生活英语情景口语:去浪漫之都啦

E: welcome back! How was your vacation?
T: it was fantastic, but I'm glad to be back! Being a tourist is really tiring!
E: where did you end up going?
T: because it's off-season, we got a really good package deal to Paris, so we went there.
E: I've always wanted to go to Paris. The Eiffel Tower is one of the most famous tourist attractions in the world! Did you go to the top?
T: that was the first thing we did. I have a few pictures. Do you want to seet them?
E: sure. What's this one a picture of?
T: oh, that's a picture of me on our fourth day of travelling. I'm standing next to a famous founation in the centre of the city.
E: you don't look very happy in that picture.
T: no ,by that time, I was sick of sightseeing. I had had enough of art galleries, cathedrals, fountains, statues, and palaces!
E: so what did you do?
T: we spent that afternoon walking around a flea market. We had a few coffees, watched a movie, and went for a swim in the pool at the hotel.
E: my travel agent always seminds me to plan a day of relaxing for every 3 days of sightseeing. Did you go to the Louvre?
T: of course! You can't go to Paris without going to their famous art gallery! I was surprised by how small the Mona Lisa was though.
E: that's what everyone says! I can't wait to see it for myself some day.

欢迎回来！假期过得怎么样？
好极了。不过回到家我还是很高兴。毕竟出门旅游还是挺累的。
那你后来决定去哪里了？
由于属于旅游淡季，我们赶上了一个去巴黎的特别优惠的旅游团，所以我们就去那儿了。
我一直都很想去巴黎。埃菲尔铁塔是世界上最著名的名胜之一！你登到塔顶了吗？
我们第一站就是去那儿。我拍了一些照片。你想看看吗？
当然。这张拍的是什么？
这是我在旅游第四天拍的。我站在市中心一个特别有名的喷泉旁边。
你看起来怎么高兴啊？
不是，那时候我对观光已经有点腻了。我参观了太多的美术馆，教堂，喷泉，雕像和宫殿！
那你怎么办？
那天下午我们去逛了逛跳蚤市场。喝咖啡，看电影，然后回酒店泳池游了泳。
我参加的旅行社总是提醒我每观光3天就要腾出一天时间来放松身心。你们去卢浮宫了吗？
当然去了！去巴黎怎么能不去最有名的美术馆呢！但是蒙娜丽莎那幅画怎么那么小啊，真让我大吃一惊。
每个去过的人都这么说！我已经等不及了，一定要找时间亲自去看一看！

Off season 淡季
Hotel workers wait until the off-season to take their holidays.
旅馆工作人员等到淡季再休假.

Fountain 喷泉
A beautiful stone fountain was set in the middle of the garden.
花园中央砌造了一个漂亮的石头喷水池.

Sightseeing 观光,旅游
Some people like to lie on the beach, but I prefer sightseeing.
有些人喜欢躺在海滩上,而我则宁愿去游览观光.

Art gallery 美术馆

Cathedral 大教堂
The area which a bishop administers has one cathedral and many smaller churches.
一个主教所掌管的地区包括一个大教堂和许多较小的教堂.

Statue 雕塑
The Statue of Liberty stands in New York Harbor.
自由女神像耸立在纽约港.

Palace 宫殿
The Queen of England lives in Buckingham Palace.
英国女王住在白金汉宫.