Slow travel is about connecting deeply with your travels. Rather than rushing from one place to another, slow travelers treat each experience as an opportunity to learn and feel more deeply to the people, culture, and food they want to explore.
Relax and enjoy
Once, a vacation provided relaxation from the stress of everyday life. But over time, we began trying to put everything we want into a checklist.
Have more memorable experiences
If you’re used to jumping from one attraction after another, the idea of slow travel may feel like you’ll miss the latest Top 10. In fact, you free yourself from scratching the surface of everything without enjoying anything.
Meet people and actually get to know them
When you decide to take the slow travel route, you free yourself up to meet and spend time with others. You can meet locals at a park or restaurant and enjoy a conversation. Learn about the people on your food tour. You may even decide that you like someone enough to meet him/her later for lunch or a coffee.
Traveling by plane, train, and bus has a bad effect on the environment. We can transport ourselves to one location and spend more time exploring it on foot, by bike or on horseback. That’s less harmful to the planet than rushing to the next thing on the list with whatever vehical that will get us there in a hurry.
| A．Be more eco-friendly. |
| B．Experience different means of transportation. |
| C．This created more stress than we were escaping. |
| D．Making a checklist makes your journey more organized. |
| E．Slow travel allows you the time to feel a destination. |
| F．Here are some reasons we think you need to try slow travel. |
| G．Your communication tends to be more relaxed and more real. |
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【推荐1】How to stay healthy on holiday
Taking time to relax on holiday may be good for our health.
Plan before you go
Besides the stress of organizing your break in the first place, there’s the added anxiety of remembering to buy and pack everything you need, as well as getting where you need to go on time. To avoid this, as soon as you’ve booked your holiday, list the travel documents you’ll need. Check you have them and they’re valid (有效的). Then start packing several weeks in advance, giving yourself time to buy some daily necessities.
Try to forget the cares of everyday life. You can achieve this by ensuring you don’t check emails or social media, or feel obligated to use it to record your best holiday moments. Ideally, turn off notices, limit your screen time and try to focus on the present moment. That will enable you to relax and make special memories.
Eat and drink well and mindfully
Get active
Try a new activity. Consider walking and swimming or tennis.
| A．Ignore all the barriers in life |
| B．Get rid of the digital addiction |
| C．But there’s a physical reason for this |
| D．However, too much relaxation also has opposite effects |
| E．Part of the fun of going away is experiencing the cuisine of other places |
| F．On departure day, leave more time than you need to get to an airport or port |
| G．If you’re somewhere hot, it’s best to work out in the early morning or evening |
【推荐2】Travelling is a very enjoyable experience as it provides an opportunity to see new things.
Another great benefit is the relaxation you get.
It’s never been this cheap to travel. With increasing oil prices the cheap travel era might be coming to an end.
With the Internet and all the new technology, you can plan your trip exactly the way you want it. You can choose your budget, the duration of the trip and what you want to do.
| A．It’s nice to enjoy a stress-free time. |
| B．As the saying goes, you never know what you have until you lose it. |
| C．When traveling with friends or family it creates memories of a lifetime. |
| D．Discovering different values and ways to get by in life is really interesting. |
| E．Going on a trip means that you are most likely going to spend time outside. |
| F．However, there are still many budget airlines fighting for your dollar right now. |
| G．There are many benefits other than enjoying yourself that can be realized when you travel. |
【推荐3】Whether you feel like taking a trip, or you just need some fun, you’ll enjoy this list of popular tourist attractions.
Alabama: Alabama Gulf Coast Beaches
If Alabama wasn’t the location for your next summer beach vacation, you may want to reconsider. There are 51 kilometers of white sand beaches made almost entirely of quartz grains (石英颗粒) washed down from the Appalachian Mountains thousands of years ago. That’s probably why over six million people visit Alabama’s Gulf Coast Beaches every year. Ten dollars per person.
Alaska: Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise
Alaska is the place to go for spotting breathtaking (令人惊叹的) wildlife. In fact, the number of visitors who travel to Alaska to see wildlife has increased by 45 percent. The Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise will bring you up close to whales, sea lions and sea birds. It is a five-hour trip that starts at noon and covers 88 kilometers of sea, and it will be the best $98 you ever spent.
Arkansas: Hot Springs National Park
Skip the beach and choose a new type of relaxation at Hot Springs National Park. It’s America’s oldest national park. It is also the only urban national park. You don’t need to make reservations (预订). Doors open at 8 a. m., so get there early!
Connecticut: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History is a must stop if you’re travelling nearby Yale University. It attracts plenty of people and has many collections including New England birds, dinosaurs, Greek and Roman antiquities (古董), and even an Egyptian mummy (木乃伊). Adults pay $13 for entry, but if you want to visit for free, go on a Thursday.
1. Why do many people visit Alabama Gulf Coast Beaches?| A．It has a good and convenient location. | B．It has a history of thousands of years. |
| C．It has long white sand beaches. | D．The Appalachian Mountains are beautiful. |
| A．Arkansas: Hot Springs National Park. | B．Alaska: Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise. |
| C．Alabama: Alabama Gulf Coast Beaches. | D．Connecticut: Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History. |
| A．It attracts plenty of people. | B．It is beautiful and attractive. |
| C．It is free on certain days. | D．It is the smallest museum in America. |
