不得不說之二:堅持到最後一秒再預定
在最後一秒預定這個方法現在其實已經越來越少了。為了節省機票費和住宿費,最好時刻關注那些打折或讓利信息(基本上是有一定規律可循的)。
不得不說之三:當地人才是真正的專家
這是完全錯誤的。事實上,在很多情況下,在自己的地盤上,本地人才是真正的外國人。當你被一件對於當地人來說極其平常的事所阻撓時,當地人甚至不明白這個世界上有那麼多可以去的地方,為什麼你偏偏對他們的地方有興趣。
不得不說之四:付了錢,你就是老大
這是個錯誤的想法,尤其是在亞洲。有時的確是物有所值,可能還會物超所值,但反之也亦然。有些貴的離譜的東西並不一定值那個價。研究一下,並且上網查查。
不得不說之五:事先用完你的額度。
當你拎著大包小包時,你很有可能會被說服去買更多的東西。經銷商們會告訴你怎麼買就可以獲得更多的實惠。但是,你買東西的時候最好還是要謹慎些。
旅遊中的小學問
旅遊時帶著大圍巾,天氣突然變冷時,可作無扣女士上衣穿。帶小孩遊覽遇雨,用塑料袋剪成鬥篷很方便。
在無法洗淋浴時,可用大塑料袋裝上水,吊起即成簡易淋浴設備。
洗後的襯衣想馬上穿,可把濕衣放入大塑料袋,向袋內吹熱風,衣服很快就幹了。
實戰提升
Practising&Exercise
單詞注釋
comment [5kCment] n. 注釋,評注
location [lEu5keiFEn] n. 位置;場所,所在地
airfare [5eEfeE(r)] n. 飛機票價
locality [lEu5kAliti] n. 地區;場所,現場
prudent [5pru:dEnt] adj. 審慎的,小心的
實用句型&詞組
I’d like to exchange some pounds for dollars.(交換;調換)
The park is becoming more and more beautiful.(越來越)
She is looking for her lost child.(尋找)
翻譯行不行
奧利維亞說隨身攜帶巨款的你特別容易引起小偷的注意,我個人完全讚同。
而由於地區的不同,兌換率也不同,這是個令人頭疼的問題。
事實上,在很多情況下,在自己的地盤上,本地人才是真正的外國人。
第一章 Conjuring with Grapes (1) (1)
香檳是怎樣“煉”成的
It is a tribute to the stimulating qualities of really good champagne that by 2:30 we were not only awake, but clearheaded enough to look forward to the afternoon and our studies of the grape’s progress, from bunches to bottles.
We began in the white-grape country of the Cotes des Blancs. The vines, which for long periods of the year are empty except for those few slow-moving and patient figures who check to see how nature is getting on, were bristling with people, the narrow green corridors crowded with their autumn population of pickers. It was fine weather for the vendange, mild and dry, and the frosts of late spring had caused less havoc than predicted. This would be a good, plentiful year.
The baskets of grapes were passed up to collection points at the end of the vines and ferried by truck or tractor to the village of Cramant, and the waiting pressoirs. These presses, vast round wooden instruments of torture with slatted sides, are big enough to take tons of grapes at a single gulp. From above, very, very slowly, a giant wooden grill descends on them, bursts them, and crushes them. The glorious juice runs off into subterranean vats.