1 . 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
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 vehicle 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.Here are some reasons we think you need to try slow travel |
F.Your communication tends to be more relaxed and more real |
G.Maybe you’re used to jumping from one attraction after another |
2 . If you explore somewhere interesting, you should never miss the three beautiful bookstores in the world.
City Lights
City Lights, an independent bookstore-publisher combination specializing (专门从事) in world literature, the arts and politics, is still one of the world’s greatest bookstore since it was founded by the poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti. It became well-known for publishing important poem Howl and Other Poems. Having been a gathering place for American literary icons (偶像), like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. City Lights is located at 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco.
Shakespeare and Company
Originally founded in 1919 by Sylvia Beach, Shakespeare and Company is a combination of a bookstore and a reading library, specializing in English-language literature. In the 1920s, the store was a meeting point for literary icons such as Ezra Pound, Ernest Hemingway and James Joyce. Located in the 5th arrondissement (郡,法国行政区), on Paris’s Left Bank, the current store was opened in 1951, named after and in honor of the earlier store that closed during World War II.
Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore
The 800-year- old Domonican church in Maastricht has been turned into one of the most beautiful bookstore in the world- Selexyz Dominicanen Bookstore. The store keeps the character and charm of the old church. It houses the largest stock of books in English in the city. Reading here is a special experience.
1. Where is City Lights?A.In Maastricht. | B.In Paris. | C.In San Francisco | D.In Berlin. |
A.Sylvia Beach | B.Ernest Hemingway | C.James Joyce | D.Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
A.It became well-known because of a poem. | B.It was closed during World War II. |
C.It keeps the character of an old church. | D.It contains a great number of travel books. |
1. Who does the woman travel with?
A.Her classmates. | B.Her parents. | C.A travel guide. |
A.Beijing. | B.Dunhuang. | C.Xi’an. |
A.Her parents are busy. | B.She isn’t interested in it. | C.Her parents don’t like it. |
A.Taste Peking duck. | B.Visit the Great Wall. | C.Tour the Palace Museum. |
4 . With over 70% of the country blanketed in forest, Bhutan is rich in outdoor activities and charming villages that showcase a distinctive culture found nowhere else on the Earth. Here are our picks for the best places to add to your Bhutan traveling list.
ParoLess than 10 minutes away from the airport, the historic riverside town of Paro is known for the National Museum, Rinpung Dzong and symbolic Tiger’s Nest Monastery. Wander along Paro’s streets and the Paro Weekend Market to explore shops and stands offering handmade souvenirs. When you’ve worked up an appetite, step into any restaurant for fresh, handmade momo dumplings.
ThimphuIn Bhutan’s capital city, spend the day creating your own stamps at the Bhutan Postal Museum, touring the massive Thimphu’s museums and watching policemen manually direct traffic(there are no traffic lights in the entire city). When the sun sets below the mountains, enjoy yourself at bars like Grey Area, a popular art bar with live music where you can shout “tashi delek!”, a Xizang’s expression for good luck and health.
PunakhaBeloved for riverside farms where cows eat among rice and pepper fields, Punakha is home to what is its most beautiful temple, which sits along the Punakha River. Punakha’s low altitude means it tends to be hotter and sunnier than nearby towns and districts, which means you’ll need to take precautions to avoid sunburn.
KhomaFashion lovers can expect to visit behind the curtain in Bhutan’s textile center, Khoma. In the eastern district of Lhuentse, this village is home to roughly 1,000 residents—and few cars. Khoma’s artisans spend their days weaving delicate patterns and designs on traditional Bhutanese looms (织布机), creating colors from the area’s minerals and plants.
1. What is recommended for visitors traveling in Thimphu?A.Acting as a policeman. | B.Enjoying the nightlife. |
C.Purchasing ancient stamps. | D.Trying handmade dumplings. |
A.Food. | B.Life jackets. | C.Sunblock. | D.Warming clothing. |
A.Paro. | B.Thimphu. | C.Punakha. | D.Khoma. |
5 . 语法填空
Known as the “Eastern Moscow”, Harbin has always been regarded as
6 . Amsterdam Destination Guide
Amsterdam is one of the most popular travel destinations in the world, famous for its beautiful canals, top art museums, cycling culture and so on. It is the capital and most populous city in the Netherlands and often referred to as the “Venice of the North” because of its expansive system of bridges and canals. Here are some of the key points to remember as you plan your trip to Amsterdam.
