美語情景對話 第1325期:Are you a budget traveller? 你是經濟型旅行者嗎?

Mark: My name is Mark.

馬克：我是馬克。

Sorie: And my name is Sorie and today's question is, are you.a budget traveler?

索瑞：我是索瑞，今天要討論的問題是，你是經濟型旅行者嗎？

Mark: Definitely.

馬克：我絕對是。

Sorie: How come?

索瑞：爲什麼？

Mark: Well, the thing that comes to my mind is my trip. I traveled for six months in India and when I went to India for six months I had, I took so little money with me but I stretched it out, I stretched it out and I stretched it out a bit more and I could stay there living in relative luxury for hardly any money.

馬克：我想到了我的旅行經歷。我曾在印度旅行了6個月的時間，在印度玩的那6個月，我帶的錢很少，可是我設法使帶的錢能支撐更長時間，延長我的遊玩時間，我可以在幾乎沒什麼錢的狀態下過相對較奢侈的生活。

Sorie: For how long?

索瑞：多長時間？

Mark: Six months.

馬克：6個月。

Sorie: Six months, wow, that's amazing.

索瑞：6個月，哇哦，那太不可思議了。

Mark: Yeah, how about you, have you had any experience of traveling on a budget?

馬克：嗯，你呢？你有節省開支的旅行經歷嗎？

Sorie: No, I think I like luxury traveling, I like eating well and staying in nice places but every once in a while it's alright to have a budget travels especially if you're, especially if you're going a third world country.

索瑞：沒有，我想我喜歡豪華的旅行，我喜歡吃好的、住好的酒店，不過每隔一段時間進行一次廉價旅遊也不錯，尤其是在第三世界國家。

Mark: Alright, yeah, if you could go anywhere on a budget, where would you go?

馬克：對，如果你要進行廉價旅遊，那你會選擇去哪裏？

Sorie: I would like to go to India as well.

索瑞：我也想去印度。

Mark: I recommend it, I think it's a great country to travel on a budget.

馬克：我建議你去，那真的是一個適合進行廉價旅遊的國家。

Sorie: Well, I'll do that, thank you.

索瑞：嗯，我會去的，謝謝你。

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重點講解：
1. how come （用於因爲驚訝而詢問）怎麼會這樣呢，爲什麼；
例句：How come I never knew that?
我怎麼會一直都不知道？
2. come to mind 突然想起；(想法)一下子冒出來；
例句：For most people, only two options come to mind.
對大多數人來說，只有兩個選擇浮現腦海。
3. stretch out 延伸；
例句：I'd like to stretch out my mortgage payments over a longer period if possible.
如果有可能的話，我想延長我的抵押付款期。
4. every once in a while 偶爾；間或；
例句：Every once in a while something comes up that you can't prepare for.
但偶爾也會出現一些你無法準備的情況。