[00:00.00] Unit 8 Traveling In China (I)

[00:32.39]Integrated Skills Development

[00:37.15]Dialogues

[00:40.80]A. finding Accommodation

[00:46.76]Andrew Blatchford is traveling in China. Now he comes into a hotel.

[00:56.92]Receptionist: Can I help you?

[01:01.28]Andrew: Yes,I'd like a room,please.

[01:05.44]Receptionist: Single or double?

[01:08.91]Andrew: Single,please.

[01:12.07]Receptionist: For one night?

[01:15.52]Andrew: No,two nights.

[01:18.97]Receptionist: With bath or with shower?

[01:23.04]Andrew: With bath,please. How much is the room?

[01:28.50]Receptionist: $30 a night.

[01:32.55]Andrew: Can I pay by credit card?

[01:36.08]Receptionist: Yes,of course. Could you register,please?

[01:41.25]Andrew: Pardon?

[01:44.31]Receptionist: Could you fill in the form,please?

[01:48.15]Andrew: Oh,yes.

[01:51.52]Receptionist: Your room number is 403. Have a good stay.

[01:58.28]Andrew: Thank you.

[02:01.16]B. A conducted Tour

[02:06.01]A group of young people from the United States of America

[02:12.96]are on holiday in China.

[02:17.12]They are talking to a Chinese friend,Fu Jie,at a tea house.

[02:24.98]Fu Jie: So you all went on a conducted yesterday afternoon.

[02:32.42]How did you enjoy it?

[02:35.98]Fritz: It was wonderful.

[02:40.05]Fu Jie: Where did you go first?

[02:43.89]Fritz: First we went to Tian'anmen Square.

[02:48.65]Fu Jie: How did you find it?

[02:52.30]Fritz: Very impressive. It was so impressive that I could hardly bear to leave.

[02:59.15]Fu Jie: And after that?

[03:02.91]Leo: After that we went to the Forbidden...

[03:07.64]Fu Jie: The Forbidden City.

[03:11.27]Leo: Yes,the Forbidden City. It was fascinating.

[03:16.60]Boris: Then we left the Forbidden City and drove to the Summer Palace.

[03:22.87]It's such an exciting place.

[03:27.02]Fu Jie: How did you spend the evening?

[03:31.38]Bill: We went to see Beijing Opera.

[03:35.75]Fu Jie: I bet you were dead tired when you got back to your hotel.

[03:41.49]Bill: I was so tired that I fell asleep as soon as my head touched the pillow.

[03:49.04]Passage Planning a Trip

[03:55.89]Travelers fall into two categories: those who make lists and those who do not.

[04:05.86]Some people prefer to plan the course of their trip to the finest detail.

[04:13.13]For others,the joy of a trip is its spontaneity.

[04:20.21]Neither approach works perfectly South America.

[04:26.45]It is an area that requires considerable preparation;

[04:32.33]internal flights often run only once or twice a week,

[04:39.17]and an advance booking can mean the difference between continuing to a new city

[04:46.72]and waiting several days for another flight.

[04:51.97]On the other hand,

[04:56.12]planners will have to leave some matters

[05:00.67]to be done without having planned them in advance.

[05:05.82]Some of the most exciting tours

[05:10.86]are best arranged from nearby cities after your arrival.

[05:17.10]And whether you consider yourself a planner or a free spirit,

[05:23.94]you still have to decide certain basics at the very start:

[05:30.19]where to go,what to do,and how much to spend.

[05:36.82]These decisions require a certain amount of planning.

[05:43.28]So before planning specific travel-related details,

[05:49.75]you might want to establish your general travel aims.