EP77 旅行攻略 Plan A Travel

 Chinese 101: Talk about things to do before travel;

 

Grammar: Expressing "before" in general; Expressing "although" with "虽然,但是"

 

Language Tips: How To Plan A Self-guide travel? Useful travel-guide apps in China

 

Story of the Day: Lose oneself by Blindly Copying Others  邯郸学步 hán dān xué bù 

 

Dialogue: 

 

A:你去旅行前,都是怎么做攻略的?

 

nǐ qù lǚ xíng qián ,dōu shì zěn me zuò gōng luè de ?

 

When you go traveling, how do you do your travel guide?

 

B:你要自助游?你以前不是一直跟团吗?

 

nǐ yào zì zhù yóu ?nǐ yǐ qián bú shì yī zhí gēn tuán ma?

 

Do you want to travel on your own? You don't want to be with a tour group the whole time, right?

 

A:跟团游虽然省心,但是限制多。我想尝试一下自由行。

 

gēn tuán yóu suī rán shěng xīn ,dàn shì xiàn zhì duō 。wǒ xiǎng cháng shì yī xià zì yóu xíng。

 

Traveling with a tour group definitely saves one trouble, but it has lots of limitations. I want to try traveling on my own.

 

B:做攻略很简单。你先看一些介绍,确定一下路线。然后提前预定好住宿和机票。

 

zuò gōng luè hěn jiǎn dān 。nǐ xiān kàn yī xiē jiè shào ,què dìng yī xià lù xiàn 。rán hòu tí qián yù dìng hǎo zhù sù hé jī piào 。

 

It’s easy to plan a trip, you should take a look at some information first and decide on a route. Then book your flight and accommodation

 

A:好的,谢谢你。

 

hǎo de ,xiè xiè nǐ。

 

Okay, thank you.

 

B:不客气!

 

bú kè qì !

 

You’re welcome!

 

Words & expressions:

 

【旅行】lǚ xíng:travel

 

【攻略】gōng luè: guide

 

【自助游】zì zhù yóu: self-guide travel

 

【跟团游】gēn tuán yóu:Group Travel

 

【省心】shěng xīn: save worry

 

【限制】xiàn zhì:limit

 

【尝试】cháng shì:try

 

【自由行】zì yóu xíng: self-guide travel

 

【介绍】jiè shào:introduce

 

【路线】lù xiàn: route

 

【预定】yù dìng:book; make a reservation

 

【住宿】zhù sù:accommodation

 

【机票】jī piào:flight ticket

 

Hosts: Liu Min & Mark

 

Programme Editor: Lu Chang

 

Producer: Lu Chang