Welcome to English as a second language podcast number 770

Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 770

 

Joining a tour

Joining a Tour.

 

 

This is englsih as a second language podcast episode 770

This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 770.

 

I’m your host Dc.Jeff Mcquillan

m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan,

 

coming to you from the center for educational development

coming to you from the Center for Educational Development

 

in beautiful Los Angeles California

in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

 

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This episode is called  joining a tour

This episode is called “Joining a Tour.

 

We re going to be take in a trop or a vacation

We’re going to be taking a trip – a vacation,

 

Let’s get started

Let’s get started.

 

What are you looking at

Darrel: What are you looking at

 

Tours for our vacation I was thinking that it’d be hard for us to get around  on our own

So I think joing a tour is a good idea

 

Alice: Tours for our vacation. I was thinking that it’d be hard for us to get around

on our own, so I think joining a tour is a good idea.

 

 

Really ? I though we make our way around …leisurely   to see the sites I don’t like the fast peace of tours .i ‘d rather have the time to take in each site. Not rush through it just to see I’ve been there ‘

 

Darrel: Really? I thought we’d make our way around leisurely to see the sites. I don’t like the fast pace of tours. I’d rather have the time to take in each site, not rush through it just to say I’ve been there.

 

Tours coming all ships and sites

Alice: Tours come in all shapes and sizes.

 

I’m sure we can find one that isn’t too fast paced or … for u

I’m sure we can find one that isn’t too fast-paced or strenuous for you.  

 

ˈstrenjuəs; ˋstrɛnjʊəs/ adj requiring great effort 必须努力的: a strenuous itinerary 艰难的旅行路线 * strenuous work 累人的工作 * lead a strenuous life 过艰苦的生活. > strenuously adv: She strenuously denies all the charges. 她竭力否认一切指控.

 

And I don’t want  to eat all my meals  with the tour group .i want sometime to exbr  on our own

Darrel: And I don’t want to eat all my meals with the tour group. I want some time to explore on our own.

 

explore  

/ ɪkˈsplɔː(r); ɪkˋsplɔr/ v
[I, Tn] travel into or through (a place, esp a country) in order to learn about it 踏勘; 勘探; 探测; 在（一地方, 尤指一国家）探险, 考察: explore the Arctic regions 到北极地区探险 * Columbus discovered America but did not explore the new continent. 哥伦布发现了美洲, 但没有考察这块新大陆. * explore a castle 探察一城堡 * As soon as they arrived in the town they went out to explore. 他们一到这座城镇就出外查看周围环境.

 

 

All right ,I’m looking at a tour that has a perfect itinerary

Alice: All right, I’m looking at a tour that has the perfect itinerary.

 

itinerary  

/ aɪˈtɪnərərɪ, ɪˈtɪnərərɪ; US -rerɪ; aɪˋtɪnəˏrɛrɪ,ɪˋtɪnəˏrɛrɪ/ n plan for, or record of, a journey; route 旅行的计画或记录; 旅行路线: keep to, depart from, follow one's itinerary 按照﹑ 离开﹑ 根据自己的旅行计画.

 

 

It’s also garden  .. reviews

It’s also gotten rave reviews.

 

It includes a tour guide all admission fees accomdations ground transpation and most of the meals

It includes a tour guide, all admission fees, accommodations, ground transportation, and most of the meals.

accommodation  [əˌkɔməˈdeiʃən]n.[常 pl.]住处，膳宿

 

It-in cludes

 

transportation  [ˌtrænspə:ˈteiʃən]n.运输，运输系统，运输工具

 

and there are several free mornings and afternoons built-in

And there are several free mornings and afternoons built-in

 

So we can explor on our own

so we can explore on our own.

 

I don’t know

Darrel: I don’t know.

 

The  is for you to plan each stop Of our trip

Alice: The alternative is for you to plan each stop of our trip.

 

alternative  [ɔ:lˈtə:nətiv]a.两者择一的；另类的 n.取舍；选择余地

 

a tour is sounding better and better

Darrel: A tour is sounding better and better.

 

D begins by saying to Alx

Darrel begins by saying to Alice,

 

What are you looking at

“What are you looking at?”

 

A says tours for our vacation

Alice says, “Tours for our vacation.”

 

A tour (tour) is an organized journey to see a city or place ,usually with a group of people

A “tour” (tour) is an organized journey to see a city or a place, usually it’s with a group of people,

 

And there are someone who is leaving the tour called the tour guide

and there is someone leading the tour called the “tour guide.”

There-is

 

A is looking for  tours for her and D ‘s vacation

Alice is looking for tours for her and Darrel’s vacation.

