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Hi, I"m Gina. Welcome to Oxford Online English.
嗨，我是Gina。欢迎来到牛津大学在线英语课堂。
In this lesson, you can learn how to talk about your vacation in English. Where did you go for your last holiday?
在本节课程中，你将会学习如何用英语谈论你的假期。你上次假期去哪里了呢？
What did you do there? Did you have a good time?
你在那里做什么了？玩得开心吗？
In this lesson, you"ll learn how to answer these questions and more in clear, natural English. Did you notice how Jack says "holiday", but I said "vacation"?
在本节课程中，你会学习如何回答这些问题，以及用更加清晰、自然的英语进行回答。你注意到了Jack说的是 “holiday”，而我说的是“vacation” 吗？
This is a difference between British and American English. Both words have the same meaning.
这是英式英语和美式英语的区别。这两个单词意思是一样的。
Let"s start with some simple language you can use to start your answer. Begin your answer by saying where you went, who with and how long for.
让我们以一些你可以使用的，来回答问题的简单语言开始吧。以你去了哪里、和谁一起以及待了多长时间开始你的回答。
For example: I went to the countryside with my family for a couple of weeks.
比如说：我和我家人一起去了乡下呆了几周。
I went to Thailand with a group of friends for ten days. My girlfriend and I went to Rome for a long weekend.
我和一群朋友去泰国玩了十天。我女朋友和我去罗马待了长长的一个周末。
A long weekend means you go for three or four days, usually Friday-Monday or Saturday-Monday, maybe because there"s a public holiday on the Monday. What about you?
很长的一个周末意味着你去了三四天，通常是从周五到周一，或者是周六到周一，可能是因为周一有公共假期。那你呢？
Where did you go for your last vacation? Who did you go with, and how long for?
你上次假期去哪里了呢？你和谁一起去的，呆了多久啊？
Pause the video and make your own sentence. If you want extra practice, write your sentence down.
暂停视频，组织一下自己的句子。如果你想要额外的练习，写下你自己的句子。
If you really want extra practice, write down three sentences! Okay?
如果你真的想要额外的练习，写下三个不同的句子！好吗？
Next, let"s see how you can talk about what you did on your holiday. What do you like doing on holiday?
接下来，让我们看看你如何讨论你在假期做了什么。你喜欢在假期做什么呢？
Do you prefer a more active holiday, maybe with lots of adventure sports and activities, or would you rather do something more cultural? Or, maybe you just like relaxing on the beach.
你喜欢更有活力的假期，可能是很多冒险运动和活动，或者是想要做一些文化意味更浓的？或者，也许你只是想在沙滩上休息一下。
Whatever you prefer, it"s good if you can say something about how you spent your time on holiday. Let"s look at some examples and some good vocabulary for you to use:
无论你喜欢什么，如果你能够说一些你是如何度过你的假期的事情，那会是很棒的。让我们看看一些例子，以及你能够使用的好词语：
I went to the countryside with my family for a couple of weeks. Mostly, we went hiking in the hills and mountains nearby.
我和我父母一起去乡下待了几周。大多数时候，我们在附近的山丘和山脉远足。
We also just hung out in the village, playing cards and eating. Do you like hiking?
我们只是在村子里随便走走，打打牌，吃点东西。你喜欢远足吗？
Hiking means going for longer walks, often in the hills or the mountains. If you hang out, you spend time without having any particular goal.
远足指的是走很长的路，经常是在山区或者是山脉里走。如果你出去玩，那就是没什么特定的目标到处溜溜。
If you say we just hung out in the village, you mean that you spent time there in a relaxed way. Let"s look at our second example:
如果你说，我们只是在村子里随便玩玩，你的意思是你非常轻松地度过你的时间。让我们看看第二个例子：
I went to Thailand with a group of friends for ten days. We did some sightseeing in Bangkok: the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and so on.
我和一群朋友去泰国玩了十天。我们在曼谷观光：大皇宫，卧佛寺等等。
Then we hit the beaches in Krabi for some sun, swimming and cocktails! Here, sightseeing means visiting the famous places in a city.
