外国人最想和你聊的文化话题：度假

     After more than 100 years development, the western rural tourism still maintained has taken vacation from the tradition to the modern consistent style was its main product, the traveling activity from is happy by the self-entertainment primarily, does not need the supplies side to provide se dulously.
     历经-百多年的漫长发展，西方乡村旅游仍然保持了从传统到现代的-贯风格--度假是其主要的旅游产品，旅游活动以自娱自乐为主，无需供给方刻意提供。
     On the grounds of its predominance, Qingdao make its aim to vacation item.
     青岛市根据自身发展优势将争创"中国最佳旅游城市"的目标定为度假专项。
     Yalong Bay Holiday-making Resort is the only one that adopts the model of enterprise-dominant development and operation among 12 national resorts in our country.
     三亚亚龙湾度假区是我国首批12个国家级度假区中，唯一一个采用企业化开发运营模式并获得成功的度假区。
     The tourism products all over China and those around the world have experienced different developing phases from scenic areas to mechanic amusements parks, from theme parks to resorts.
     中国和世界的旅游产品发展都已经走过了从风景名胜区到机械游乐园、主题公园再到度假区的轨迹。
     The construction of resorts is the hot project in China in recent years, in which that of hilly ones is mostly common.
     度假村建筑群近年来在我国得到广泛兴建，而山地度假村是较常见的度假村类型之一。
     Nowadays,time-sharing vacation has been the tourist product that grows fastest in America.
     20世纪60年代，分时度假起源于欧洲；70年代，传入美国并得到迅速发展。
     Hainan is the largest special economic zone and the only tropical island province in our country.
     海南是我国最大的经济特区和唯一的热带岛屿省份。
     We shall give full play to Hainan's advantages in tropical agricultural resources and vigorously develop modern tropical agriculture so as to build Hainan into a national winter shopping basket base, a tropical fruit base, a southern seed breeding and production base, a fishery export base and a natural rubber base.
     充分发挥海南热带农业资源优势，大力发展热带现代农业，使海南成为全国冬季菜篮子基地、热带水果基地、南方繁育制种基地、渔业出口基地和天然橡胶基地。
     Short breaks make people happier than long holidays, psychologists have claimed.
     一项研究发现，不时休休短假比一次性休一个长假给人带来的快乐更多。
     Taking frequent short breaks is better for you than one long holiday, research has found.
     心理学家认为，分次休假的人比一次性把假休完的人从度假中得到的快乐更多。
     Psychologists believe that people who use their holiday allowance in bursts rather than all in one goare happier.
     心理学家称，休短假的人比休长假的人拥有更多关于度假的美好回忆。
     Holiday makers break up extended time away by doing some work in the middle of their break saying this would make them more appreciative of their time away from the office.
     人们应该把长假分成若干次来休，工作一段时间休几天假，这样会更加珍惜休假的时光。
     The explanation is that people's enjoyment wanes as they become accustomed to their holiday lifestyle.
     这是因为当人们习惯长假的生活节奏后，度假的愉悦感就会逐渐降低。
     On a long vacation, day seven is less good than day one because it's not as exciting. That's why in general, going away four times [a year] provides more benefit than you would expect, and going away for one week provides less benefit than you would expect.
     如果有一个七天长假，人们在第七天的兴奋感肯定不如第一天。这就是为什么从总体来看，一年休假四次带来的愉悦感会超出你的想象，而一次性休假一周则不如你想象中那么快乐。
     One of the main weapons against stress building up from work is going on vacation.
     我们对付工作压力的利器之一就是去度假。
     Holidays are a firmly established way of allowing the mind and body to recuperate.
     度假毫无疑问是一个让身心都放松的方式。
     Psychologically, beautiful scenery can distract us from our troubles, help us forget our normal stressful environments and reconnect us to nature.
     从心理学角度来看，美丽的景色可以减轻我们的烦恼，帮助我们忘记平时有压力的环境从而融入大自然。

     Walte：Where do you think we should go on holiday this summer?
     沃尔特：你觉得今年夏天我们去哪儿度假？
     Helen：I'd like to go to Australia.
     海伦：我想去澳大利亚。
     Walte：Don't be so silly. That's too far away!
     沃尔特：别犯傻了。那儿太远了。
     Helen：I know it's far to go, but I think it would be something different and special.
     海伦：我知道挺远的。但是去澳洲度假会更特别。
     Walte：I'd really like to go to the Garibbean. We can relax on the beached and enjoy the sunshine.
     沃尔特：我挺想去加勒比海的。我们可以在海滩上舒服地晒太阳。
     Helen：There are beaches in Australia too, but I would prefer a more active holiday this year. We could visit Ayers Rock and the Great Barrier Reef. It would be so exciting.
     海伦：澳洲也有海滩。我希望过一个活力四射的假期，我们可以去看艾尔斯巨石和大堡礁，一定很刺激。
     Walte：But would it be relaxing? I'll be quite tired from doing so much work. The last thing I need is to use more energy racing around Australia. I'd need another holiday to recover from the holiday!
     沃尔特：这是放松吗？干这么多事情肯定很累。我最不愿意的就是花更多的精力绕着澳洲跑，之后还得花一段时间来恢复体力。
     Helen：Oh, come on! A tour of Australia would be relaxing because you'd be doing something different and not working.
     海伦：噢。别这样。去澳洲也是放松。因为你不用工作，可以干别的。
     Walte：Do you think so? I'm not sure. Anyway, tell me your plans for an Australian holiday. How long do you think we should spend there?
     沃尔特：是吗？我不太清楚。无论如何。告诉我你的澳洲计划吧。你觉得我们得在那儿待多久？
     Helen：I think we should go for two weeks. We could spend a week in Sydney and a week at the Great Barrier Reef, including a few days on the beach.
     海伦：我想我们应该去两个礼拜。在悉尼玩一个礼拜，去大堡礁玩一个礼拜，这样可以在沙滩上放松几天。
     Walte：That doesn't sound too bad. I'd certainly like to go diving. That's one reason I wanted to go to the Caribbean.
     沃尔特：听起来不错。我想要潜水，这也是我要去加勒比海的一个原因。
     Helen：We could hire a car and travel around for several days. If we hire a car, we can go where we like.
     海伦：我们可以租辆车四处旅游几天。有车的话，就可以想去哪儿就去哪儿了。
     Walte：We'd have to plan our drive before we leave. Let's get a good guidebook from the bookstore when we go shopping tomorrow.
     沃尔特：我们得在出发前计划一下行车路线。我们明天出去买东西的时候在书店买本导游手册吧。