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What is one of the features of modern camping where nationality is concerned?
Economy is one powerful motive for camping, since after the initial outlay upon equipment, or throughhiring it, the total expense can be far less than the cost of hotels. But, contrary to a popular assumption, it is far from being the only one, or even the greatest. The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his twenty pounds'worth of space at one of Europe's myriad permanent sites may find himself bumping a Bentley. More likely, Ford Escort will be hub to hub with Renault or Mercedes, but rarely with bicycles made for two.
That the equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more sophisticated is an entertaining paradox for the cynic, a brighter promise for the hopeful traveller who has sworn to get away from it all. It also provides----and some student sociologist might care to base his thesis upon the phenomenon----an escape of another kind. The modern traveller is often a man who dislikes the Splendide and the Bellavista, not because he cannot afford, or shuns their material comforts, but because he is afraid of them. Affluent he may be, but he is by no means sure what to tip the doorman or the chambermaid.Master in his own house, he has little idea of when to say boo to a maitre d'hotel.
From all such fears camping releases him, Granted, a snobbery of camping itself, based upon equipment and techniques, already exists; but it is of a kind that, if he meets it, he can readily understand and deal with. There is no superior‘they’in the shape of managements and hotel hierarchies to darken his holiday days.
To such motives, yet another must be added. The contemporary phenomenon of car worship is to be explained not least by the sense of independence and freedom that ownership entails.To this pleasure camping gives an exquisite refinement.
From one's own front door to home or foreign hills or sands and back again, everything is to hand. Not only are the means of arriving at the holiday paradise entirely within one's own command and keeping, but the means of escape from holiday hell(if the beach proves too crowded, the local weather too inclement) are there, outside----or, as likely, part of----the tent.
Idealists have objected to the practice of camping, as to the package tour, that the traveller abroadthereby denies himself the opportunity of getting to know the people of the country visited. Insularity and self-containment, it is argued, go hand in hand. The opinion does not survive experience of a popular Continental camping place. Holiday hotels tend to cater for one nationality of visitors especially, sometimes exclusively. Camping sites, by contrast, are highly cosmopolitan. Granted, a preponderance of Germans is a characteristic that seems common to most Mediterranean sites; but as yet there is no overwhelmingly specialized patronage. Notices forbidding the open-air drying of clothes, or the use of water points for car washing, or those inviting‘our camping friends’ to a dance or a boat trip are printed not only in French or Italian or Spanish, but also in English, German and Dutch. At meal times the odour of sauerkraut vies with that of garlic. The Frenchman's breakfast coffee competes with the Englishman's bacon and eggs.
Whether the remarkable growth of organized camping means the eventual death of the more independent kind is hard to say. Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers'site fees and other custom. Police are wary of itinerants who cannot be traced to a recognized camp boundary or to four walls. But most probably it will all depend upon campers themselves: how many heath fires they cause; how much litter they leave; in short, whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside. Only good scouting is likely to preserve the freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout.
NIGEL BUXTON The Great Escape from The Weekend Telegraph Modern camping
Refer to the text to see how the following words have been used, then write sentences of your own using wary of itinerants(1.35);litter(1.36).
Summary摘要
Drawing your information from lines 6-32(‘That the equipment… bacon and eggs.’), write an account of modern camping. Do not write more than 160 words. Use your own words as far as possible. Your answer should be in one paragraph.
Composition作文
Write a composition of about 600 words on one of the following subjects:
1 Holiday camps.
2 Package tours.
3 What, in your opinion, are the requirements of an ideal holiday?
Key structures关键句型
Rewrite the sentences given below using the opening phrases provided. Do not refer to the passage until you have finished the exercise:
1 Though the modern traveller is often a man who can afford and does not shun the material comforts of the Splendide and the Bellavista, he dislikes them because he is afraid of them.
The modern traveller ____ not because____(11.9-10)
2 The means of arriving at the holiday paradise are not only entirely within one's own command and keeping, but the means of escape from holiday hell are there, outside----or, as likely, part of----the tent.
Not only____(11.20-22)
3 They argue that insularity and self-containment go hand in hand.
Insularity and self-containment, it____(11.24-25)
4 The freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout are only likely to be preserved by good scouting.
Only good____(11.37-38)
Special difficulties 难点
A Study the following pairs of words and then write sentences of your own to bring out the difference.
1 initial(1.1)----primary
The lawyer charged 50 dollars for the initial consultation.
The safety of our passengers is our primary concern.
2 hire(1.2)----rent
I want to hire a car for my trip to London.
We've rented a villa in the south of France for the summer.
3 total(1.2)----whole
The total bill came to＄894.
You can't give an opinion unless you've read the whole book.
4 shun(1.10)----avoid
He was shunned by his former friends.
You should avoid being late for work again.
5 worship(1.6)----warship
Religious leaders have always denounced the worship of money as the root of all evil.
The Spanish warships sent to conquer Britain in the 16th century were wrecked by an exceptionally violent storm.
6 by contrast(1.27)----opposite to
This new manager is really competent, especially by contrast with his predecessor.
This new manager is the complete opposite to what you would expect.
B Note the words in italics in the following sentences. Use these words again in sentences of your own, giving each word a different meaning from the one it has in the example:
1 The man who manoeuvres carelessly into his twenty pounds'worth of space may find himself bumping a Bentley.(11.3-4)
2 Granted, a snobbery of camping itself already exists.(11.13-14)
3 Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers' site fees and other custom.(1.34)
Multiple choice questions多项选择题
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 The main reason people enjoy camping is ____.
a．they can spend less on their holidays
b．their enjoyment of owning camping equipment
c．not necessarily so that they are saving money
d．because they can show off their cars
2 Many modern campers are certainly rich enough to ____.
a．stay at hotels, but prefer not to
b．have holidays, but choose not to
c．buy expensive cars, but prefer cheap models
d．visit camping sites, but generally avoid them
3 One of these statements is true. Which one?
a．Modern campers enjoy considerable mobility.
b．Modern campers look down on people who stay at expensive hotels.
c．Modern campers are always moving from one place to another.
d．Modern campers enjoy camping even in bad weather.
4 People of different nationalities at camping sites ____.
a．like to keep to themselves
b．often have arguments about the use of facilities
c．frequently disobey the camping site rules
d．like to mix freely and get to know each other
Structure 句型
5 ____an entertaining paradox that equipment becomes more sophisticated.(1.6)
a．There is
b．It is
c．There has
d．It has
6____ he may be affluent, he isn't sure what to tip the doorman.(11.10-11)
a．Since
b．Because
c．Though
d．As
7____ master in his own house,____ he has little idea…(11.11-12)
a．He is… but
b．He has… and
c．He does… but
d．He was…though
8____ the contemporary phenomenon of car worship…(1.16)
a．It is explained
b．To explain
c．You can explain
d．To be explained
Vocabulary词汇
9 The equipment of modern camping becomes yearly more_____(1.6)
a．superseded
b．demanding
c．complicated
d．refined
10 ----not because he____ or shuns their material comforts…(11.9-10)
a．ridicules
b．can't pay for
c．has contempt for
d．dislikes
11 The____ phenomenon of car worship…(1.16)
a．latest
b．modern
c．up-to-date
d．recent
12 Holiday hotels tend to ____ one nationality of visitors.(1.26)