然后我们去了甲米的沙滩去享受阳光，游泳和鸡尾酒！游览观光的意思是在一个城市中参观著名的地方。
You can go sightseeing or do sightseeing. For example, if you go sightseeing in Paris, you"d probably visit the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, Notre Dame and so on.
你可以观光游览。比如说，如果你去巴黎观光游览，你可能会去参观埃菲尔铁塔、卢浮宫和巴黎圣母院等地方。
Saying we hit the beaches is a very informal way of saying we went to the beaches. You could also say we hit the bars or we hit the clubs.
说我们 “hit” 沙滩，是一种说我们去沙滩的非正式表达。你也可以说我们去酒吧或者是去夜总会。
Using hit suggests you"re going somewhere to party and have a good time, so you probably wouldn"t use it with other places. Let"s do one more example together:
使用 “hit” 这个词说明你要去什么地方参加派对，玩得很开心，所以你可能不会在其他地方用这个词。让我们再来看一个例子吧：
My boyfriend and I went to Rome for a long weekend. We went on a walking tour of the centre and the Vatican.
我男朋友和我去罗马待了一个长长的周末。我们在市中心和梵蒂冈进行了徒步旅游。
Mostly, we went to restaurants and cafes and sampled as much of the local cuisine as we could fit in our stomachs! If you go on a tour, for example a walking tour, you pay for a guide.
大多数时候我们去一些餐厅和咖啡店，吃了很多当地的菜肴！如果你去游览，比如说进行徒步旅游，你会花钱请一位导游。
Often, tours are in big groups. Do you prefer to go on a tour with a guide, or do you like to explore by yourself?
一般来说，这样的游览都是一大群人。你喜欢和一个导游一起游览，还是你更喜欢自己探索？
Sample means to try many different things. We sampled as much of the local cuisine as we could means that we tried many different dishes.
品尝意味着尝试很多不同的东西。我们尽可能尝试了很多当地的菜肴，意思是我们尝试了很多不同的菜。
Alright, over to you! What did you do on your last holiday?
好的，到你了！你上一个假期干了什么呢？
Did you go hiking in the mountains, go sightseeing, or sample lots of delicious food? Try to make two or three sentences.
你是去山里远足，去观光，还是品尝了很多美味的食物？试着造一两个句子吧。
And use the language from this section if you can. Pause the video now and make your answer.
如果可以的话，使用这部分学到的语言。现在暂停视频，组织一下答案。
Next, let"s see how you can describe the place you visited in more detail. Can you think of three adjectives to describe where you went for your last vacation?
接下来，让我们看看你如何更加具体地描述你参观过的地方。你能想到三个形容词来描述你上个假期去的地方吗？
Here, try to avoid general adjectives like nice or good. Try to find specific adjectives.
尽量不要使用像“好”这种形容词。试着找一些更加具体的形容词。
Your answer will be more interesting! Let"s look at an example:
你的答案可能会很有趣！让我们看一个例子：
I went to the countryside with my family for a couple of weeks. We stayed in a very nice village surrounded by nice mountain scenery.
我和我父母去乡下待了几周。我们在一个非常好的村庄里住着，周围都是美丽的山景环绕。
Do you see what we mean? Saying nice doesn"t say much.
你看到我是什么意思了吗？说“好”并没有表达很多意思。
This isn"t a very good example. How could you make it better?
那不是一个很好的例子。你怎么能让它更好一点呢？
Here"s one way to improve it: I went to the countryside with my family for a couple of weeks.
这里有一种完善它的方式：我和我家人一起去乡下待了几周。
We stayed in a very picturesque, sleepy village surrounded by some dramatic mountain scenery. What do you think dramatic scenery means?
我们住在一个风景秀丽、宁静的村庄，周围是令人激动的山景环绕。你觉得令人激动的风景是什么意思呢？
It means the mountains were very impressive and beautiful. Picturesque is another way to say "beautiful".
