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!"
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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 |