新视野大学英语视听说教程 4 Unit 7-8

Now Your Turn
Task 1
SAMPLE DIALOG¹
Qiang: I see you’re reading travel brochures. Planning a holiday trip somewhere?
Li:    Once the warms up. I get itchy feet. I think about going places.
Qiang: Will this be a trip abroad or some excursion² close to home?
Li:     I prefer going abroad. We’ve never visited a foreign country before.
Qiang:  What countries are advertised in the brochure?
Li:     Two overseas tours are offered during summer vacation. One is to a nearby country like Korea or Japan, and the other is to European countries.
Qiang:  Which tour do you prefer?
Li:     I’d like to go and see Korea. It’s close to China so that the tour is less expensive.
Qiang:  I prefer to spend our savings³ on the European tour. We can see very different people and architecture, enjoy different food, and appreciate different customs.
Li:     All right. You convince⁴ me. They say variety’s the spice of life. But shall we take a long tour or a whirlwind tour that allow us only a few hours in each place?
Qiang:  In a long tour we can look around and not feel rushed, but it’s too expensive. So let’s take a whirlwind tour. That’s what we can afford.
Li:     I agree. A whirlwind tour allows us to visit many important places we’ve heard and read so much about. That’s good enough for us.
Qiang: Right on.

1 dialog   

n.对话，对白

参考例句：

• At last there can be a reasonable dialog between our two governments.我们两国最后终于能理智地进行对话了。
• Address every primary view and dialog possible.要尽可能考虑到所有主要的视图和对话。

2 excursion   

n.远足，短途旅行

参考例句：

• I have arranged with my classmates for an excursion to the beach.我已经跟同学们商量好去海滩远足的事。
• Our class will make an excursion to the seaside.我们班将去海边旅行。

3 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

4 convince   

vt.使确认，使信服；使认识错误

参考例句：

• It requires a lot of talking to convince him.要说服他很费口舌。
• I have given over trying to convince him.我已经不再试图说服他了。