它意味着山脉令人印象深刻，非常美丽。风景如画是“美丽”的另一种表达。
If something is picturesque, it"s beautiful like a painting. So you can use picturesque to talk about scenery and places.
如果什么东西风景如画，它就和画一样美丽。所以你能够使用“风景如画”来谈论风景和某些地方。
Sleepy means that the village was very quiet and peaceful. Now you can see that using more specific adjectives like picturesque, sleepy or dramatic makes your answer more interesting and expressive.
“宁静”的意思是村庄很安静，很宁静。你可以看到，使用更加具体的形容词，比如说“风景如画”、“宁静”和“令人惊心动魄”能够让你的答案更加有趣，表达力更丰富。
Of course, you"ll need different language to talk about different places. Let"s look at another example:
当然了，你需要不同的语言来讨论不同的地方。让我们看看另一个例子：
I went to Thailand with a group of friends for ten days. Bangkok is a very cosmopolitan place but it could be a little overwhelming because there was so much going on!
我和一群朋友去泰国玩了十天。曼谷是一座国际化大都市，但是可能有点太令人难以忍受，因为周遭发生的事情太多了！
Then we went to Krabi, which has some stunning beaches. Do you know the meaning of the key words in this answer?
然后我们去了甲米，那里有非常美丽的沙滩。你知道这个答案中的关键词的意思吗？
Cosmopolitan describes a city which has many different people and cultures mixed together. Overwhelming describes something which is very intense.
“国际性大都市”说的是一个有很多不同种类的人和文化相互混杂融合的城市。“无所适从”指的是某个东西太过强烈了。
For example, a city can be overwhelming if there are lots of people, noises, sights and smells all around you. There"s so much to take in that you don"t know where to look!
比如说，一个城市可能会让人无所适从，因为你周围太多人，太多噪音，太多景色和味道。有太多东西可以领略，以至于你根本不知道该看哪里！
Stunning means "very beautiful". Let"s do one more example together:
“绝美的”意味着“非常漂亮”。让我们再来看一个例子吧：
My girlfriend and I went to Rome for a long weekend. It"s a fascinating place but it"s quite touristy, too.
我女朋友和我去罗马待了一个长长的周末。那是个很迷人的地方，但是游客太多了。
The best thing was the food, which was out of this world. Here, we used the adjectives fascinating, touristy and out of this world.
最好的东西是食物，简直是好得不得了。这里我们使用了“迷人的”、“旅游开发过度的”和“太棒了”这些形容词。
Could you explain what these mean? So fascinating means "very interesting".
你能解释这些是什么意思吗？“迷人的”意味着“非常有趣”。
Touristy describes a place where tourism has grown too much. Often, if you describe a place as touristy, you mean that it"s lost some of its original atmosphere.
“旅游开发过度的”指的是一个地方的旅游业发展过度。一般来说，如果你说一个地方旅游开发过度，你的意思是它失去了原本的氛围。
Finally, if you describe something as out of this world, you mean it"s really good and you enjoyed it very much. Now, it"s your turn.
最后，如果你描述一个东西”好得不得了”，你的意思是它非常好，你非常喜欢它。现在到你了。
Can you describe the place you visited on your last vacation? You can use the adjectives and language from this section, or you can find your own words and phrases.
你能描述你上次假期参观的地方吗？你可以使用这部分的形容词和语言，或者你可以找到你自己的词汇和短语。
Try to use at least three interesting adjectives in your answer. Pause the video and do it now, either speaking or writing.
试着至少在你的答案中使用三个有趣的形容词。暂停视频，现在就做吧，要不就说，要不就写下来。
How was that? Remember you can always review a section if you find something difficult.
怎么样？记住，你如果觉得有点难的话，可以回顾这部分。
Next, how can you talk about what you liked or disliked on your vacation? What"s the best vacation you"ve ever had?
接下来，你如何来谈论你的旅行中喜欢或者不喜欢的东西？你最棒的假期是什么？
What about the worst vacation you"ve ever been on? What made these holidays so good or so bad?
