Unit Seven An Outbound Travel
Part V Reading
Passage 1
1.Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1)What are the major differences between tour leader and tour guide?
A tour leader is someone who leads a group overseas.Their job entails ensuring the people get what they paid for，facilitating the flight，and making sure the people have a good time.They may be paid by the Tour Operator who planned the trip or sometimes a Travel Agent who put the trip together.While a tour guide is someone who works within an area they know very well.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.
2)What are tour leader’s jobs?
Tour leader’s jobs entails ensuring the people get what they paid for，facilitating the flight，and making sure the people have a good time.
3)What are tour guide’s jobs?
Tour guide’s jobs entails providing commentary，routing the tour and seeing that people have a good time.
4)You are the tour leader of an overseas group，what would you do to make your group members enjoy their trips?
Firstly arranging local recreational programs; secondly adhering to traveling routes and satisfying tourists’ reasonable demands and so on.
2.Put the following expressions into English.
1)Travel Agent 2)check-in 3)tour guide 4)tour leader
5)Tour Operator 6)overseas group 7)routing the tour
3.Choose an appropriate word or phrase to fill in each blank to make each sentence meaningful，and change its form where necessary.
1)specific 2)leads 3)together with 4)prior
5)Contrary to 6)entails，routing，logistics，attractions
4.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1）他们的工作职责是导游讲解、落实旅游行程安排，从而确保游客游览愉快。
2）领队通常配合地陪有时是全陪的工作。
3）专业领队一年中会实施接待数几十个旅游计划。
4）他们的职责是维护游客的合法权益，核定机票以及确保游客游览愉快。
5）相反，除了司机之外，全陪对游客的所有游览活动负有全部责任。
Passage 2
1.Answer the following questions according to the passage.
1）West London
2）London is made up of a “collection of villages”，each area with its own character and community.
3）London，an important political and financial centre，is full of art and history.Each part of London has its own character.Some parts are richer than others，or more industrial，or have better housing.London is made up of a “collection of villages”，so it is difficult to be general about it.
2.Put the following expressions into English.
1)political and financial centre 2)cosmopolitan capital 3)collection of villages
4)Notting Hill 5)Oxford Street 6)Port of London 7)shopping and entertainment
district 8）West London
3.Choose an appropriate word or phrase to fill in each blank to make each sentence meaningful，and change its form where necessary.
1)industrial 2)is bursting with 3)diverse 4)is made up of，community
5)cosmopolitan 6)is full of
4.Translate the following sentences into Chinese.
1）伦敦也是一个重要的政治、金融中心。
2）伦敦每个地方都各有千秋。有的地方富裕，有的地方偏工业化，有的地方则更适合居住。
3）伦敦东区有伦敦港，在历史上，它曾经是移民最先到达的地方。
4）我们先从金融广场启程吧。这里是伦敦最古老的地方。
5）所有这一切，组成了伦敦，一个国际化大都市。
6）再远一些就是伦敦西部。这里大多是时尚的住宅区。