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Dialogue:

 

A:我最近想去旅游,你有什么推荐?

 

wǒ zuì jìn xiǎng qù lǚ yóu ,nǐ yǒu shén me tuī jiàn?

 

I am planning a travel recently, do you have any suggestions?

 

B:太多了!大理,杭州,西安,青岛...都是很热门的目的地!

 

tài duō le!dà lǐ ,háng zhōu ,xī ān ,qīng dǎo ...dōu shì hěn rè mén de mù dì dì!

 

So many! Dali, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Qingdao...all of them are popular destinations!

 

A:有没有小众一点的地方?

 

yǒu méi yǒu xiǎo zhòng yī diǎn de dì fāng?

 

Any relatively niche places?

 

B:我觉得内蒙古大草原很不错,是个避暑的好地方。

 

wǒ jué dé nèi méng gǔ dà cǎo yuán hěn bú cuò ,shì gè bì shǔ de hǎo dì fāng。

 

I think Inner Mongolia prairie is a good place to avoid summer heat.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【最近】zuì jìn:recently

 

【旅游】lǚ yóu: travel

 

【推荐】tuī jiàn: suggest, suggestion

 

【热门】rè mén: popular, hot

 

【目的地】mù dì dì: destination

 

【小众】xiǎo zhòng: niche, small crowded, small group of people, minority

 

【地方】dì fāng: place

 

【内蒙古】nèi méng gǔ:Inner Mongolia 

 

【草原】cǎo yuán: prairie, grassland

 

【避暑】bì shǔ: avoid summer heat, prevent sunstroke