你体验过最差的假期又是什么呢？什么让这些假期或好或坏呢？
Let"s see how you can talk about the positives and negatives of your holiday. Here"s our first example:
让我们看看你如何谈论你假期的优点和缺点。这是我们的第一个例子：
I went to the countryside with my family for a couple of weeks. It was relaxing but by the end I was getting quite bored.
我和我父母去乡下待了几周。那非常令人放松，但是最后我觉得很无聊。
This is good, but it"s always better to add a reason if you can: I went to the countryside with my family for a couple of weeks.
这很好，但是如果可以的话，加上个原因总是很好的：我和我父母去乡下待了几周。
It was relaxing but by the end I was getting quite bored, because each day was pretty similar. What does that mean, each day was pretty similar?
那非常令人放松，但是最后我感觉很无聊，因为每天基本都是一样的。那是什么意思，每天基本都是一样的？
Do you know? It means that you did the same kind of things each day, so there wasn"t much variety from one day to the next.
你知道吗？它的意思是你每天都做差不多的时事情，所以每天之间没什么太大差别。
Let"s look at our next example: I went to Thailand with a group of friends for ten days.
让我们看看下一个例子：我和一群朋友去泰国玩了十天。
I loved Krabi, because it was like nowhere I"d ever been before. I wasn"t so keen on Bangkok.
我喜欢甲米，因为这和我之前去的地方都不一样。我并不是特别喜欢曼谷。
It"s a cool place but it"s a bit big and noisy for my tastes.?Saying it was like nowhere I"d ever been before means that the place you went to was really unique.
这是一个很酷的地方，但是对我而言有点太大也很嘈杂。说“它和我之前去过的地方都不一样”指的是你去的地方非常特别。
You can use I wasn"t so keen on… to talk about something you didn"t like very much in the past. For example:
你可以使用“我并不是很热衷...”来讨论一些你过去并不是很喜欢的东西。比如说：
I wasn"t so keen on the food in the hotel. I wasn"t so keen on the museums—I didn"t think they were very interesting.
我对酒店里的食物并不是很喜欢。我并不是很喜欢博物馆——我觉得博物馆很没意思。
Adding "for my tastes" after you give your opinion shows that this is just your perspective. You would use it after you give a negative opinion, to soften your idea slightly.
在你给出你的意见之后说“这只是我的看法”，意思是这只是你的观点。你可以在你说一些负面的观点之后使用它，让你的观点稍微变柔和一点。
For example: It"s a nice area, but it"s too developed and touristy for my tastes.
比如说：这是个不错的地方，但是就我而言有点太发达、旅游开发过度了。
Adding to my tastes makes this sound slightly softer and less direct. Okay, let"s do one more example together:
加上“就我而言”让这句话听起来变柔和了一点点，没那么直接了。好的，让我们再来一起看一个例子吧：
My girlfriend and I went to Rome for a long weekend. I think I liked the general atmosphere most of all.
我女朋友和我去罗马待了长长的一个周末。我想我最喜欢那里的氛围。
Walking around the little streets in the centre felt like being in an old film. I wish it had been less crowded, though.
在市中心的小街道散步感觉像置身于老电影一样。但是我希望它没那么拥挤。
Here, you can use the phrase "I liked … most of all" to talk about your favourite thing from your vacation. Use I wish plus the past perfect (had done) to talk about something in the past which you would change if you could.
这里，你可以使用“在所有的里面我最喜欢......”来谈论你假期中最喜欢的事情。使用“我希望”加过去完成时来谈论你想要改变的过去的事情。
For example: I wish we"d had more time to explore the city.
比如说：我希望我们能有多一点时间来探索这座城市。
I wish we hadn"t stayed in that awful hotel. Okay, your turn again!
我希望我们没有住在那个糟糕的酒店。好的，又到你了！
What did you like and dislike about your last holiday? Make at least two or three sentences, and say them out loud.
