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标 题: TWE写作素材(1)——Travelling
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2001年02月26日13:18:34 星期一), 站内信件
Travelling
What is traveling?
Traveling is setting out for several months with little money and an open
mind,
use local transportation, eat mostly local food, meeting the locals – and
fellow
travelers. Traveling is meeting people. At the bottom of it all, traveling
is living.
Traveling is also self-reflection. An empty pharmacy in Western Zambia and
a minefield
in Cambodia can make you change your mind about your own little problems
Experience of one student
During our business trip in the New Jersey, we visited quite a lot of places
. I was always the guide whose responsibility is to provide our driver with
the most time-saving route and plan the travel itinerancy.
Every time one day before our trip, I will search on the Internet for the in
formation about the place we will visit. Usually, the local government or so
me travel agencies have their own web sites which can provides us plenty inf
ormation ,such as the famous sites, special scenes , interesting food or som
e quaint custom. For example, on the Thanksgiving of 1999, we went to the Wa
shington DC, Baltimore and Annapolis. I learned before hand that in Baltimor
e, there is a aquarium that ranks second in US; in Annapolis, there is a Nav
y Academic from which many famous generals graduated; in Washington, we can
visit the place where Forest Gump cried ' Jenny' and held his lover.
Another tool internet can provide us is the online map. If we want to go to
a place that we have never been to, all that I need to do is to input the st
art point's zip code and the end point's zip code. The web site will provide
me with several choices,some is most time-saving, some can help us avoid th
e possible traffic, some can save us the Toll fee we have to pay otherwise.
Beijing people enjoy travelling abroad
LI Hong and her husband are still enjoying happy memories of their honeymoon
in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macao over Spring Festival.
It is the first time for the young couple to spend the Chinese Lunar New Yea
r abroad.
"I think the happy tour will be unforgettable in our memory because of the e
xotic atmosphere and good service provided by the travel service," Li said.
Li, an employee in a joint venture and her husband, who works in an exhibiti
on company in Beijing, spent 16,400 yuan (US$2,000) for the 15-day tour.
Like the young couple, many residents of Beijing choose to travel abroad or
visit other provinces in the country during their holidays, instead of stayi
ng at home for the traditional family reunion.
Although nearly all the travel agencies in the capital had prepared for the
peak season for overseas travels, the limited capacity of the airlines could
not meet the demands of so many tourists, according to Wang Suqi, deputy ge
neral manager of the Outbound Travel Department of China International Trave
l Service (CITS).
Wang estimated that there were nearly 30,000 Beijingers participating in var
ious tours to Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Macao during the
holidays. This was twice as many as last year's holiday.
"It is usual now for ordinary people to travel abroad or make a trip to well
-known scenic spots in other provinces, because their living standard has ch
anged," Wang said.
In the past years, people regarded Spring Festival as an important occasion
for family reunion; but now, many people consider it an ideal time for rest
and relaxation.
"Most of them have a desire to go abroad for the holidays. Because they have
already bought the domestic appliances, such as colour TV sets, refrigerato
rs, washing machines and air-conditioners, they need and have money to spare
," Wang added.
The country's tourism administration has negotiated agreements with Australi
a, New Zealand and some Southeast Asian countries so that Chinese citizens c
an enjoy more reasonably charged holidays there.
However, some small and low-quality travel agencies have tried to seek exorb
itant fees and profits.
The malpractices have seriously violated the rights and interests of the tou
rists. As a result, more and more potential tourists will turn to the large-
size State-owned travel agencies, such as the CITS, China Travel Service and
China Youth Travel Service, Wang said.
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Date: 03/11/99
Author: Cao Min
Copyright? by China Daily
Survey: Travel gains popularity as income rises
GUANGZHOU _ With incomes rising, a growing number of Guangzhou families are
taking to travelling for recreation.
A recent survey indicated that a large number of local citizens plan to trav
el in the coming year, and that most of the potential tourists will travel w
ithin China.
