Part V Reading
Passage 1
The Difference between Tour Leader and Tour Guide
The titles are different; however they are often wrongly used interchangeably.
A Tour Guide is someone who works within an area they know very well.They provide a tour of a city，park or specific attraction like Niagara Falls.Their job entails providing commentary，routing the tour and seeing that people have a good time.They are paid by a local company and typically work on a daily basis.
A Tour Leader is someone who leads a group overseas.They may or may not have visited the place prior.Their job entails ensuring the people get what they paid for，facilitating the flight，and making sure the people have a good time.They are the person who takes a person to see a doctor or throws a“welcome cocktail party”on arrival.They work together with the Tour Guide and sometimes a National Guide as well.They may be paid by the Tour Operator who planned the trip or sometimes a Travel Agent who put the trip together.A professional Tour Leader typically will lead about a dozen trips a year.
A National Guide (also known as a Tour Director or Tour Manger)is someone who leads a group throughout a country or part of a country.Their job entails providing commentary，routing the tour，timing the tour and looking after logistics like hotel check-ins and reservations for attractions.Contrary to popular belief they are in charge of everything not the Coach Driver.They are paid by the Tour Operator and typically work fulltime for the tour season.
Words:
1.attraction n.景区
2.belief n. 观念，理念
3.commentary n 讲解
4.ensure vt.确保
5.entail vt.包括，包含
6.facilitate vt.促进，推动
7.interchangeably adv.交换地，交替地
8.lead vt.带领
9.logistics n.组织工作
10.overseas adj.海外的，国外的
11.prior adj.在先的，在前的
12.provide vt.提供
13.reservation n. 预定
14.route vt/n.安排行程、路线
15.specific adj.具体的，明确的
16.title n. 标题，头衔
Phrases:
be in charge of 负责，主管
check-in 入住酒店，办理登机手续
coach Driver 司机
contrary to 与……相反
national guide 全陪
see a doctor 看医生
together with 与……一起
tour guide 导游
tour leader 领队
tour operator 旅游经营者
travel agent 旅行社
cocktail party 鸡尾酒晚会
Terms:
Niagara Falls 尼亚加拉大瀑布
Exercises:
1.Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1)What are the major differences between tour leader and tour guide?
2)What are tour leader’s jobs?
3)What are tour guide’s jobs?
4)You are the tour leader of an overseas group，what would you do to make your group members enjoy their trips?
2.Put the following expressions into English.
1)旅行社 2)入住酒店，办理登机手续 3)导游 4)领队
5)旅游经营者 6)海外团 7)安排旅游行程
3.Choose an appropriate word or phrase to fill in each blank to make each sentence meaningful，and change its form where necessary.
attractions specific lead together with contrary to route entail prior logistics
1)A tour guide provides a tour of a city，park or _____ attraction like Niagara Falls.
2)A Tour Leader is someone who _____ a group overseas.
3)They work _______ the Tour Guide and sometimes a National Guide as well.
4)They may or may not have visited the place_______.
5)_____popular belief they are in charge of everything not the Coach Driver.
6)Their job_______ providing commentary，_______the tour，timing the tour and looking after__ like hotel check-ins and reservations for_______.
4.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1)Their job entails providing commentary，routing the tour and seeing that people have a good time.
2)They work together with the Tour Guide and sometimes a National Guide as well.
3)A professional Tour Leader typically will lead about a dozen trips a year.
4)Their job entails ensuring the people get what they paid for，facilitating the flight，and making sure the people have a good time.
5)Contrary to popular belief they are in charge of everything not the Coach Driver.
Passage 2
Sightseeing on London
London，a capital city，is full of art and history.London is also an important political and financial centre.
Whatever you think about London，visiting as a tourist is very different from living there.Each part of London has its own character.Some parts are richer than others，or more industrial，or have better housing.
Let’s start with the centre，the “Square Mile”.This is the oldest part of London.In the past，this is where all financial business was done.Not many people live here，but 300，000 people work here every day.
Moving west，we come to the West End.This busy shopping and entertainment district is bursting with things to do.Take a walk down Oxford Street，past big department stores like Selfridges and Harrods.Rents here are very high，a one-bedroom apartment may cost around 1000 pounds (14，845 yuan)a week.
Further away is West London.This area is more residential and very fashionable.You can see the home of Diana，the Prince of Wales:Kensington Palace.Notting Hill，made famous by the film starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts，is here.
The East End contains the Port of London，which historically is where many immigrants first arrived.Waves of French，Belgians，Jews，Pakistanis and Bangladeshis have all lived here.This makes the area very diverse，but also quite poor.It has a reputation as being dangerous.
It is difficult to be general about London.The city is made up of a “collection of villages”，each area with its own character and community.
Put them all together，and you have London，a cosmopolitan capital.
Words:
1.apartment n.公寓
2.character n.特征
3.community n.社区
4.cosmopolitan adj.国际化的
5.diverse adj.多样化的
6.entertainment n.娱乐，休闲
7.fashionable adj.时尚的
8.general adj.大概的，总体上的
9.immigrants n.移民
10.industrial adj.工业化的
11.reputation n.声誉
12.residential adj.适合居住的
Phrases:
1.be bursting with 充满，挤满
2.be different from 不同于……
3.be full of 充满
4.be made up of 由……组成
5.political and financial centre 政治金融中心
6.start with 以……为开始
Terms:
1.Bangladeshis 孟加拉国人
2.Belgians 比利时人
3.Jews 犹太教徒
4.Kensington Palace 肯辛顿宫
5.Notting Hill 诺丁山
6.Oxford Street 牛津大街
7.Pakistanis 巴基斯坦人
8.Port of London 伦敦港
9.Square Mile 金融广场
10.the home of Diana，the Prince of Wales 威尔士王妃黛安娜住所
11.West London 伦敦西部
Notes:
1.Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts 休·格兰和朱丽亚·罗伯茨
2.Selfridges and Harrods 塞弗吉商店和哈罗德商店
Exercises:
1.Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1）Where can you see the home of Diana，the Prince of Wales?
2）Why is it hard to be general about London?
3）Please say something about London briefly in your own words.
2.Put the following expressions into English.
1)政治金融中心 2)国际化大都市 3)乡村集散地 4)诺丁山
5)牛津大街 6)伦敦港 7)购物娱乐区 8)伦敦西部
3.Choose an appropriate word or phrase to fill in each blank to make each sentence meaningful，and change its form where necessary.
community be full of be bursting with be made up of diverse cosmopolitan industrial
1）Some parts are richer than others，or more _____，or have better housing.
2）This busy shopping and entertainment district ______things to do.
3）This makes the area very _____，but also quite poor.
4）The city _______a “collection of villages”，each area with its own character and______.
5）Put them all together，and you have London，a _______ capital.
6）London，a capital city，______ art and history.
4.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1）London is also an important political and financial centre.
2）Each part of London has its own character.Some parts are richer than others，or more industrial，or have better housing.
3）The East End contains the Port of London，which historically is where many immigrants first arrived.
4）Let’s start with the centre，the “Square Mile”.This is the oldest part of London.
5）Put them all together，and you have London，a cosmopolitan capital.
6）Further away is West London.This area is more residential and very fashionable.