上个假期你喜欢什么，又不喜欢什么呢？至少组织两三个句子，然后大声说出来。
Remember to give reasons to support your ideas. Now, you should be ready to put everything together into a longer answer.
记住要给出原因来支持你的观点。现在，你可以准备好把所有东西放在一起，组织一个更长的答案了。
To make a longer answer, you need to: Say where you went, who with, and for how long.
想要一个更长的答案，你需要：说你去了哪里，和谁一起，去了多久。
Say what you did. Describe the place.
说你干了什么。描述一下这个地方。
And talk about what you liked and disliked. Let"s do an example using language from the lesson:
说一下你喜欢的和不喜欢的东西。让我们用这节课学的语言来看一个例子吧：
I went to Thailand with a group of friends for ten days. We did some sightseeing in Bangkok: the Grand Palace, Wat Pho and so on.
我和一群朋友去泰国玩了十天。我们在曼谷游览观光：大皇宫、卧佛寺等等。
Then we hit the beaches in Krabi for some sun, swimming and cocktails! Bangkok is a very cosmopolitan place but it could be a little overwhelming because there was so much going on!
然后我们去甲米的沙滩享受阳光、游泳和鸡尾酒！曼谷是一个国际化大都市，但是有点让人招架不住，因为有太多东西了！
Krabi has some stunning beaches, and I loved it there, because it was like nowhere I"d ever been before. On the other hand, I wasn"t so keen on Bangkok.
甲米有绝美的沙滩，我很喜欢，因为和我之前去过的地方都不一样。但是，我不是很喜欢曼谷。
It"s a cool place but it"s a bit big and noisy for my tastes. Do you see how using simple phrases and ideas, you can build a full, clear, detailed answer?
它是个很酷的地方，但是就我而言有点太大太嘈杂了。你看到如何使用简单的短语和小点子，来组织一个丰富、清晰、详细的答案了吗？
We"ve added some linking words, but otherwise this is only using language you"ve seen in this lesson. Let"s do one more example.
我们加了一些连接词，但是除此之外，就只是用你在这课程里看到的语言而已。让我们再来看另一个例子。
This time, we"ll use original ideas: I went to Siberia by myself for three weeks.
这一次，我们用全新的想法：我自己去西伯利亚待了三周。
I travelled around, did some hiking and camping, and explored the countryside. I was near Lake Baikal, which is a huge lake with mountains and villages dotted around the sides.
我到处旅行，远足野营，探索了乡村。我很靠近贝加尔湖，这个湖很大，四周是山峦和村庄。
It was beautiful in a wild way, and the emptiness gave me a real feeling of isolation and solitude. I liked the people I met—everyone was so open and welcoming.
它的美丽很狂野，这种空旷给予我一种真实的孤独感。我喜欢我遇见的人——每个人都很开放，很热情。
On the other hand, even though it was summer, the nights were so cold! I wish I"d taken a warmer sleeping bag.
但是，尽管是在夏天，晚上也太冷了！多希望我带的是一个更温暖的睡袋。
This time, I"m using different ideas and some different language, but I"m still following the same structure. Now, can you make a longer answer like these?
这一次，我使用了不同的点子，和一些不同的语言，但是我还是遵循相同的结构。现在，你能组织一个像这些一样的更长的答案了吗？
Try it! If it"s difficult, review the video or use a dictionary to get the vocabulary you need.
试试吧！如果很困难的话，温习一下视频，或者用词典查查你需要的单词。
Practise your answer several times, until you can do it fluently and comfortably. You could also talk about other vacations you had, not just the last one.
多练习几次你的答案，直到你能够非常顺畅自然地说出来。你也可以谈论你的其他假期，不一定是上一个。
If you want feedback on your answer, put it in the comments. We"ll give you feedback and show you how you can improve.
如果你想要关于你的答案的反馈，把它放在评论里吧。我们会给你反馈，以及如何提升。
And remember, you can find many more free English lessons on our website Oxford Online English. com. Thanks for watching!
谢谢观看！
See you next time!
下次见！
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