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gèwèievery person
团友tuányǒugroup member
注意zhùyìto pay attention to
赶紧gǎnjǐnhurriedly, quickly
购物gòuwùshopping
导游dǎoyóutour guide
来不及láibujíto not have enough time
海洋公园Hǎiyáng gōngyuánOcean World
cáionly
guàito blame
旅行团lǚxíngtuántour group
要是......的话yàoshì......dehuàif
自由行zìyóuxíngto travel without a tour group
dìngto order
机票jīpiàoairplane ticket
酒店jiǔdiànhotel
安排ānpáito arrange
行程xíngchéngitinerary
gǎnto catch, to make a dash for
shuǎnggood feeling
gèngeven more
chǎoto quarrel

Supplementary Vocabulary

来得及láidejíto have enough time
旅行社lǚxíngshètravel agency
景点jǐngdiǎnscenic spots
拍照pāizhàoto take pictures
背包游bēibāoyóubackpacking

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