第六十八讲

   Section II Maintaining a Sharp Eye
   Passage I A Guide to Health for Tourists
   Warm-up questions
   1. What should you pay particular attention to when traveling?
   2. What are the necessary things that you should bring with you while traveling?
   Reading of the passage

   (Para. 1) While traveling around with a busy sightseeing schedule, tourists may suffer from different kinds of illness. They may get too tired or have heatstroke if the weather is too hot. They may get hurt in certain activities such as bungee jumping and mountain climbing. Some tourists may have skin problems caused by certain kinds of plants, insects, or from eating seafood. Other tourists may have stomach trouble if they are not acclimatized to local water and food. Air-sickness, car-sickness or sea-sickness is also a problem for some travelers.

   (Para. 2) Clearly, it is necessary to pack a small first aid kit with you if you go traveling. The kit should contain necessary medicine, sun cream, insect spray and some band-aid. In addition to that, loose-fitting clothing, long dresses, long trousers and long-sleeved shirt fastened at the end are needed when traveling long distances outdoors. Remember, some insects can bite through clothing if it lies closely against the skin. And some insect-carried diseases can even be dangerous.
   Thank you for your listening!
   Difficult sentences analysis
   ①Clearly, it is necessary to pack a small first kit with you if you go traveling.(Para.2)
   Analysis: Clearly and similar adverbs like obviously, apparently, etc express the author’s or the speaker’s idea or attitude. Go doing sth. is a verb phrase often used in English. with “v-ing” giving the purpose of the verb go, meaning “干什么去”.
   显然，如果出去旅行，装备一个小小的急救包是十分必要的。
   eg: Obviously, it is important to know about the weather if you go swimming in the sea.
   ②In addition to that, loose-fitting clothing, long dresses, long trousers and long-sleeved shirt fastened at the end are needed when traveling long distances outdoors.(para.2)
   Analysis: In addition to that is used to further certain opinions or points. fastened at is used to modify long trousers and long-sleeved shirt. “you are” is omitted in when traveling 除此之外，宽松的装束，长衣长裙，将裤脚和袖口扎起的长裤和长袖衬衣等对长途旅行都是必备的。
   eg: In attention to textbooks, stories and adapted for the beginners with Chinese versions are also needed when learning a foreign language.
   Useful words and expressions
   ① suffer: feel or have pain, lose…
   eg: I’ll surely suffer from headaches if I stay up late.
   She is suffering from homesickness since she’s never been away from home.
   ②.hurt: cause bodily injury cause pain
   eg: I hurt my toe when practicing ballet.
   I believe your words have hurt her badly.
   Useful words and expressions
   ③.acclimatize :get used to a new climate, or to a new environment to a new conditions
   1. ac-+climate+-tize服水土，习惯
   2. eg: Don’t worry, you’ll soon get acclimatized to the life here.
   3. It’s easier for some people to get acclimatized while very difficult for others.
   Useful words and expressions
   你很快就会适应这里的新生活,并能交到很多朋友。
   You will soon get acclimatized to the altitude in Tibet.
   get / be acclimatized to: get used to a new environment
   Useful words and expressions
   ④.fasten: vt. fix firmly; tie or join together系上，扎上，关上
   eg: Have you fastened all the doors and windows?
   She fastened the box with a piece of string.