Intermediate - Travel by Tour Group (C1386)

A: 各位团友,注意了!赶紧上车,我们要去购物了。
gèwèi tuányǒu, zhùyì le! gǎnjǐn shàngchē, wǒmen yào qù gòuwù le.
Tour group members, pay attention! Hurry and board the bus. We're going shopping.
B: 导游,再玩一会儿吧。
dǎoyóu, zài wán yīhuǐr ba.
Tour guide, let's hang out a bit longer.
A: 时间来不及了。
shíjiān láibují le.
We don't have time.
B: 什么嘛,海洋公园才玩了一个小时。
shénme ma, hǎiyáng gōngyuán cái wán le yī ge xiǎoshí.
What? We're at Ocean Park and we're only staying for one hour?
C: 老婆,算了,上车吧!
lǎopó, suàn le, shàngchē ba!
Honey, forget it. Get on the bus!
B: 都怪你,一定要跟旅行团。要是自由行的话,想玩多久就玩多久。
dōu guài nǐ, yīdìng yào gēn lǚxíngtuán. yàoshì zìyóuxíng dehuà, xiǎng wán duō jiǔ jiù wán duō jiǔ.
It's all your fault. You insisted that we join a tour group. If we were traveling alone, we could stay as long as we wanted.
C: 自由行还要自己订机票,订酒店,安排行程,多麻烦!
zìyóuxíng hái yào zìjǐ dìng jīpiào, dìng jiǔdiàn, ānpái xíngchéng, duō máfan!
When you travel without a tour group you have to reserve the plane tickets, book the hotels and plan the itinerary all by yourself. It's so much trouble!
B: 那你看现在,什么都要赶,玩要赶,吃饭要赶。真不爽!
nà nǐ kàn xiànzài, shénme dōu yào gǎn, wán yào gǎn, chīfàn yào gǎn. zhēn bù shuǎng!
Well look at us now. We're rushed for everything. We're rushed when we're enjoying ourselves, rushed when we're eating. It really sucks!
C: 我更不爽!
wǒ gèng bù shuǎng!
It sucks even more for me!
A: 我说,两位,要吵回家去吵,大家都在等你们呢。
wǒ shuō, liǎng wèi, yào chǎo huíjiā qù chǎo, dàjiā dōu zài děng nǐmen ne.
Listen up, you two. If you're going to quarrel, go home and quarrel. Everyone is waiting for you.

Key Vocabulary

各位 gèwèi every person
团友 tuányǒu group member
注意 zhùyì to pay attention to
赶紧 gǎnjǐn hurriedly, quickly
购物 gòuwù shopping
导游 dǎoyóu tour guide
来不及 láibují to not have enough time
海洋公园 Hǎiyáng gōngyuán Ocean World
cái only
guài to blame
旅行团 lǚxíngtuán tour group
要是......的话 yàoshì......dehuà if
自由行 zìyóuxíng to travel without a tour group
dìng to order
机票 jīpiào airplane ticket
酒店 jiǔdiàn hotel
安排 ānpái to arrange
行程 xíngchéng itinerary
gǎn to catch, to make a dash for
shuǎng good feeling
gèng even more
chǎo to quarrel

Supplementary Vocabulary

来得及 láidejí to have enough time
旅行社 lǚxíngshè travel agency
景点 jǐngdiǎn scenic spots
拍照 pāizhào to take pictures
背包游 bēibāoyóu backpacking

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