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Traveling on the Cheap

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ID: 2041 Upper Intermediate
The experienced traveler knows that planning is everything. In this lesson, someone plans a trip to Yunnan and asks for advice on how to find information about traveling, while also revealing something about himself. Maybe too much...
Fri Oct 12 2012 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
攻略 gōnglǜe guide, plan
省事 shěngshì to save yourself trouble
限制 xiànzhì to limit
确定 quèdìng to confirm
小未，你出去玩是怎么做攻略的？
XiǎoWèi ，nǐ chūqù wán shì zěnme zuò gōnglüè de ？
Xiao Wei, when you go traveling, how do you do your research?
你要自助游？你不是一直跟团游吗？
nǐ yào zìzhùyóu ？nǐ bùshì yīzhí gēntuányóu ma ？
Do you want to travel on your own? You don't want to be with a tour group the whole time, right?
跟团游省事是省事，不过限制多，连上个厕所都要由导游来安排。我想尝试一下自助游。
gēntuányóu shěngshì shì shěngshì ，bùguò xiànzhì duō ，lián shàng ge cèsuǒ dōuyào yóu dǎoyóu lái ānpái 。wǒ xiǎng chángshì yīxià zìzhùyóu 。
Traveling with a tour group definitely saves one trouble, but it has lots of limitations. Even if you want to go to the bathroom, you need to schedule it with the tour guide. I want to try traveling on my own.
你想去哪里？
nǐ xiǎng qù nǎli ？
Where do you want to go?
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