• Friends of a feather 禽以毛聚

    16-02-17 An American tourist was lunching in a restaurant in China, whose specialty was roast duck. The waiter explained each dish as he brought it to the table: This is the breast of the duck. This is the leg of the duck. This is the wing of the duck Then c...

  • pricey prawn 天价大虾

    16-01-29 Public outcry over the pricey prawn scam has prompted the China Consumers' Association (CCA) to tell regulators to pull together to fight tourist rip-offs. 公众对天价大虾事件的强烈谴责促使中国消费者协会(CCA)敦促监管者齐心协力打击旅游宰客问题。 青...

  • 南京孝陵卫大象石雕遭游客损坏

    15-09-15 A 600-year-old elephant shaped stone sculpture in the Xiaoling Tomb in Nanjing, that dates back to the Ming Dynasty, has been damaged by some Chinese tourists. 南京孝陵卫的一座有600年历史的大象石雕被游客损坏,该石雕的历史可以追溯到清朝时期。 The scr...

  • 西班牙宾馆酒店争相调整策略吸引中国游客

    15-06-12 With 300,000 Chinese tourists expected to visit Spain this year and a million by the end of the decade, hotels are rushing to adapt in order to receive a Chinese-friendly stamp of approval. 今年预计有30万中国游客到西班牙旅游,而到2020年中国游客人数...

  • multiple entry 多次入境

    15-04-22 China and the United States will grant each other's citizens a business or tourist visa with multiple entries and a maximum validity of 10 years, China's Foreign Ministry announced on Monday. 中国外交部周一宣布,中美双方将为前往对方国家从事商务或旅...

  • 观光旅游常用词汇

    13-03-19 旅游公司 tourism company 团体旅游 group tour 包价旅游/跟团旅游 package tour 春游 spring outing 秋游 autumn outing/fall excursion 蜜月旅行 honeymoon tour/bridal tour 境外旅游 overseas tour 中国国家旅游局 China National Tourism Administration 国际旅行...

  • An Exact Number 准确数字

    11-05-27 A tourist was visiting New Mexico and was amazed at the dinosaur(恐龙) bones lying about. How old are these bones? the tourist asked an elderly Native American, who served as a guide. Exactly one hundred million and three years old. How can you be...

  • 拉登藏身的院落成旅游景点

    11-05-17 The compound where Bin Laden was killed has become a ghoulish tourist attraction. 本拉登被击毙时藏身的院落如今成为了一处恐怖旅游目的地。 Pakistani children make the most of a vantage point to see Bin Laden\s final bolthole in Abbottabad. Sightseers...

  • 太空游客 space tourist

    09-10-17 世界第七位太空游客、加拿大太阳马戏团的创始人、亿万富翁拉利伯特已随另外两位宇航员一起返回地球。他在国际空间站上曾干起杂技演员老本行,戴上小丑红鼻子道具与宇航员和家人同乐。 请看外电的报道: Wearing a red clown nose, the Canadian founder of Cirque du S...

  • Paris launches smile campaign to woo tourists 法国呼吁市民微

    09-07-29 Faced with a fall in tourist numbers due to the financial crisis and a reputation for unfriendliness, the Paris tourist board has made a simple request of the city's residents: smile. Visitors to Paris, the world's most visited city, have fallen 17...