The survey, conducted recently by the Guangzhou municipal government, will h
elp the authorities formulate policy.
The survey interviewed 10,000 families of various income levels on issues in
cluding investment, housing, social concerns, purchasing power, and car owne
rship.
According to the survey, 36.35 per cent of the respondents expressed a desir
e to travel.
The survey suggests that a family's income decides whether people will trave
l in the coming year.
More than half of the families with higher incomes will travel in 1999, wher
eas less than 20 per cent of those with lower incomes will do so, the survey
reported.
Travel plans were closely related to professions, according to the survey.
Among those families with plans to travel, private business owners expect to
spend 10,571 yuan (US$1,273) on travelling on average, while those engaged
in primary industries expect to spend 3,667 yuan (US$441), or 6,904 yuan (US
$831) less.
The survey indicates that most Guangzhou citizens will travel around either
the nation or the province.
Among potential tourists, those who want to travel around the nation account
ed for 43.81 per cent and those staying in the province made up 28.91 per ce
nt.
Ouyang Fei, an official with the municipal statistics bureau, which conducte
d the survey, said that the nation's promotional campaign for "1999 Ecotour
China" and its rich tourism resources have helped lure many Guangzhou touris
ts to domestic natural attractions.
He said that the income of local families also plays a significant role in t
heir final decisions.
Of those preferring overseas destinations, families with high incomes amount
ed to 38.84 per cent of the total and those with low income made up 8.33 per
cent.
The gap is much narrower among those choosing domestic destinations: high-in
come families accounted for 26.98 per cent and low-income families made up 1
5.1 per cent.
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Date: 01/04/99
Author: Zhan Lisheng
Copyright? by China Daily
Travelling globe on a shoestring
ALAIN Bezard, a slim, middle-aged Frenchman, had been travelling for 15 mont
hs by walking, bicycling, hitchhiking and any other cost-free means before r
eaching Beijing late last month. Without hearing the details of his story, i
t would be difficult to believe this scraggy body could contain so much ener
gy. The trip is part of a project whose final objective is to cross the Beri
ng Strait on December 31, 1999 to celebrate the coming new millennium.
Bezard's project, named "Travelling The Blue Planet," was inspired by a Brit
ish TV programme in which rich and eccentric people were invited to talk abo
ut their luxury travel plans to celebrate the new millennium. Although homel
ess and dependent on social welfare, Bezard contrived his brave idea: to cel
ebrate the new millennium by any means possible _ but without money.
Bezard set out from London, went through France and central Europe, then cro
ssed Turkey, Iran, India and Pakistan, from where he and a partner entered C
hina.
"Our aim is to travel around the globe by the simplest means to discover dif
ferent cultures and meet different people _ who are welcome to join us at an
ytime," said Bezard. He even created a website at www.geocities.com/The Trop
ics/Lagoon/4390/. He has already attracted seven other persons interested in
participating in the adventure. One of them has joined him and the others w
ill gather in Beijing and Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
"During this journey, I have received and am receiving all kinds of help fro
m individuals, organizations and governments, which shows that communication
between different people is not too difficult," he said. The Frenchman poin
ted out that room and board in Beijing is being provided by Waleys Green Bay
at Jinghua Hotel.
His comments were supported by those of his partner, Ismael Ruiz, a young Sp
aniard from Barcelona, who went to India to look for Bezard and eventually c
aught up with him in Pakistan.
"People provided us with food, resting places, and help in getting visas and
Internet access so that we could travel to every country on our route legal
ly," said Ruiz. "Some of these people didn't have enough money for their own
basic needs."
Bezard is no stranger to travelling in ways that most people would consider
torturous. In 1978, when he was 22, Bezard made his first major trip by bicy
cling from France to Greece. This encouraged him to make more trips, and he
soon covered Europe, Asia and Africa. "I have never fallen sick except for a
little cold, which requires no medicine," boasted Bezard.
