本教材的主要对象是高职高专旅游专业及其他相关专业的高年级学生。目前国内现有的旅游英语教材大多侧重于阅读、口语或应用文写作等方面。本书根据教学实践中遇到的问题，编写了这本旨在培养学生多方面语言技能的教材。教材的选材涉及旅游行业的许多方面，例如，海关、交通、宾馆、餐饮服务、购物、观光等。书中包含了旅游行业常用英语词汇和表达方式。本书的目的是培养学生实际应用英语的能力，使他们能够在旅游行业的相关语境中进行一般的听、说交际，借助词典阅读有关文章，并具有初步的写作和翻译能力。

Unit One China and Its History

 Section One Reading and Speaking Greeting and Introduction

Dialogue One Please Call Me Dave

Dialogue Two How Is Everything

Passage Cultural Variations in Introductions

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Chinese Culture in Brief

Passage Two Urban Lifestyles in China

Unit Two Chinese People and Art

 Section One Reading and Speaking At the Railway Station or Airport

Dialogue One Meeting a Tour Group at the Airport

DiMogue Two Meeting Tourists at the Railway Station

Passage Spotting Tour Groups

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage one The Chinese and Their Influence

Passage Two Beijing Opera

Unit Three Chinese Festivals

 Section One Reading and Speaking Talking on the Phone

Dialogue One Room Reservations

Dialogue Two May I Help You?

Passage “Duan Wu”-A Day in Memory of a Patriotic Poet

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Spring Festival

Passage Two The Mid-Autumn Festival

Unit Four Tourism

 Section One Reading and Speaking At the Customs

Dialogue One At the Customs(1)

Dialogue Two At the Customs(2)

Passage The Importance of Declaring Things

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Tourism

Passage Two Travel Agency

Unit Five Transportation

 Section One Reading and Speaking Traveling by Plane

Dialogue One Traveling by Air

Dialogue Two Flight Reservation

Passage Transportation

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Transportation in China

Passage Two An Overview of the Air Transportation

Unit Six Hotel

 Section One Reading and Speaking Hotel Service

Dialogue One The Registration

Dialogue Two About the Room Facilities

Passage An Introduction to the Hospitality Industry

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Hotels in the World

Passage Two Serviced Accommodation

Unit Seven Chinese Cuisine

 Section Reading and Speaking At a Restaurant

Dialogue One At the Restaurant (1)

Dialogue Two At the Restaurant (2)

Passage Family Banquet on New Year's Eve in China

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Chinese Cuisine

Passage Two Beijing Roast Duck

Unit Eight Shopping

 Section One Reading and Speaking At the Shop

Dialogue One At the Shop

Dialogue Two At an Arts and Crafts Store

Passage Shopping

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Tea

Passage Two Ceramics, the Pearl of Oriental Art

Unit Nine Tours Around China

 Section One Reading and Speaking Sightseeing

Dialogue One Traveling to Shanghai

Dialogue Two A Tour Around Suzhou

Passage The Great Wall

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One Package Tour

Passage Two Huangshan Mountain

Unit Ten Departure

 Section One Reading and Speaking Checking-out and Saying Good-bye.

Dialogue One Farewell

Dialogue Two Checking out——at the Cashier's

Passage An Extract from George W. Bush's Farewell Speech

 Section Two Reading and Writing

Passage One A Farewell Speech

Passage Two The Qualifications for Being a Good Tour Guide

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