♬主播：Wendi（中国）+ Selah（美国）

♬音乐：I Will Survive

暑假期间又到了旅游旺季。People all around the world (世界各地的人) are traveling (都在旅行).

Young people, both in school and those that are out of school, do a lot of traveling too ( 上学的和不上学的年轻人也会旅行). It is easier for them because they have more time and fewer responsibilities (因为他们的时间更多、责任更少).

Especially young kids. Summer and winter breaks (寒暑假) are probably the best time to go travelling (旅游的最好时间).

Selah刚刚结束了她三周的假期。She went to France, Egypt and Kenya (法国、埃及和肯尼亚). It was so much fun! 她看到了很多的风景（sights），体验了许多different cultures（不同的文化）。

Wendi plans to visit some cities in southern China (计划去中国南方的一些城市旅游) with my family. 因为她们住在北方，所以 views and cultures in the south (南方的观点和文化) 对他们来说非常 different and interesting（不同且有趣）。

01. The Difference between Chinese and Western Young People Making Travel Plans

中西方年轻人制定旅游计划的区别

In China, there are many apps for booking tickets and hotels (有很多关于预订门票和酒店的应用程序), like 去哪网，携程，and 智行。Wendi will always compare the prices on these apps (比较一下这些应用程序里的价格) and try to look for the cheapest offer (试着找最便宜的报价).

For flights, Selah uses websites like Kayak (客涯) or Hopper to compare flight prices (比较航班价格) across a lot of platforms (在很多平台平台). Because prices on different platforms can be really different (因为在不同的平台上的价格可能会差别很大).

For accommodations (住宿), it depends on (取决于) what type of place we want to stay (我们想住什么类型的地方) and how long we are staying for (以及我们要待多久).

Selah’s first choice is usually Airbnb (爱彼迎), because it is cheaper, convenient, and has more space. 他们也带有厨房。So we can cook our own meals (自己做饭) and save money by buying groceries (买食品杂货可以省钱).

Airbnb is actually someone has their own house or apartment, they turn it kind of into a hotel (他们把它变成了一家旅馆) so someone can pay and stay in that apartment or house for however long your vacation is (有人可以度假时付钱住在你的公寓或房子里). And they give you a password (给你一个密码) and your able to stay. 非常方便。

If Selah is booking a hotel, she will typically start with the area she wants to stay in (从她想住的地方开始), and then go onto Booking.com (缤客) or just do a general google search (谷歌搜索) to find a hotel with good reviews (找到一个有好评的酒店).

选择你想待的地方很重要。You need to consider the distance it has to all the tourist spots you want to visit (考虑和你想去的所有旅游景点的距离), and make sure it has good transport links (确保它有良好的交通连接).

If Selah does a hotel, 她想选择一个包括免费早餐的(she wants one that has a free breakfast included).

Sometimes Wendi would like to go to a nearby market (去附近的市场) and enjoy some local breakfast (享受当地的早餐)。这是一种体验那里的文化的好方法。

02. Who Would You Like to Travel with?

你想和谁一起旅行？

Selah’s advice for young people traveling (给年轻人的旅行建议) is, firstly, to do it with a friend (和你的朋友去旅行) or someone you want to share that memory with (或者和你想与之分享这段回忆的人).

It’s nice to have friends around, but it’s not always easy. There’s a saying that (有句话说) travelling is the best way to test your relationship (旅行是测试关系的最好方式) with your friends or your loved ones (与你的朋友或者你爱的人).

There are many people that enjoy solo-traveling (享受独自旅行), which has its own perks (有自己的好处). Because they can go anywhere and do anything completely based on their own will (完全根据他们自己的意愿).

Some more advice she would have is to plan ahead (提前计划). 如果你在最后一刻做出选择（make choices too last minute），prices are often very high and it gets expensive.

In addition, if you can, avoid eating out (避免外出就餐), or eat out only once (只出去吃一次) during your trip. Buying cheap meals, cooking yourself and buying groceries (买便宜的饭菜，自己做饭和买食品杂货) mean you can experience other things more (体验到更多的其他东西).

Another advice is to prioritize what you want ahead of time (提前优先考虑你想要的东西), make a budget (做预算)。给自己一个机会来体验当地的美食（local cuisines）、风景（sights）和文化（culture）。Let yourself explore!

•prioritize /praɪˈɔ:rətaɪz/ v. 优先考虑（处理）

03. "Military-style" travelling

“特种兵式旅游”

A term called "Military-style" travelling (特种兵式旅游) went viral online last year. It is a traveling style (旅行风格) of some Chinese college students, or young people (大学生或者年轻人), who spend as little much money as possible to travel to as many places as they can (花尽可能少的钱去尽可能多的地方旅行) during the weekend, or a short holiday.

They rarely take any break (很少休息), as if they were on a military training (好像他们在接受军事训练).

To do this, they usually take a late-night train (通常乘坐深夜的火车), because it’s cheaper, sleep on the train (睡在火车上), and arrive at their destination the next morning (第二天早上到达目的地).

Then they will explore that city real quick (快速探索这座城市), and probably go to another nearby city if they have time (可能去附近的另一个城市).

If they want to spend another day in that city, to save money, some people choose to stay in a 24-hour restaurant (选择住在一家24小时营业的餐厅里), like the McDonald’s (比如麦当劳).

So, the schedule is really tight (时间表真的很紧), but they can really explore many places with minimum cost (以最低的成本探索许多地方).

•minimum adj. 最小的，最低限度的

Some people think this way of traveling is just wandering around (这种旅行方式就是四处闲逛), like they can’t really learn something deep about that city (不能真正了解那个城市的东西). 但旅行只是为了好玩。人们可以有不同的目的（People can have different purposes）。

•purpose n. 目的，意图