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第101章 Trendy Lifestyle 潮流生活(13)

Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and one of the most popular vacation spots in Europe。 Going on vacation to Barcelona is an exciting getaway to a stunning place that has its own special character and culture that is very rich in history and is famous for its fantastic museums and all the beautiful architecture。

The organisation of the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona started to work on making this city a safe place to be and to improve its infrastructure。 One of the many ways that they improved Barcelona was to develop the sidewalks and streets to make them accessible by walking and by car。 They put in a hard work to Barcelona in order to make it more beautiful。

There are so many places of interest to see on Barcelona sightseeing tours, however this short article can only present the most important and interesting sites。 The first place to visit is named Sagrada Familia。 This basilica is the most popular tourist attraction in Barcelona。 The work on the church was started in 1882 by the famous master builder Antoni Gaudi and is still uncompleted up to this day。 The original design of this building was to be a Neo Gothic basilica。

The next place to see is Las Rambles。 This quarter includes several streets that are attached and adjoined to each other where you can find some of the best restaurants and cafes in Barcelona。 Because the streets are nearby the river in the 13th century it was used to canalize the water down from the hill above。

As long as you stay in Barcelona you should visit the Cathedral。 It is one of the older churches that still stand today。 The work on the Cathedral was started in 1298 and finally completed in 1913。 Make sure to discover the details that you can find in the work when visiting the Cathedral。 It may be a great idea to enjoy a tour of the stunning historic landmark while you are out in Barcelona。

Go to Barcelona to discover where the famous painter Pablo Picasso worked on his art while in Barcelona。 Picasso wasn’t born in Barcelona but he created his master works while he lived here。 Go to the museum to see his work inspired and created by the Avant-Garde movement。 The museum exposes Las Meninas series and Harlequin。 However there are also a lot of other art that you can enjoy。 Discover how he did research on some landscapes in Barcelona。

2旅游基础术语的表达方式

customer顾客

tourist旅游者

independent traveler旅游散客

meals for tour group旅游团队餐

place of sightseeing游览地

place of sightseeing游览地

sightseeing district游览区

holiday resort度假区

sightseeing spot游览点

visiting spot参观点

tourist shopping旅游购物

tourist recreation旅游娱乐

tourist recreational spot of cultural kind文化类旅游娱乐场所

tourist recreational spot of health and pleasure kind康乐类旅游娱乐场所

中国十大度假胜地:人间天堂是杭州——浙江杭州;桂林漓江独秀美——广西桂林;心驰神往张家界——湖南张家界;苏州园林甲天下——江苏苏州;心灵圣地在西藏——西藏;黄山归来不看山——安徽黄山;九寨归来不看水——四川九寨沟;风光旖旎海南岛——海南;锦绣丽江如仙境——云南丽江;见证历史兵马俑——陕西咸阳。

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After more than 100 years development, the western rural tourism still maintained has taken vacation from the tradition to the modern consistent style was its main product, the traveling activity from is happy by the self-entertainment primarily, does not need the supplies side to provide se dulously。

历经—百多年的漫长发展,西方乡村旅游仍然保持了从传统到现代的—贯风格——度假是其主要的旅游产品,旅游活动以自娱自乐为主,无需供给方刻意提供。

On the grounds of its predominance, Qingdao make its aim to vacation item。

青岛市根据自身发展优势将争创“中国最佳旅游城市”的目标定为度假专项。

Yalong Bay Holiday-making Resort is the only one that adopts the model of enterprise-dominant development and operation among 12 national resorts in our country。

三亚亚龙湾度假区是我国首批12个国家级度假区中,唯一一个采用企业化开发运营模式并获得成功的度假区。

The tourism products all over China and those around the world have experienced different developing phases from scenic areas to mechanic amusements parks, from theme parks to resorts。

中国和世界的旅游产品发展都已经走过了从风景名胜区到机械游乐园、主题公园再到度假区的轨迹。

The construction of resorts is the hot project in China in recent years, in which that of hilly ones is mostly common。

度假村建筑群近年来在我国得到广泛兴建,而山地度假村是较常见的度假村类型之一。

Nowadays,time-sharing vacation has been the tourist product that grows fastest in America。

20世纪60年代,分时度假起源于欧洲;70年代,传入美国并得到迅速发展。

Hainan is the largest special economic zone and the only tropical island province in our country。

海南是我国最大的经济特区和唯一的热带岛屿省份。

We shall give full play to Hainan’s advantages in tropical agricultural resources and vigorously develop modern tropical agriculture so as to build Hainan into a national winter shopping basket base, a tropical fruit base, a southern seed breeding and production base, a fishery export base and a natural rubber base。

充分发挥海南热带农业资源优势,大力发展热带现代农业,使海南成为全国冬季菜篮子基地、热带水果基地、南方繁育制种基地、渔业出口基地和天然橡胶基地。

Short breaks make people happier than long holidays, psychologists have claimed。

一项研究发现,不时休休短假比一次性休一个长假给人带来的快乐更多。

Taking frequent short breaks is better for you than one long holiday, research has found。

心理学家认为,分次休假的人比一次性把假休完的人从度假中得到的快乐更多。

Psychologists believe that people who use their holiday allowance in bursts rather than all in one goare happier。

心理学家称,休短假的人比休长假的人拥有更多关于度假的美好回忆。

Holiday makers break up extended time away by doing some work in the middle of their break saying this would make them more appreciative of their time away from the office。

人们应该把长假分成若干次来休,工作一段时间休几天假,这样会更加珍惜休假的时光。

The explanation is that people’s enjoyment wanes as they become accustomed to their holiday lifestyle。

这是因为当人们习惯长假的生活节奏后,度假的愉悦感就会逐渐降低。

On a long vacation, day seven is less good than day one because it’s not as exciting。 That’s why in general, going away four times [a year] provides more benefit than you would expect, and going away for one week provides less benefit than you would expect。

如果有一个七天长假,人们在第七天的兴奋感肯定不如第一天。这就是为什么从总体来看,一年休假四次带来的愉悦感会超出你的想象,而一次性休假一周则不如你想象中那么快乐。

One of the main weapons against stress building up from work is going on vacation。

我们对付工作压力的利器之一就是去度假。

Holidays are a firmly established way of allowing the mind and body to recuperate。

度假毫无疑问是一个让身心都放松的方式。

Psychologically, beautiful scenery can distract us from our troubles, help us forget our normal stressful environments and reconnect us to nature。