Unit 6

Sightseeing

Period 1

Speak like them!

A: Good afternoon, do you have any information about sightseeing in the city?

B: Good afternoon, do you have a travel brochure which you can take along?

A: What brochure? I have nothing that I can refer to… Should I find a local guide?

B: Well… not exactly. The transportation in this city is quite convenient. Please take this.

A: Wow! A city travel brochure. A thousand thanks!

B: Our pleasure. You may follow the instructions and take a subway tour in the city.

A: Yep!  the way, may I hitchhike to that town next to the city?

B: Um… usually we don’t recommend tourists to do hitchhiking here.

A: Oh… I did it thousands of times in America though…

B: But you are in Asia now, and hitchhiking isn’t so popular here.

Language notes

sightseeing观光

travel brochure [broʊˈʃʊr] 旅行手册

refer to参考

local guide当地的导游

transportation交通

subway tour搭地铁旅游

hitchhike搭便车（动名词hitchhiking）

Special focus

1. Yep

意为“是的；没错”，一般表示赞同或欣赏他人的说法或做法，与yes的字面意义相同，但是更适用于网络和日常对话，而且多用于同辈人及关系亲密的朋友之间。请不要对长辈用这个词，因为它有点过于随意、不太尊重的感觉。

(1) A: Do you want to go to my hometown and visit my parents?

B: Yep, when?

(2) A: Lucy, come here. Let me tell you a secret.

B: Yep, what?

2. hitchhike to …

hitchhiking意为“搭便车旅行”，指站在路边竖起拇指或牌子请求搭便车的旅行方式，分为免费和收费两种。在欧美国家尤其是美国，搭便车是年轻人喜欢采用的一种经济环保的旅行方式。

(1) A: Once my friend and I tried hitchhiking, but no car stopped for us.

B: Oh, you are so unlucky.

(2) A: I hope one day I can hitchhike to the coast.

B: Really? I like this idea, too.