Man and the Weather
  Ann started work last summer, so she did not have a 1holiday. She 2saved as much as she could and, in January, she 3booked a package trip to Rosas, Spain. She left London airport early on the morning of the first Saturday in August. She was very excited, 4as this was her first trip abroad*. During the flight they had a snack, and when they 5arrived at Barcelona airport, a special bus 6was ready to take them to their hotel in Rosas. The weather was beautiful and Ann enjoyed the bus trip.

  At the hotel, she 7checked in, and then went to her room to change before dinner. She was just ready to go downstairs, when she found that her Spanish money was not in her handbag. She carefully looked in all her luggage, but she could not find it. All she had was a small purse with ten English pound notes in it!

  Ann found a place to 8change her English money. She had very few pesetas, and she would be here for two weeks. 9On her way back to the hotel, Ann bought some cheese, some bread and some oranges. When she got back, she told the manager that her doctor had told her not to eat Spanish food; she would just have breakfast each day. This was all right, as she knew the price of hotels included breakfast.

  For the rest of her holiday, Ann swam in the hotel swimming?pool, or lay on the beach and got a suntan. She also went for long walks with one of the other tourists, a Scottish girl called Jane. However, when the others went to interesting places, she always said she was not well. 10In fact, her holiday was not bad, except that she was always hungry. 11After all, a piece of fruit for lunch, and bread and cheese for supper is not very much...especially not for two weeks!

  Late in the afternoon of their last day, Ann and Jane were on the beach. Jane asked her why she never ate with them in the hotel restaurant. The food was excellent. Ann told her all about her money problems. Jane looked at her for a minute, and then said, "But did not you know? The price of this holiday includes 12absolutely everything!"

save [ seiv ] vi. 积攒
book [ buk ] vt. & vi. 预定
package [ `pAkidV ] a. 由旅行社包办一切的
Rosas [ rouzEs ] Spain [ spein ] n. 西班牙
abroad [ E`brR:d ] a.&adv. 到国外
flight [ flait ] n. 飞行
snack [ snAk ] n. 快餐
Barcelona [ ba:si`EunE ] n. 巴塞罗那
special [ `speF[l ] a.&n. 特别的;专辑
check [ tFek ] vi. 登记
luggage [ `lQgidV ] n. 行李
purse [ pE:s ] n. 钱包
pound [ paund ] n. 英镑
note [ n[ut ] n. 纸币
change [ tFeindV ] vt. 兑换
peseta [ p[`set[ ] n. 比塞塔(西班牙货币单位)
cheese [ tFi:z ] n .乳酪
orange [ `R:5rindV ] n. &a. 橘色的,桔子
manager [ `mAnidV[ ] n .经理
beach [ bi:tF ] n. 海滩
suntan [ `sQntAN ] n. 晒黑
tourist [ `tuErist ] n. 观光客,旅游的
Scottish [ `skRtiF ] a. 苏格兰的,苏格兰人的
however [ hau`ev[ ] adv.&conj. 然而,可是
well [ wel ] a. 健康的
holiday [ `hRl[di ] n. 假日
especially [ i`speF[li ] adv. 特别
restaurant [ `rest[rRN ] n. 饭店
include [ in`klu:d ] vt. 包括
absolutely [ `Abs[lu:tli ] adv. 完全地