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Lesson 2. Objectives. To understand how the tourism agency and trade wholesalers develop and conduct business in the annual travel trade fair. Dialogue: at the travel trade fair. Situation: context; environment; circumstance Where: the booth at the travel trade fair
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Objectives • To understand how the tourism agency and trade wholesalers develop and conduct business in the annual travel trade fair
Dialogue: at the travel trade fair • Situation: context; environment; circumstance • Where: the booth at the travel trade fair • When: a wholesaler stops at the booth • Who: a member(Miss Lee) of the tourism agency and a wholesaler
How the dialogue goes • Step 1: self-introduction • Step 2: to arise interests and briefly introduce the theme of the travel • Step 3: to offer detailed information in future contact
Step 1: introduction • My name is -----/ I ‘m ----- • I am with ---- 我是---公司的 I’m with NTO of China based in New York. based in --- 基于---;立足于---;这里解释为位于--- • My name is Bill Smith with a wholesale company that specializes in cultural tour around the world. • Specialize in: 专营;主要经营;以---为特色 • 我供职于一家以专营全球文化之旅为特色的旅游公司。
Step 2: to arise interests • Have you ever been to China and are you interested in putting together a package tour? put together: to organize and manage package tour: 组团旅行,旅行团 • Next year will be a fabulous year in terms of activities. in terms of : as far as --- is concerned 就---而言
Step 3: more information • I could send you some promotional material on China including brochures and videos to your office and follow up with you some time later. promotional material: 促销材料 follow up with sb: to keep in contact with sb • I will be delighted to hear from you. be delighted to do : be happy to do hear from sb: to receive a letter from sb
Text : a e-mail from a tourist • I have been meaning to write. mean to: plan to; intend to; do sth on purpose • Usage of “mean” • vi : mean to he doesn’t mean to hurt you, it’s an accident he mean to buy an apartment in the fifth avenue. 2. vt : 意思是,意味着 the color of red means danger. what he means is you should leave now. • A similar word: “means” : way; method by means of machine, the modern people can set up a building within a surprisingly short time.
But have been so busy getting back into life again. be busy doing sth get back into life: go back to the routines of the life • Allyson and I enjoyed our trip to China so much that we were not ready to come home yet. so adj./adv. that + clause He is so excited that he can hardly be quiet. The soldiers fight so bravely that they drive the enemy out from their motherland.
We loved HK and wished we had more time there. “wish” is usually used to lead a clause in which the subjunctive mood (虚拟语气) is adopted, see the following examples: • I wish I were the president. • I wished that the Chinese football team had won the match. • They wish it should rain in the future or the crops will die.
I have met with some clients since I have been home that I recommend your company to. Since I have been home, I met with some clients that I recommend your company to. 定语从句 meet with / meet I will meet you at the airport at 6 o’clock. I met with an old friend of mine on the street, and it makes a great surprise to both of us. recommend A to B 把A推荐给B When the word is used to lead a clause, the “should do” construction will be adopted. I recommend that you (should) buy that book.
They were going to take a tour with another company, but after I told them how happy that we were with Travel China Guide, they will book with you. • 注意时态 • 他们原本打算---,当我告诉他们我们当时是多么地愉快,他们就打算--- • book: reserve 预定 I’d like to book a table of four. • reserve 预定/preserve 保护
Homework P.16 • To make a dialogue in the set situation • You are planning to travel to Britain and you are now making a telephone conversation with a travel agency asking forinformation about the country you are going to visit
Supplement Reading P.17 • Collocation; • Specific words and phrases; • Syntactic patterns. • Translation from E to C
China is a land of mystery and charm. 中国是一块充满神奇和魅力的土地。 • Glorious history, spectacular landscapes, splendid culture and intriguing national customs offer a panorama of colour and excitement for visitors. supply sb with sth / supply sth to sb provide sb with sth / provide sth for sb
Beijing is the center of China’s travel. Here are the imperial palaces, magnificent gardens and sacrificial altars of the Ming and Qing dynasties. the imperial palaces: the forbidden city magnificent gardens: 华丽的庄园 sacrifice sacrificial
Northwest of the city are the Great Wall. Southeast of Beijing visitors may climb Mount Taishan, pay homage to the Temple of Confucius, visit Taihu Lake, West Lake and Mount Huangshan; enjoy the world famous Suzhou gardens and wander through Shanghai’s bustling streets and markets. • 地名的翻译方法之一:中文拼音加性质 Mount Taishan; Taihu Lake; Heilong River; Town of Mohe; Zengmu Reef; Nansha Islands; Zhongshan Road, --- • 地名的翻译方法之二:意译 The Forbidden City; the West Lake; the Temple of Confucius; the East Sea; the South China Sea, ---
Up north, visitors may ride horseback on the Mongolian Prairie, go hunting in the Greater Hinggan Mountains, admire the ice lanterns or go skating and skiing in Harbin. • Up/down = north/south in the map or directions • go doing (vi) 去--- go swimming; go fishing; • The visitors may ride --- may go hunting --- may admire or may go skating and skiing
A trip to the northwest leads toXi’an, where the terracotta warriors of the first Emperor of Qin have been standing guard for more than 2000 years. • relative clause: place(s) where clause • lead to: result in, 导致,结果 practice leads to perfect. smoking led to lung cancer. • terracotta warriors陶土制的战士 • stand guard 伫立守卫着
Continuing west, visitors are treated to more wonders---the treasure of Chinese mural art in Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang, Gansu province. • Sb be treated to sth 以---招待/对待--- 旅行者将会看到/碰到更多的奇迹。 • Mural art 壁画艺术 • mural art in Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang 敦煌莫高窟的壁画艺术
Following the ancient “silk road” leads to Xinjiang . follow sth/sb. 跟从,伴随 • From Xi’an to the southwest, it is best to go first to Yunnan, and experience a variety of local customs of the ethnic groups living there. • It is adj. to do sth it is very important to go to work on time. • a variety of = a number of • 定语的三种形式之三(可参第一课相关): N + doing N that/which + clause ethnic groups living there. ethnic groups that/who are living there. 生活在那的少数民族。
Back to Sichuan, you may visit Mount Emei, Jiuzhaigou and the Dujiang Weir, and take the Three-Gorges cruise along the Yangtze River to Wuhan, a metropolis in central China. • Cruise: 巡航,航行,坐船旅行
From Wuhan, visitors may return to Beijing or continue south for a visit to Mount Lushan and the natural landscapes along the Li River in Guilin before leaving the country at Guangzhou. • landscape: 山水,风景 the Chinese landscape painting • Before/after doing sth Close the windows before leaving the classroom. Turn your work in after finishing it. • How to transform the structure into related adverbial clause? Close the window before you leave the classroom.
Word and phrases in the last para. • incomparable: prefix + compare + suffix in-: not im-; il-; ir- -able : that can be –ed -ible • be categorized in : fall into the the categories of --- • local: 当地的,地方性的,局部的 be located in/at sw. 位于,坐落于
Homework • Collect the proper names in lesson 1 and 2, then sort them out by the way they are translated. • Look through the supplementary reading and find out the phrases or structures that are used to indicate direction. For example: 1. northwest of the city are --- 2. a trip to the west --- • Translate the dish names in the last paragraph.