跟读练习: 10 Tourism Etiquette Tips - 通过视频学习英语口语
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Well, hey, it's Heidi and it's travel season.
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I have 10 tourism etiquette tips for you.
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We all need a little refresher.
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Been a minute.
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Stay tuned.
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Okay, so you're excited.
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You're planning a trip.
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It's about time, right?
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Okay, so since it's been a little while, let's go through my top tourism etiquette tips.
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This will ensure you have a seamless, marvelous trip.
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No etiquette faux pas.
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It's going to be fabulous.
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So coming in at number one, be our guest.
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Yes, do you know really when you leave your home, you become a guest.
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You're a guest out in the world.
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You're a guest at a hotel or a train or an airplane or someone else's car.
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Maybe, you know, when you travel, you are a guest.
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Maybe you're in another country and you are a guest in that country.
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So you need to behave as a guest would be very respectful and be very mindful of your surroundings.
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You are a guest okay well now number two coming in
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is book early yes okay you know the earlier you can
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book things the better it's going to be for you
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and you can book just about anything you want to do
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day trip sites museums all sorts of things online do it
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early this can help you skip the queue lots of places you can just pick up your tickets
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and just go in and this saves all that stress all
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that waiting everybody starts getting panicky and cranky and you don't want
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that so book everything as early as you can okay number three be a culture vulture yes get into it
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if you're traveling to another culture, another part of your country, do some research.
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Find out what it's like in this culture.
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Learn a little bit about their traditions, their cultures, their rituals.
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You know, this is the time to really immerse yourself in another culture.
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This is why we travel because we travel to grow.
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This is how we keep improving ourselves and our knowledge base expands.
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We widen our horizons through travel so be a culture vulture
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and appreciate the differences between cultures you know it's not going
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to be like it is at home you know as my dad always used to say a great traveler
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and my dad would say
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if you want it to be like home stay home you
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know pretty good advice today all right my next etiquette travel tip is pack light.
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Yes, pack light.
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You really don't need as many things as you think you do.
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It is so much easier if you have one bag that you're taking with you.
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You know through planes, trains, and automobiles, the less you have, the easier it is and the better mood you're in
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and you don't have to pull out all your very best etiquette
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and try to get all these bags in
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and it's it's just a lot
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and you know something i learned years ago you've probably heard this well try it
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because it works is pack back early pack a couple of days ahead of time
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pack everything you think you need because you're a culture vulture you've researched the culture You know that in many places, maybe you're visiting places of worship,
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and for ladies, you need to have your shoulders, maybe your arms covered, and a nice sweater is a great thing to have packed.
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You need, I never travel without a big pashmina.
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This can go on me.
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It can cover my head.
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It can cover my shoulders.
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I never leave home without it, is my pashmina.
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And so the old adage, pack everything early, go to bed that night, give it a rest, forget about it,
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go back to that suitcase, take everything out, and only put half back in.
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You'll thank me later because you really don't need that much stuff.
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Just take the things you know that you will need to be respectful in that culture.
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Maybe it's really a modest wardrobe.
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Just do your research.
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Okay, my next travel tip is...
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blend in a little bit you know you don't want to
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be in the situation where you're maybe you're in a very crowded tourist area
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because you want to see the sights of course
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and a lot of times unfortunately maybe there could be some pick pockets so
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if you really stand out as flashing sign i'm a tourist
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hit me you know easy mark no you don't want that
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so notice what the locals are wearing do that research ahead of time
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when you pack lightly you know have some things maybe the
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big clunky tennis shoes with the white socks maybe you don't take those you know
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when i travel because you need good travel shoes i i wear echoes they're not running shoes
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or tennis shoes but they look a little bit better
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but they're super comfortable i can walk miles in it you know we could do a whole video on packing
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if you like.
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Drop me a comment.
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Okay, so pack light.
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It's going to be your friend.
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You'll thank me later.
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Okay, so blend in.
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You just don't want to be an easy mark for someone.
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So sort of notice what the locals are doing.
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Maybe you leave the big sweatshirt or t -shirt with your alma mater on it and your baseball cap turn backwards.
