hehe...

　　额，这个……David: In the USA. ,we like to go on roadtrips. We get in a car and drive somewhere. Sometime⁴ to a natural site, sometimes just to another city. But travelling during hollidays can be a big headache, because it is so crowded everywhere.

　　在美国的时候，我们喜欢公路旅行。我们一般是驾车前往，有时去一个自然风景处，有时候干脆去另一个城市。但是在假期时候出去旅游就是个大难题，因为到处都是人山人海。

　　You: There are too many people travelling at the same time during the hollidays. I don't like the crowds.

　　假期期间旅游的人太多了，可谓人头攒动，我不太喜欢这种场面。

1 strain   

n.紧张，拉紧，血统；v.劳累，拉紧，过份使用

参考例句：

• Strain the fat off before you serve the soup.在上汤前把里面的油滤掉。
• He had a muscular strain.他肌肉过劳。

2 maintain   

vt.支撑；赡养，抚养；维持，保有

参考例句：

• He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。
• We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate.我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。

3 located   

adj.处于，位于

参考例句：

• The mechanic located the fault immediately. 机修工立即找到了出故障的地方。
• a small town located 30 miles south of Chicago 位于芝加哥以南30英里的一个小镇

4 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。