Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest.
At a Travel Agency
(A=the travel agencyagency n.代理处, 行销处, 代理, 中介 C= the customer)
A:Good morning, sir. Can I help you?
C:Good morning. My wife and I are thinking of taking a trip.
A:Where would you like to go?
工作后消遣更愉快,劳动后休息更舒畅。
在旅行社
(A=旅行社职员 C=顾客王先生)
A:早上好先生。请问有什么事?
C:早上好。我和我太太打算去旅行。
A:请问你们想去哪儿呢?
C:As a matter of fact, we cant decide the destinationdestination n.目的地, [计] 目的文件, 目的单元格. Thats why Im here.
A:Well, do you want to make an international tour or a domestic tour?
C:International tour? No. Its troublesome. There are too many formalities to go through.
A:You dont need to worry too much because we will help you with them.
C:I see.
A:We have a nice group tour to Thailand. We also have a cruisecruise n.巡游, 巡航 to many Pacific Islands.
C:What exactly is included in these trips?
A:Group tours include a firstclass hotel, city tours, baggage handling, and some even include meals. Cruises include all food and a ship as your hotel. You may visit many exciting ports. We have to know which one you want before we can tell you everything.
C:实际上,我们定不下地方,这正是我今天来这儿的原因。
A:哦,你们是想去国外旅行呢还是在国内旅游?
C:去国外旅行?不不。那太麻烦了,要办那么多的手续。
A:你们不必太操心,我们会帮助你们办理这些手续的。
C:是这样啊。
A:我们有组织去泰国的团体旅游,还有去游览很多太平洋岛屿的乘船巡游。
C:这些旅游形式到底包括哪些内容啊?
A:团体旅游包括头等饭店的住宿,城市观光,行理运送,有些团体旅游还包饭。乘船巡游包括所有的饮食和船上住宿。你可以参观到好些迷人的港口。你选好线路之后我们会告诉你所有的细节。
C:Any other choices?
A: Yes. We have several domestic tour routes. Please read the brochures.
C:… All sound good. Oh dear, which me on earth should I choose?
A:You can take these brochures home and study them.
C: Thats a good idea.
C:还有其他的选择吗?
A:有。我们还有几条国内旅游线路。请看这些小册子。
C:……看起来都不错。哦,天啦,到底该选哪条线路呢?
A:你可以把这些小册子带回家去研究研究。
C:好主意!