Hello my name is Ben. I am from American and I am a teacher at the Jing’an Web center. Today we are going to talk about something we all like to do, go on vacation.

Ben: Hey Dave! Long time no see. You look good.

本：嘿，戴夫。好久不见，你看上去不错。

Dave: Hey Ben! I just got back from vacation in Hawaii. That’s why I look so tan.

戴夫：好啊，本。我刚从夏威夷度假回来。这就是为什么我晒得如此之黑。

Ben: That’s great. Tell me all about it. Where did you stay? What did you do?

本：真棒！告诉我吧。你住哪里？你做了什么呀？

Dave: I stayed at a hostel to save money because I am not a higher roller. I also ate a lot of spam sandwiches(牛肉三明治) and shaved ice(刨冰) because they are dirt cheap.

戴夫：我住在一个小旅馆里，因为我不是很会挥霍的人。我也吃了很多的牛肉三明治和刨冰，因为它们非常便宜。

Ben: I am thinking about going to Hawaii myself. Should I go by myself or as part of a tour group? Are there any tourists traps I should avoid?

本：我也想着自己去趟夏威夷。我应该自己去，还是跟团去？ 有没有什么旅游陷阱我需要避免的？

Dave: I went by myself so I could save money and also so I could catch some waves. The best advice I can give you is not to buy anything in Waikiki because everything there is way(adv.非常) overpriced(adj.过高标价的).

戴夫：我是自己去的，这样我就能省钱，而且我还可以冲浪。我能给你的最好的建议就是你不要买怀基基海滩上的任何东西，因为标价高得离谱。

Ben: Thanks for the advice. What was the best part of your holiday and what was the worst?

本：谢谢你的建议。你假期中最好的和最糟糕的部分是什么？

Dave: The worst part was the jet lag and the best part was all the beautiful girls in bikinis.

戴夫：最糟糕的部分是时差，最好的事情么，就是这么多穿着比基尼的漂亮女孩子了。

Let’s go over some phrases now. 让我们一起来回顾一下有用的短语吧！

A high roller = someone who likes to spend a lot of money 比较挥霍的人

dirt cheap = very inexpensive 廉价的，非常便宜的

tourist trap = a place where local people try to take advantage of tourists 旅游陷阱

catch some waves = go surfing 冲浪，滑水

jet lag = the feeling people get when they visit a place that is many time zones away from where they live时差