29 Your Dream Vacation

CHAPTER 1 Time to Play SO YOU'RE READY FOR A VACATION. WHERE SHOULD YOU GO, AND WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Put a check (V) next to things that are important to you. traveling far away being near water seeing something new going back to a favorite place being with friends being with family having "me time" doing lots of activities going somewhere warm learning something new Let's look at a few dream vacations. Raül is on an airplane. Where is he going? Home! He lives in Chile, far away from his family in New York. The last time he saw them was more than a year ago. He can't wait to be with them. Sabine is on a tour with a group of people. They are at the Louvre Museum in Paris. A guide is telling them about the paintings. This is one stop on Sabine's vacation to learn about art in Europe. Carmen is in the middle of a river in fast water. What is she doing? White water rafting in Turkey! Carmen goes somewhere new each year where she can get better at her favorite sport. Maybe these aren't your dream vacations. But dream vacations aren't the same for everyone. It's time to find your dream vacation!

第1章是时候玩了，这样你就为假期做好了准备。 你应该去哪里，你应该做什么？ 在对你重要的事情旁边打个勾(V)。 远行，近水，看到新的东西，回到最喜欢的地方，和朋友在一起，和家人在一起，有“自己的时间”，做很多活动，去温暖的地方，学习新的东西，让我们来看看一些梦想的假期。 我在飞机上。他要去哪里？ 的家!他住在智利，远离他在纽约的家人。 他最后一次见到他们是在一年多前。 他迫不及待地想和他们在一起。 萨宾和一群人在旅游。 它们在巴黎的卢浮宫博物馆。 导游正在给他们介绍这些画。 这是Sabine在欧洲学习艺术的其中一站。 卡门在湍急的河水中。 她在做什么？在土耳其漂流！卡门每年都去一个新的地方，在那里她可以在她最喜欢的运动中做得更好。 也许这不是你梦想中的假期。 但梦想假期对每个人来说都不一样。 是时候寻找你的梦想假期了！

CHAPTER 2 Relaxing Vacations WANT TO RELAX AND HAVE A QUIET TIME? MAYBE THESE VACATIONS ARE FOR YOU. You need to leave your computer at home and your cell phone off for this vacation in Thailand. Koh Lipe is a small island in the Andaman Sea. You can only get there by boat. There aren't any cars on the island. There aren't any banks, either, so bring money. But you don't need to bring much. It's not expensive. You can stay in some places for only $20 a night. There are four beautiful beaches with white sand. You can go snorkeling in beautiful blue water. The Vigilius Mountain Resort is in Lana, Italy. Here, at 1,500 meters, you're in your own "island" in the mountains. There aren't any roads, so you need to take a cable car to get there. There is a lot of peace and quiet, and a beautiful view of the Dolomite Mountains. You can get a massage at the spa, swim in the pool, and take yoga classes. In the winter, you can also go skiing.

第2章放松的假期想要放松和有一个安静的时间吗？ 也许这些假期是为你准备的。 这次去泰国度假，你需要把电脑留在家里，手机也关机。 里佩岛是安达曼海中的一个小岛。 你只能坐船去那里。 岛上没有汽车。 那里也没有银行，所以要带钱。 但你不需要带太多东西。 它不贵。你可以在一些地方住一晚只花0美元。 有四个美丽的白色沙滩。 你可以在美丽的蓝色海水中浮潜。 维吉留斯山度假村位于意大利拉那。 在海拔1500米的地方，你就在山里自己的“岛屿”上。 那里没有路，所以你需要坐缆车去那里。 这里宁静祥和，白云石山脉的美景一览无余。 你可以在水疗中心做按摩，在游泳池游泳，还可以上瑜伽课。 在冬天，你也可以去滑雪。

In the Canadian Rocky Mountains, you can stay at the Fairmont Chateau Hotel. This beautiful hotel has great views of Lake Louise and the mountains. It has a relaxing spa, too. But there are also lots of activities you can do, including hiking, skiing, and snowmobiling. These places are relaxing, but traveling can be a lot of work. Sometimes when you're stressed from school and work, you don't want to plan a vacation. You don't want to pack and travel. Sometimes, the most relaxing vacation is staying at home— a "staycation." Get comfortable on the couch. Watch movies and read books. Or maybe you want to relax doing a favorite hobby. On your staycation, maybe you want to take short trips to places near you, enjoy the beach, have a picnic in the park, or visit your favorite museum. It's nice to spend time with family and friends, too. Maybe the best staycation is to give yourself a gift. Pay someone to clean your house, wash your clothes, and cook for you. Or call your favorite restaurants and pay them to send food to your house. It's like being in a hotel.

