Section 66 Travel Guides

　　Can you imagine trying to go to a new place without a travel guide?到一個陌生的地方去而沒有旅行指南，這你能想像嗎?

　　Hundreds of years ago, explorers had no such things.對幾百年前的開拓者們來說，沒有旅行指南這類的東西。

　　As these people opened up more new areas to us, they wrote about them.當他們開發出新的地區后，他們作了記錄。

　　These writings formed a new genre of literature called travel writing.這些記錄形成了一種新的文學形式――旅游文學。

　　Some travel guides are just pure factual data, others are more entertaining.有些旅行指南只作事實上的描述，有些則比較有趣。

　　Perhaps we could call train, plane and bus schedules travel guides, but they are not very interesting.也許我們可以稱火車、飛機和公共汽車時刻表為旅游指南，但是它們不是很有趣。

　　So, what do people expect when they buy and read such guides?那么，人們購買這類指南資料時，他們希望看到什么呢?

　　They expect to get a lot of details about the places they are interested in.他們希望看到他們感興趣地方的詳細資料。

　　They want to know what to expect when they get there, climate, food, customs.他們希望知道那里的氣候、飲食、風俗。

　　They like to know what other most interesting places to visit, and what difficulties to expect when they get there.他們想知道那里最有趣的景點，以及到那兒之后可能遇到的困難。

　　The variety of places to eat and kinds of foods served will also be mentioned in the guides.各種餐飲地點以及飲食種類也會在旅行指南中提及。

　　But a travel guide need not be a book. It could be a pamphlet or even a person.但旅行指南不必是一本書，可以是一本小冊子，或是一個人。

　　In most major tourist areas, you can hire the service of a person who will act as your travel guide.在大多數主要的旅游景點，你可以雇個人當導游。

　　They will help you to get to all the right places as safely as possible.導游會把你安全地帶到要去的地方。

　　There are millions of travel guides of all kinds in the world.世界上有各種不同類型的旅行指南，數不勝數。

　　And reading them can be almost as good as the real thing.光是閱讀它們，就有種身臨其境般的感受。

　　Section 66 Travel Guides

　　Can you imagine trying to go to a new place without a travel guide?到一個陌生的地方去而沒有旅行指南，這你能想像嗎?

　　Hundreds of years ago, explorers had no such things.對幾百年前的開拓者們來說，沒有旅行指南這類的東西。

　　As these people opened up more new areas to us, they wrote about them.當他們開發出新的地區后，他們作了記錄。

　　These writings formed a new genre of literature called travel writing.這些記錄形成了一種新的文學形式――旅游文學。

　　Some travel guides are just pure factual data, others are more entertaining.有些旅行指南只作事實上的描述，有些則比較有趣。

　　Perhaps we could call train, plane and bus schedules travel guides, but they are not very interesting.也許我們可以稱火車、飛機和公共汽車時刻表為旅游指南，但是它們不是很有趣。

　　So, what do people expect when they buy and read such guides?那么，人們購買這類指南資料時，他們希望看到什么呢?

　　They expect to get a lot of details about the places they are interested in.他們希望看到他們感興趣地方的詳細資料。

　　They want to know what to expect when they get there, climate, food, customs.他們希望知道那里的氣候、飲食、風俗。

　　They like to know what other most interesting places to visit, and what difficulties to expect when they get there.他們想知道那里最有趣的景點，以及到那兒之后可能遇到的困難。

　　The variety of places to eat and kinds of foods served will also be mentioned in the guides.各種餐飲地點以及飲食種類也會在旅行指南中提及。

　　But a travel guide need not be a book. It could be a pamphlet or even a person.但旅行指南不必是一本書，可以是一本小冊子，或是一個人。

　　In most major tourist areas, you can hire the service of a person who will act as your travel guide.在大多數主要的旅游景點，你可以雇個人當導游。

　　They will help you to get to all the right places as safely as possible.導游會把你安全地帶到要去的地方。

　　There are millions of travel guides of all kinds in the world.世界上有各種不同類型的旅行指南，數不勝數。

　　And reading them can be almost as good as the real thing.光是閱讀它們，就有種身臨其境般的感受。