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Maybe you don't do
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that get a nice little hat you know i wear a
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tilly hat worn it for years it's great great for the sun it's great for rain
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that tilly hat has served me well so okay
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so try to blend in it will just help avoid any unfortunate incidences okay
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so don't speaking of this don't be flashy you don't want to flash that big fancy watch of yours, right?
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All your expensive jewelry, not the time to wear it when you're traveling.
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No, when you are flashing expensive,
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extravagant things, then that could be sort of a signal to someone who might think,
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geez, I wouldn't mind having that watch.
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So you don't want to bring upon anything that could be bad.
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And listen, don't get the wrong idea.
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Traveling is very safe.
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Have your wits about you.
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Watch the time.
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You know where you can be during what hours. Be sensible.
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You can travel anywhere in the world.
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Just be sensible, right?
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But just don't be flashy because there's no sense.
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It can just bring unwanted things, bad things to happen.
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So don't be flashy save that beautiful jewelry for home okay okay
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so how about this one curb your enthusiasm okay
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so you're you're say you're in Athens and you're going down the street
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and you've lost your friends and you're screaming hey where are you guys
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and you're screaming
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and you're waving your hands hey over here maybe you should do a little research about the culture
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and screaming waving your arms madly going down the street might not be appropriate for that culture, and it's not there in Greece.
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So be mindful.
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Again, you've already done your research, you're a culture vulture, so watch your enthusiasm a little bit.
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Don't be that, you know, ugly, loud tourist.
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You know, just watch your volume.
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Be respectful, right?
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That's what etiquette boils down to, being respectful and kind, right?
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Okay.
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All right, you've got this.
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Okay, so our next travel tip is pictures.
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May I take your picture, please?
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Yes, never take a picture of anyone, any place without asking permission.
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In many cultures, it's highly offensive
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and can be really almost like you're taking a part of someone's soul by taking a picture of them.
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So you really, really, really need to ask permission first.
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And many times people will say, oh, yes, that would be fine.
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And be aware that there are many different areas in the world, monuments, all kinds of different things,
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especially when you're in museums where it is photo free, no photos allowed.
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Or maybe it's, you know, just photos are okay, but turn your flash off.
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Be aware of that when you're taking pictures, because if you're like me, you take thousands of pictures just make sure you're doing it with permission
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and in the appropriate manner okay because you count on those pictures
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when you get home it's you know i mean it really
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relive the trip i know i know i love it okay
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so another tip here is bonjour learn a few words of the language
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if you're traveling someplace where there is a different language, learn how to say hello,
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goodbye, please, and thank you.
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even maybe how much does this cost?
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Learn a few phrases.
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It's easy to do that.
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You can get it online and find out how to do that.
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If you have any trouble, you want to know things like that, ask me, drop me a comment.
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I'll help you with this because it's so nice.
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People appreciate it in any culture,
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in any language, you are making an attempt to converse in their language because they're the host.
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You're in the host country, right?
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Maybe you're not fluent in that language, but you can make an effort because around the world, so many people do speak English or at least a little English.
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So, so that helps the, the native English speakers.
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Okay.
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So my final tip for you as when you're getting back out there
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and traveling is to follow the rules you know there are
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rules stay on this path don't feed the animals don't get too close to the edge
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or please no pictures here or whatever there the rules are there for a reason
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and there are very good reasons for them you just don't
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have privy to the reasons you know it could be a
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real safety issue it could be these are sacred sites sacred grounds
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and you're not you're not to walk on them you know you could be someplace where the animals are
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and you could be disrupting nests or or the ecosystem you just don't know
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so whatever the rules are find out what the rules are and follow them okay
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all right oh i wish you a wonderful trip
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and i know you just need we all need a little refresher on you know, tourism etiquette tips.
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So here's a few for you today.
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Please drop me a comment.
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Let me know how it goes.
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Love it.
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If you'd like and subscribe to my channel, please, I really would love that.
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Thank you in advance.
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So best of luck, safe travels, Godspeed, and thank you so much.
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And as I always say, please, anywhere you are around the world, please be kind.
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Thank you.
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