A2 English Listening Practice - Travel · Listening Time
本视频是A2级别英语听力练习，围绕旅行主题展开，适合练习听力和理解能力，内容涵盖旅行经历、住宿选择和交通方式等。
Hey everybody, welcome to this A2 English Listening Practice video.
大家好，欢迎观看这个关于 A2 级英语听力练习的视频。
You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
你可以利用这个视频来训练自己的听力能力以及理解能力（即在我讲话时能够准确理解我的意思）。
You ready?
你准备好了吗？
So, today I'm going to talk about travel.
那么，今天我要谈谈旅行。
Traveling is one of the funnest activities.
旅行是最有趣的活动之一。
I've always loved traveling.
我一直都很喜欢旅行。
When I was young, my family and I traveled to Hawaii many times.
我小时候，我和家人多次前往夏威夷旅行。
In case you don't know much about Hawaii, it's an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
如果你对夏威夷了解不多的话，它是一个位于太平洋中部的岛屿。
And it's also one of the 50 states of the US.
它也是美国50个州之一。
I've been there about six or seven times.
我去过那里大概六七次了。
I don't remember how many exactly.
我不记得具体有多少个了。
It's definitely one of my favorite places in the world.
这绝对是我世界上最喜欢的地方之一。
Hawaii has plenty of really beautiful beaches and the lifestyle there is slow and calm.
夏威夷拥有许多非常美丽的海滩，当地的生活方式悠闲而宁静。
But even though Hawaii is one of my favorite places to travel to,
尽管夏威夷是我最喜欢的旅行目的地之一，
in general I prefer the countryside, the forest, or the mountains more than the beach.
总体来说，比起海滩，我更喜欢乡村、森林或山区。
So, I love taking camping trips and road trips.
我非常喜欢去露营和进行公路旅行。
I've taken a few different road trips through the US before and I just recently took a road trip through the Tuscany region of Italy.
我之前曾多次驾车旅行穿越美国，最近又去意大利的托斯卡纳地区进行了一次公路旅行。
It was one of the most incredible experiences I've ever had.
那是我经历过的最不可思议的事情之一。
If you ever get the chance to go to Italy, I highly recommend you to rent a car and drive through Tuscany.
如果你有机会去意大利，我强烈建议你租一辆车，然后开车游览托斯卡纳地区。
Trust me, you won't be disappointed.
相信我，你一定不会失望的。
Speaking of Europe, I also took a backpacking trip through Portugal and Spain a few years ago.
说到欧洲，几年前我还曾背包旅行，去了葡萄牙和西班牙。
It was my first time backpacking and it wasn't easy.
这是我第一次进行背包旅行，过程并不容易。
We spent a lot of time walking and taking buses and trains and the whole time we had these big backpacks on our backs.
我们花了大量时间步行、乘坐公交车和火车；在整个旅程中，我们的背上始终背着那些沉重的背包。
We stayed in some pretty low quality hostels and thus we had some bad experiences.
我们住在一些质量相当差的旅舍里，因此遇到了一些不愉快的经历。
The worst thing that happened to me was that I was bitten by bed bugs when I was in Madrid.
发生在我的最糟糕的事情是：我在马德里的时候被床虫咬了。
I don't know if you've ever been bitten by bed bugs before, but it's not a fun experience.
我不知道你以前是否曾被床虫咬过，但那绝对不是一次愉快的经历。
And for me, it was worse because I have really sensitive skin.
对我来说，情况更加糟糕，因为我的皮肤非常敏感。
So, I didn't just have little red spots on my skin.
我的皮肤上不仅仅出现了小红点；情况比这更复杂。
I had big swollen sores all over my arms.
我的手臂上布满了又大又肿的疮口。
So, if you plan on staying in hostels when you travel, you should definitely read the online reviews first.
因此，如果你计划在旅行期间入住青年旅社，那么一定要先阅读网上的评价。
Sometimes, it's better to pay a little more money to stay in a better place.
有时候，为了住在一个更好的地方，多花一点钱也是值得的。
Some people only like staying in hotels and other people really like Airbnbs.
有些人只喜欢住在酒店里，而另一些人则非常喜欢使用 Airbnb（短租平台）。
And lately, I've been staying at Airbnbs no matter where I travel.
最近，无论我去哪里旅行，我都选择住在 Airbnb 上提供的房源里。
It's definitely better than staying in hostels in my opinion.
在我看来，这肯定比住在青年旅社要好得多。
Another aspect of travel that's really important is the flight.
旅行的另一个非常重要的方面就是航班本身。
This is probably the worst part about traveling.
这可能是旅行中最糟糕的部分了。
Actually, it is the worst part, definitely.
其实，这绝对是整个过程中最糟糕的部分。
I've been pretty lucky because I haven't had any really bad flights,
我真的很幸运，因为从来没有遇到过特别糟糕的飞行体验。
but I have had experiences with long delays and canceled flights which can really ruin your trip.
不过，我确实遇到过航班延误严重或被取消的情况，这些情况真的会毁掉你的整个旅行体验。
There were two times when I had to spend the night at the airport, which was terrible.
有两次我不得不在机场过夜，那真是太糟糕了。