Harry's Trips1
Harry is an American business man.哈里是一位美国商人。
His job requires him to do a lot of travelling.他的工作需要经常出差。
He takes 9 or 10 trips a year.他每年旅行9到10次
In the past 6 months, he has made 5 trips.在过去的6个月里,他已经旅行了5次。
3 were to Asia and 2 were to Europe.3个去亚洲,2个去欧洲。
The purpose of these trips, is to attend meetings and make presentations.这些旅行的目的是参加会议和做报告。
Harry loves to travel and he's traveled to many countries.哈里喜欢旅行,他去过许多国家。
Most of his trips are for one or two weeks.他的大部分旅行都是一两个星期。
His first international trip was 15 years ago, when he was 20 years old.他的第一次国际旅行是在15年前,当时他20岁。
He really wanted to see Asia, so he and a friend flew to Tokyo, Japan.他真的很想去看看亚洲,所以他和一个朋友飞到了日本东京。
From Tokyo, they traveled around Japan for 2 weeks.他们从东京出发,在日本各地旅行了两个星期。
The people they met were very nice, but most of them didn't speak English.他们遇到的人都很好,但大多数人不会说英语。
Harry tried to speak a little Japanese, but it was difficult.哈里试着说一点日语,但很难。
He didn't do very well.他做得不是很好
When he spoke to people, most of them just looked at him.当他和人们说话时,大多数人只是看着他
They didn't understand what he was trying to say.他们不明白他想说什么。
From Japan they went to Korea for a week, and then they went to China.他们从日本去了韩国一个星期,然后去了中国。
In China, they visited the Great Wall near BeiJin.在中国,他们参观了北京附近的长城。
They stayed in BeiJin for a few days, and then boarded a train for ShangHai.他们在北京呆了几天,然后登上了开往上海的火车。
It was an overnight train, with sleeping cars.那是一列通宵火车,有卧铺车厢。
During the journey they enjoyed looking out the window at the countryside.在旅途中,他们喜欢望着窗外的乡村。
The view from the train was wonderful.从火车上看风景好极了。
Harry will never forget watching the sun go down in the evening.哈利永远不会忘记晚上看日落的情景。
It was a beautiful sunset.这是一个美丽的日落。
The journey to ShangHai took many hours, but it was an unforgettable experience.去上海的旅程花了许多小时,但那是一次难忘的经历。
On the train the met a Chinese professor, who spoke English.在火车上他们遇到了一位会说英语的中国教授。
He was a middle aged man, whose hair was turning grey.他是个中年男子,头发正在变白。
He told them about how things were changing in China.他告诉他们中国的情况正在发生怎样的变化。
It was wonderful to watch him as he was speaking.在他讲话时看着他真是太好了。
His eyes were full of energy and excitements.他的眼睛充满了活力和兴奋。
They only stayed in ShangHai for a couple of days.他们只在上海呆了几天。
Then they returned to the US, and went back to school.然后他们回到美国,回到学校
They had one more year to finish their studies.他们还有一年的时间完成学业。
Harry's Trips2
Harry's next few trips were to different parts of the world.哈里接下来的几次旅行是去世界各地。
He went to Europe twice, each time to different countries.他去过欧洲两次,每次去不同的国家
On one trip, he traveled through the UK and France.有一次,他穿越了英国和法国。
On the next trip, he went to Italy and Greece.第二次旅行,他去了意大利和希腊
After Europe, he traveled to Mexico and South America.欧洲之后,他去了墨西哥和南美洲。
In South America, he went to Argentina(阿根廷) and Brazil(巴西).他在南美洲阿根廷和巴西。
He enjoyed watching some great soccer matches.他喜欢看一些精彩的足球比赛。
Then he decided to go back to Asia.然后他决定回到亚洲。
But this time he went to Southeast Asia.但这次他去了东南亚。
He visited Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore.他访问了越南、泰国和新加坡。
Each country has a charm of its own.每个国家都有自己的魅力
After all this travel, Harry decided to make travel part of his career.旅行了这么久,哈利决定把旅行作为他事业的一部分。
He didn't want to work only in the US.他不想只在美国工作。
He didn't want to work only with Americans.他不想只和美国人合作
He wanted to experience other countries and other cultures.他想体验其他国家和其他文化
His dream was to work for an international company.他的梦想是为一家国际公司工作。
Five years ago, his dream came true.五年前,他的梦想实现了
Now he's working for a German hi-tech company.现在他在一家德国高科技公司工作
As part of his job, he has to travel a lot.作为工作的一部分,他必须经常出差
As a result, he has been to many cities and countries.因此,他去过许多城市和国家。
And he has met many interesting people.他认识了许多有趣的人。