Boom Season | Population | Language(s) | Currency | January Climate | July Climate |
May to October | 813,562 | Dutch | Euro | Average high: 5.8℃ | Average high: 22.0℃ |
Most visitors begin their Amsterdam adventure in the Old Centre, which is full of traditional architecture, shopping centers, and coffee shops. You’ll also want to check out Amsterdam’s Museum Quarter in the South District, which is great for shopping at the Albert Cnyp Market and having a picnic in the Vondelpark. The top museums to visit there are the Rijksmusuem, the Ann Frank House, and the Van Gogh Museum.
If You Have Time
There are several other unique districts in Amsterdam, and you should try to explore as many of them as time allows. The Canal Ring is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was originally built to attract wealthy home owners and is a center for celebrity spotting and nightlife today. The Plantage area has most of the city’s museums, including the Jewish Historical Museum, the Scheepvaart Museum, and the botanical gardens.
Money Saving Tips
●Unless you really want to see the tulips blooming, avoid booking between mid-March and mid-May. This is when hotel and flight prices rise.
●Look for accommodations in Amsterdam’s South District, where rates are generally cheaper than in the city center.
●Buy train tickets at the machine instead of the counter to save a bit of money.
●Instead of hiring a tour guide, hop on a canal boat. They’re inexpensive and will give you a unique point of view of the city,
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1. What can be learned about Amsterdam from this passage?A.Amsterdam is called the “Venice of the North” because of its location. |
B.The Van Gogh Museum lies in Amsterdam’s Museum Quarter. |
C.The Old Centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
D.The Canal Ring is a place to attract garden lovers. |
A.arrange a guided canal tour |
B.buy train tickets at the counter |
C.reserve a hotel in the South District |
D.book flights between mid-March and mid-May |
A.A magazine. | B.An essay. | C.A report. | D.A website. |
Recently, many netizens posted videos on social media claiming that Harbin has launched a “photo shoot with a white fox” project to entertain tourists. The white fox in the video
For this project, some people believe it is
Mr. He, the person in charge of Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival, said that the scenic area has introduced this project to
Mr. He said that due to the continuous
8 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Meet Yourself,
Actor Li Xian,
Xu Hailong, an associate professor of cultural industry at Capital Normal University, said that the drama could also
A.She’s only interested in modern cities. |
B.She prefers to explore the nature. |
C.She’ll visit the Grand Canyon with a friend. |
10 . It is 10 in the morning, and I am travelling by raft down the Li River. The sun is already burning hot even though it has not yet reached full strength, but a calm breeze cools my skin. So far the day is wonderful, but the purpose of my trip is not just to have fun: I am following in the footsteps of Xu Xiake(1587-1641), the famous Chinese travel writer and geographer. Though Xu was from Jiangsu, he spent more than 30 years travelling throughout the country, and greatly admired my destination today—ox Gorge.
As we flow down the river, we are surrounded by steep hills sticking up into the sky-karsts. Karsts are rock formations made of limestone. They have been sculpted by water and millions of years of erosion into these beautiful natural sculptures. Guangxi is full of karsts, giving it some of the most interesting—and beautiful—scenery in the world. Xu was one of the first people to make a careful study of Guiln’s karsts and their related cave systems. He, like many people today, found them fascinating.
Suddenly, our raft hits some rapids, and I find myself covered in water. I turn to my raftsman and we share a laugh. The water not only keeps us cool, but it is all part of the adventure.
What made someone like Xu spend years traveling thousands of kilometres away from home? Perhaps it’s the same reason as mine: to explore the world and to discover new things. As Xu wrote, “A great man should in the morning be at the blue sea, and in the evening at Mount Cangwu. Why should I restrict myself to one corner of the world?
Xu was not alone. Much like today, the late Ming Dynasty was a golden age of tourism within China. People travelled hundreds of kilometres to visit temples, go mountain climbing, or explore scenery.
Yet, perhaps no one in China travelled farther or longer than Xu Xiake. At least, if anyone did they did not write about it.
1. Why did the author decide to go to the Guilin?A.Just to have fun and relax himself. |
B.To explore the world and discover the new things. |
C.To enjoy the scenery and recall a Chinese famous travel writer |
D.To travel by raft down the Li River. |
A.Xu Xiake admired the scenery of ox-Gorge but he had not been here. |
B.Guilin’s karsts are formed by water’s erosion over the years. |
C.The author felt frustrated while he fell into the water from the raft. |
D.People in the Ming Dynasty enjoyed travelling around the country. |
A.Limit. | B.Control. | C.Improve. | D.Behave. |
A.Hardworking | B.Adventurous | C.Courageous | D.Ambitious. |