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Travelling to Kyoto

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ID: 3067 Upper Intermediate
A friend is planning a trip to Kyoto, Japan, and gets some advice from their travel writer friend....
Thu Apr 20 2017 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
京都 Jīngdū Kyoto
打听 dǎting to ask around
攻略 gōngluè strategy
写手 xiěshǒu writer
我好想去日本玩呀！欸！你去过京都吗？
wǒ hǎo xiǎngqù Rìběn wán ya ！èi ！nǐ qù guò Jīngdū ma ？
I really want to travel to Japan! Ah! Have you been to Kyoto?
那当然！你也不去打听打听，我可是京都旅游攻略写手。京都拥有丰富的文化遗产，是蝉联世界排名第一最有魅力的城市！
nà dāngrán ！nǐ yě bu qù dǎting dǎting ，wǒ kě shì Jīngdū lǚyóu gōngluè xiěshǒu 。Jīngdū yōngyǒu fēngfù de wénhuà yíchǎn ，shì chánlián shìjiè páimíng dì yī zuì yǒu mèilì de chéngshì ！
Of course! You clearly haven't caught wind that I write as part of Kyoto's tourism strategy. Kyoto has a substantial number of cultural heritage sites and has ranked top in terms of nice cities for several years running.
行了行了！你谦虚点，这些还用你说吗？我早就下载好旅游攻略软件，谁还上网扒攻略呢！
xíng le xíng le ！nǐ qiānxū diǎnr ，zhèxiē hái yòng nǐ shuō ma ？wǒ zǎo jiù xiàzǎi hǎo lǚyóu gōngluè ruǎnjiàn ，shéi hái shàngwǎng pá gōngluè ne ！
OK! OK! Can you be a little bit more modest? I don't need to hear all this from you, do I? I downloaded a trip planning app ages ago, who still goes on the internet to plan their trip?
旅游软件能告诉你如何欣赏京都的美吗？春季赏樱、秋天赏枫，冬日在风雪中领会千年古都的美丽哀愁...
lǚyóu ruǎnjiàn néng gàosu nǐ rúhé xīnshǎng jīngdōu de měi ma ？chūnjì shǎngyīng 、qiūtiān shǎngfēng ，dōng rì zài fēng xuě zhōng lǐnghuì qiān nián gǔdōu de měilì āichóu ...
Can software tell you how to enjoy the beauty Kyoto has to offer? With the cherry blossoms in spring and the maple trees in autumn, or enjoying the desolate beauty of the the thousand-year-old ancient city of Kyoto in the snow...
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