 

She says ‘I was thinking that it ‘d be hard for us to get around on our own

She says, “I was thinking that it’d be hard for us to get around on our own,”

 

Meaning it would be difficult for us to go to this place wherever they are going by themselves

meaning it would be difficult for us to go to this place, wherever they’re going, by themselves,

 

so I think joining a tour is a good idea

“so I think joining a tour is a good idea,”

 

Signing up pay and become in the member of  this group

signing up, paying and becoming a member of this group

 

signing-up

 

that would travel together

that will travel together

 

d says really ? I thought  we make our way  around leisurely to see the sites

I thought we’d make our way around leisurely to see the sites.”

 

To make our way around means to go by yourself not with other group

“To make our way around” means to go by yourself, not with another group,

 

To find out the interesting things to looking at things by yourself  you don’t have anyone to help you

 

to find out the interesting things, to look at things by yourself; you don’t have anyone helping you.

 

Leisurely (leisurely) is an adverb meaning slowly and very ..and  relaxed

“Leisurely” (leisurely) is an adverb meaning slowly, in a very calm and relaxed,

 

calm n [C, U]
1 calm condition or period 平静的状态或时期: the calm of a summer evening 夏日夜晚的宁静 * After the storm came a calm. 风暴过後, 万籁俱寂.
2 (idm 习语) the calm before the storm time of unnatural calm immediately before an expected outburst of violent activity, passion, etc 暴风雨前的平静（在预料到激烈的活动﹑ 情绪等即将爆发之前的反常的 平静时期）.

Enjoyable way

enjoyable  [in'dʒɔiəbl]   adj.有趣的, 愉快的

 

the sites (sites) are places that you go to visit

The “sites” (sites) are places that you go to visit:

 

It would be a famous building ,it would be a beautiful park ,it may be a museum ,anything you would go as a tours

The “sites” (sites) are places that you go to visit: it could be a famous building, it could be a beautiful park, it might be a museum, anything that you would go as a tourist

 

tourist  [ˈtuərist]n.旅游者，观光者  发音 r ə

 

as someone visiting on another place

as someone visiting another place

‘

To see .that would be called a site

–         to see. That would be called a “site.”

 

D says he doesn’t like the fast-paced of tours

Darrel says he doesn’t like the fast pace of tours.

 

The pace(pace) is the speed how fast or how slow sth goes

The “pace” (pace) is the speed, how fast or how slow something goes.

 

I can talk at a fast pace or I can talk at a slow pace

I can talk at a fast pace or I can talk at a slow pace.

 

I can walk at a fast pace or walk at a slow pace

I can walk at a fast pace or walk at a slow pace.

 

D says I’d rather have the time to take in each site

Darrel says, “I’d rather have the time to take in each site,

 

Not rush through it ,just to say I’ve been there

not rush through it just to say I’ve been there.”

 

To take in means to look at to experience to appreciate sth

“To take in” means to look at, to experience, to appreciate something.

 

 

 

If you come to L.A I would tell you to go and drive up a long the occasion  and take in the beautiful views ,the beautiful sceners.  you can see the occasion and so forth

 

If you come to Los Angeles I would tell you to go and drive up along the ocean and take in the beautiful views – the beautiful scenery, the things that you can see: the ocean and so forth

 

ˈsiːnərɪ; ˋsinərɪ/ n [U]
general natural features of an area, eg mountains, valleys, rivers, forests 景色; 风景; 风光: mountain scenery 山景 * stop to admire the scenery 停下来欣赏风景.

 

And D says he wants time to take in each site each place they visit

Well Darrel says he wants time to take in each site – each place they visit,

 

Not rush through ,it just to say he’s been there

not rush through it just to say he’s been there.

 

To rush through sth is to doing sth very quickly

“To rush through (something)” is to do something very quickly,

 

Usually without enough time to do it well

usually without enough timeto do it well

 

he doesn’t want to go from one place to another place   just to say that he was at those places  he wants to actually stop and enjoy them

 

He doesn’t want to go from one place to another place just to say that he was at those

places, he wants to actually stop and enjoy them.

 

 

A says tours come in all shapes and sizes ,the expression to come in all shapes and sizes

The expression “to come in all shapes and sizes”

 

Means that there is a wide variety of options

means that there is a wide variety of options,

 

variety  / vəˈraɪətɪ; vəˋraɪətɪ/ n

[sing] ~ (of sth) number or range of different things; assortment 若干不同的事物（的混合）: He left for a variety of reasons. 他由於种种原因而离开了. * a large/wide variety of patterns to choose from 可供选择的种类繁多的花样.

 

A variety of 

option  [ˈɔpʃən]n.选择(权)；可选择的事物(或人)，选课

a lot of different types ,a lot of different ways that tours come be organized

a lot of different types, a lot of different ways that tours can be organized;

 

they are not all the same

they’re not all the same.

 

A says I’m sure we can find one ,that isn’t that is not too fast paced or strenuous for you

lice says, “I’m sure we can find one that isn’t (that is not) too fast-paced or strenuous for you.”

 

When we say sth is strenuous (strenuous) we mean it’s difficult ,it ….s a lot of ,perhaps ,f..work or mental concern trans ,it’s a lot of work