In 1988 he came to China for the first time when he travelled by bicycle fro
m Hong Kong to Kunming, capital of Yunnan Province. From Kunming he continue
d his journey on foot and by hitchhiking to Lhasa, capital of the Tibet Auto
nomous Region. He later entered India. "Chinese people are very kind and are
always ready to help others," said Bezard. "Before entering China, we had t
o cross a 4,700-metre-high mountain. It was very cold, but the hospitality o
f Chinese police at a frontier defence station warmed us, and an officer acc
ompanied us on foot for more than 15 kilometres."
When they reached Taxkorgan, a little town in the western part of the Xinjia
ng Uygur Autonomous Region, the local police chief drove them more than 200
kilometres.
On this trip, the first sizable Chinese city they arrived at was Kashi in so
uthern Xinjiang. "Here we got help from a student, who translated our sign i
nto Chinese and made copies of it," said Bezard, who always displays the sig
n in China when seeking help from local people.
After Kashi, their travels became more difficult. "We did not take money and
food with us. We stopped to ask help from local residents when hungry, trie
d to find passing vehicles to hitchhike when we were too tired to walk and i
n most cases stayed overnight with local families."
Things got more difficult on the southern edge of the Taklimakan Desert. "On
two occasions we did not meet anyone or see a home for a whole day," said B
ezard. "We had to travel step by step in the deep sand and through strong sa
nd storms."
But he claimed that the experience did not make his partner and him desperat
e. "After all, we are here in Beijing and are accepting an interview. The me
mories are always interesting and leave no place for desperation."
There were also misunderstandings, but Bezard said the purpose of their trav
el was precisely to overcome them. "One day we hitchhiked with a truck somew
here in Xinjiang and showed the Uygur driver our sign in Chinese. After the
long drive, the driver stopped to ask for a fee, but we did not have a cent.
We explained this to him but the driver understood neither English nor Chin
ese and became very angry. He pushed us around and wanted to beat us, but fi
nally brought us to the police station. Fortunately, a policeman understood
English and supported our travels. He even sent us some kilometres with a ca
r," said Bezard.
In Lanzhou, capital of the western province Gansu, they were aided by a loca
l friend who bought them train tickets to Beijing.
In big cities, however, money seems more important than during travelling.
"Here we have to pay our room and board, and more urgently, we have to pay t
he fee for visas."
In New Delhi, India, Bezard got the necessary money and visas for Pakistan,
and in China he got money partly by sponsorships from local residents and pa
rtly from his work as a French conversation partner with Alliance Francaise.
"This is not the first time I have tried to obtain money for travelling by
working. Some years ago I bicycled across the Middle East and down to southe
rn Sudan by playing flute and even as a construction worker."
Ruiz said they could do a lot of things to earn what was urgently needed for
the next phases of their project, heading towards the Bering Strait. "We on
ly need some money to maintain our life in Beijing, where we will have to st
ay for the visas of Mongolia and Russia, the gathering of our friends, the n
ecessary preparations for the following travels and maybe attracting some Ch
inese members," said Ruiz. Bezard added they also hoped to be provided one s
mall room in Beijing for 20 days, Internet access and were looking for help
to get visas for entering Mongolia.
They are now staying in a friend's room because they could not afford 25 yua
n (US$3) for a room in the basement of Jinghua Hotel, and are waiting for as
sistance and can be contacted at 64030204 or Alain_Bezard@-hotmail.com.
But the difficulties in no way reduce their optimism. Bezard and Ruiz said t
hey try to visit noted natural wonders and historical sites on the road, and
to understand different peoples by direct communication. "It is a different
experience from those obtained from books. Here you meet the persons in the
ir real lives," said Ruiz.
"Travelling and communication could promote peace in the world," said Bezard
. "Those who launch wars do not have real experience... People should stop t
he wars. After all, all of us are citizens of the world."
When asked how his friends and neighbours evaluate his life as a ceaseless t
raveller, Bezard pointed out a young man nearby: "Ask him!" His self-confide
nce seemed justified after the latter, Jan-Willem Hollenman, a Dutch travell
er, said: "I wish I could join them if possible."
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