主题语境
人与社会——旅游与交通
背景导入：不管什么时候外出旅游，都需要做好准备工作，衣食住行，方方面面都需要考虑到。什么季节穿什么衣服，去的地方是冷还是热，这些都是需要在出发前考虑到的，那么外出旅游，要做好哪些准备工作呢？
If you are planning on travelling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.
First of all, always check and doublecheck departure① time. It is surprising that few people really do this carefully. Once I arrived at the airport a few minutes after ten. My secretary had got the ticket for me and I thought she had said that the plane left at 10：50. When I arrived at the airport, the person at the departure desk told me that my flight was closed. Therefore, I had to wait three hours for the next one and missed an important meeting.
The second rule is to remember that even in this age of credit cards②， it is still important to have some local money in cash③. Once I arrived at a place at midnight④ and the bank at the airport was closed.The only way to get to my hotel was by taxi but because I had no dollars, I offered to pay in pounds instead.“Listen! I only take real money！” the driver said angrily. You can imagine how terrible I felt at that moment.
The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination⑤ before you leave. I feel sorry for some of my workmates who travel in heavy suits and raincoats in May, when it is still fairly cool in London or Manchester, to places like Athens, Rome or Madrid, where it is already beginning to get quite warm during the day.
【词汇积累】
①departure n. 离开；出发
②credit card 信用卡
③in cash 用现金
④at midnight 在半夜
⑤destination n. 目的地
【靓句背诵】
1．If you are planning on travelling, there are a few simple rules about how to make life easier both before and after your journey.
如果你计划旅行，这里有一些简单的规则，可以让你在旅行前后的生活更轻松。
2．The third and the last rule is to find out as much as you can about the weather at your destination before you leave.
第三条也是最后一条规则是，在出发前尽可能多地了解目的地的天气情况。
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking & Listening and Talking
每/日/金/句：Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.——Francis Bacon
旅行， 于年轻人而言， 是教育的一部分； 于长者而言， 则是一种经历。——弗朗西斯·培根
