成人高等教育英语教材第一册14

UNIT 14 Itinerary¹

Integrated² Skills Development

Dialogues

A. Here Is Your Schedule
Chen is visiting London. His tour guide Diana is explaining his schedule for sightseeing on Saturday.
Diana: At 9:30 Saturday morning, we'll go out for a walk. We'll walk through the great parks of London.
Chen: Can we visit Buckingham Palace?
Diana: Of course, and you can also see the Changing of the Guard.
Chen: That's wonderful!
Diana: In the afternoon we'll visit the British Museum.
Chen: Great! There must be a lot to see.

B. Let's Discuss Our Arrangement
The Robinsons have just arrived in Beijing for a 5-day conference. Hua, the receptionist, is discussing their schedule with them.
Mr. Robinson: Can we possibly see something of Beijing after the meeting?
Hua: Yes, of course. We'll arrange a day trip next Tuesday to the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall.
Mr. Robinson: And the Forbidden City?
Hua: That's on Wednesday. We'll show you around the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace.
Mrs. Robinson: It sounds marvelous! But we'd also like to visit other cities.
Hua: We've planned a journey to Beidaihe and Tangshan on Thursday.

Passage
Holidays Abroad

People in Britain like holidays. They used to spend their summer holiday at British resorts. But nowadays they prefer to go abroad.
Students have the opportunity to travel abroad in school or student groups.
Sometimes they go on a day trip across the Channel to France, and some may go swimming in Spain in summer or skiing in Italy in winter. A lot of families choose a camping holiday. It is the cheapest and easiest kind of vacation for a family with children.
Spain is a popular holiday country with the British, either in summer or in winter. Many families try to have a winter holiday abroad, because they want to escape the bad British weather. It's said that it costs them more to stay in Britain and pay heating bills than to have a holiday in Spain.

New Words and Expressions

camping
n. 露营

channel
n. 海峡

escape
v. 逃脱

itinerary
n. 行程表，旅行路线

marvelous
a. 极好的

opportunity
n. 机会，时机

palace
n. 宫殿，皇宫

possibly
ad. 可能地

resort
n. 度假胜地

tour guide
导游

go out for a walk
出去散步

go swimming
去游泳

camping holiday
露营假日

either ... or ...
或…或…，不是…就是…

It's said that
据说

heating bills
取暖费付款单

have a holiday
度假

Merry Learning

A Riddle³

What does everyone do at the same time?
(Grow old.)

Phonetics

ei在单词中的读音：
receive

eight neighbor

height either

foreign

Pronunciation and Intonation⁴

A: Say, what's your favorite sport?
B: Hmmm...it's hard to say. I like golf a lot — but I guess I like tennis better.
A: Do you play much tennis?
B: Yes, quite a bit. How about a game sometime?
A: Sorry. I'm only a spectator⁵.

1 itinerary   

n.行程表，旅行路线；旅行计划

参考例句：

• The two sides have agreed on the itinerary of the visit.双方商定了访问日程。
• The next place on our itinerary was Silistra.我们行程的下一站是锡利斯特拉。

2 integrated   

a.整合的，完整的

参考例句：

• A fully integrated low phase noise LC voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) is presented.介绍了一种全集成的LC压控振荡器(VCO)的设计。

3 riddle   

n.谜，谜语，粗筛；vt.解谜，给…出谜，筛，检查，鉴定，非难，充满于；vi.出谜

参考例句：

• The riddle couldn't be solved by the child.这个谜语孩子猜不出来。
• Her disappearance is a complete riddle.她的失踪完全是一个谜。

4 intonation   

n.语调，声调；发声

参考例句：

• The teacher checks for pronunciation and intonation.老师在检查发音和语调。
• Questions are spoken with a rising intonation.疑问句是以升调说出来的。

5 spectator   

n.观众，目击者，旁观者

参考例句：

• A spectator threw the ball back to the players.一个观众把球掷回给球员。
• He was content to stand by as an impassive spectator.他满足于站在旁边做一个冷漠的旁观者。