| 19D | 20D | 21A | 22B | 23A | 24D | 25D |
| 26A | 27A | 28C | 29D | 30D |
Ping: Here is the plan for our camp trip. Tell me if anything is wrong.
| GREEN VILLAGE CAMP · Thursday to Sunday |
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| Bus leaves school 7:30 Thursday |
| Three nights, six students a room |
| Cost 2,400 (food and bus included) |
| Bring: vest, hat, own water bottle |
| Day 2: a tour of the fish farm |
Ken: Two thousand four hundred for three nights? That is eight hundred a night for everything.
Ping: Right. My brother went last year and said the food alone was worth it.
Ken: I will come. But I cannot leave at 7:30; my train from the south arrives at 8:00.
Ping: Then take the second bus at 9:15. Just tell the office by Tuesday.
萍:這是我們露營旅行的計畫。有問題告訴我。
| 綠村營隊 · 星期四至星期日 |
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| 星期四 7:30 校門發車 |
| 三晚,六人一室 |
| 費用 2,400(含餐與車資) |
| 請帶:背心、帽子、自己的水壺 |
| 第二天:漁場導覽 |
肯:三晚兩千四?等於一晚八百全包。
萍:對。我哥哥去年去過,說光是伙食就值得了。
肯:我會去。但我沒辦法 7:30 出發,我從南部來的火車八點才到。
萍:那就搭 9:15 的第二班車。星期二前告訴辦公室就好。
Every Thursday · 8:10 to 8:30 · In your own classroom
You do not have to finish anything, and nobody will ask you what the book was about. If you find after ten minutes that you do not like the book, you may change it once. A box of books sits near the door for students who forget.
This is not a test. We do not count pages, and the reading hour will never be used to punish a class. If you cannot read that morning because you feel ill, just sit quietly and rest.
每週四 · 8:10 至 8:30 · 在自己的教室
你不必讀完任何東西,也不會有人問你這本書在講什麼。如果十分鐘後發現不喜歡那本書,可以換一次。門邊有一箱書,給忘記帶書的同學。
這不是考試。我們不計頁數,閱讀時間也絕不會被拿來處罰班級。如果你那天早上身體不舒服而讀不下去,就安靜坐著休息。
Dear Sir,
My family of four would like to stay at your hotel from July 3 to July 6. I have two questions before I book.
First, your page says a room holds two people. Can a room take two adults and two children of nine and eleven, or must we take two rooms? Second, my son had an injury to his leg last month and cannot walk far. Is there a room on the ground floor, or a lift?
We are coming from the Philippines and will arrive at eleven at night, so we may also need somebody at the desk that late. Please write back this week if you can.
Thank you, Maria Cruz
敬啟者:
我們一家四口想在七月三日至六日入住貴旅館。訂房前我有兩個問題。
第一,貴網頁說一間房可住兩人。一間房能住兩位大人和九歲、十一歲的兩個孩子嗎?還是必須訂兩間?第二,我兒子上個月腿部受傷,無法走遠。請問有一樓的房間,或是有電梯嗎?
我們從菲律賓過來,晚上十一點才會抵達,所以可能也需要那麼晚還有人在櫃檯。可以的話請於本週回覆。
謝謝,瑪麗亞‧克魯茲
Before a vacation, most people look for the best places to see, and they read about which ones are worth the time. They read an article, save a list, and arrive with a plan. This is useful, and it also means they often see exactly what everyone else sees.
People who remember a place best are usually the ones who got a little lost. They asked a question in a language they did not speak well, ate the wrong dish by mistake, one that did not fit their diet at all, and were helped by somebody whose name they never learned.
A plan protects you from trouble, but it also protects you from surprise. The strongest memory of a trip is seldom the famous building. It is the ten minutes you did not plan, standing in a street you could not find again if you tried.
度假前,多數人會先找最值得看的景點,並讀資料判斷哪些值得花時間。他們讀一篇文章、存下一份清單,帶著計畫抵達。這很有用,但也意味著他們往往看到的,正是所有人都看到的東西。
把一個地方記得最深的旅人,通常是那些稍微迷過路的人。他們用不熟悉的語言問路、因為弄錯而點了完全不符合自己飲食習慣的菜、並被某個他們從未知道名字的人幫助過。
計畫讓你免於麻煩,但也讓你免於驚喜。一趟旅程最強烈的記憶,很少是那棟有名的建築。而是你沒有安排的那十分鐘,站在一條你再也找不到的街上。