在加拿大的落基山脉，你可以住在费尔蒙城堡酒店。 这家美丽的旅馆可以看到路易斯湖和山脉的美景。 它也有一个放松的水疗中心。 但是你也可以做很多活动，包括徒步旅行、滑雪和雪地摩托。 这些地方很放松，但旅行可能会有很多工作。 有时候，当你受到学校和工作的压力时，你不想计划度假。 你不想打包旅行。 有时候，最放松的假期是呆在家里——“宅度假”。 在沙发上舒服地躺着。 看电影和读书。 或者你想放松一下，做自己喜欢的事情。 在你的居家度假中，也许你想去附近的地方短途旅行，享受海滩，在公园野餐，或者参观你最喜欢的博物馆。 与家人和朋友共度时光也很好。 也许最好的居家度假就是给自己一份礼物。 花钱请人帮你打扫房子、洗衣服、做饭。 或者打电话给你最喜欢的餐馆，付钱让他们把食物送到你家。 就像住在酒店里一样。

CHAPTER 3 Active Vacations SOME VACATIONS ARE ALL ABOUT ACTIVITIES- DO YOUR FAVORITE THINGS OR TRY NEW THINGS. They're cooking dinner over a campfire. Someone says, "Come and get it!" Where are you? On vacation at a dude ranch in Colorado! If you want to ride horses and feel like a cowboy, then this is your dream vacation. There's no better way to see the American West than riding a horse along a trail. At dude ranches you can also be in a rodeo! Or you can get off the horse and do other activities, like hiking or fishing. And in some places you can go white water rafting or skiing, too. Maybe the life of a rock star, not a cowboy, is for you. If so, you can go on vacation to a Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp. There are camps in the USA, England, and the Bahamas. You play, write, and record music in a studio with famous musicians like Steven Tyler of Aerosmith or Nick Mason of Pink Floyd. At the end, you play on stage. And you can get on TV. Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp is now a TV show.

有些假期是关于活动的——做你喜欢的事情或尝试新事物。 他们正在营火上煮晚餐。 有人说：“来拿吧！”你在哪里？ 在科罗拉多的度假农场度假！如果你想骑马，感觉自己像个牛仔，那么这就是你梦寐以求的假期。 没有比骑马沿着小径看美国西部更好的方式了。 在杜德牧场，你还可以参加竞技表演！或者你可以下马做其他活动，比如远足或钓鱼。 在一些地方，你还可以泛舟或滑雪。 也许摇滚明星的生活更适合你，而不是牛仔。 如果是这样，你可以去度假，参加一个摇滚幻想夏令营。 在美国、英国和巴哈马群岛都有营地。 你在录音室里和著名的音乐家一起演奏、创作和录制音乐，比如史密斯飞船乐队的史蒂文·泰勒或平克·弗洛伊德乐队的尼克·梅森。 最后，你在舞台上表演。 你可以上电视。摇滚梦幻训练营现在是一档电视节目。

Peace and love. It's the Love Parade! This festival began in East Berlin just months before the Berlin Wall came down in 1989. It was a festival for world peace and understanding and to enjoy electronic music. Now many cities in different places in the world have Love Parade festivals: Budapest, Hungary; Sydney, Australia; Santiago, Chile. What happens at a Love Parade? There's a lot of dancing. DJs from around the world travel on floats and play electronic music. People at the festival dance all day and night. It's great fun, but you can get really tired. Or take a vacation to the beautiful South American city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil— the home of the 2016 Olympics. It's the first South American city to have the Olympics. It's also the home of the biggest Carnival festival in the world. People from many countries go there for Carnival. It's a four-day national holiday with street parties, parades with colorful floats, and people wearing wonderful costumes. And lots of Brazilian samba: music, singing, and dancing!

和平与爱。这是爱的大游行！这个节日始于1989年柏林墙倒塌前几个月的东柏林。 这是一个世界和平与理解的节日，也是一个享受电子音乐的节日。 现在世界上许多城市都有爱的游行节：匈牙利的布达佩斯；澳大利亚悉尼;圣地亚哥,智利。 爱的游行会发生什么？ 有很多舞蹈。来自世界各地的dj乘坐花车旅行，演奏电子音乐。 人们在节日里整天整夜地跳舞。 这很有趣，但是你会很累。 或者去巴西美丽的南美城市里约热内卢度假，那里是2016年奥运会的举办地。 这是第一个举办奥运会的南美城市。 它也是世界上最大的狂欢节的举办地。 许多国家的人去那里参加狂欢节。 这是一个为期四天的全国性节日，有街头派对，有五颜六色的彩车游行，人们穿着漂亮的服装。 还有很多巴西桑巴舞：音乐、唱歌和跳舞！

CHAPTER 4 Exotic Vacations MAYBE YOU PREFER BEAUTIFUL AND UNUSUAL VACATIONS IN INTERESTING, FARAWAY PLACES. Do you want to visit exotic places? Why not take a vacation at the end of the world? Ushuaia, in Argentina, is the world's most southern city. It's closer to Antarctica than it is to Buenos Aires. Ushuaia has lakes, forests, glaciers, beautiful rainbows, and the Andes Mountains. So you can fish, hike, and ski. And if you take a boat ride, you can see penguins up close. There are many wonderful places in nature, but there are only seven Natural Wonders of the World. Victoria Falls in southern Africa, on the Zambezi River, is one of them. It's the largest waterfall in the world. You can hear it long before you see it— 935 cubic meters of water fall every second! It's really noisy! Be sure to visit the Falls between late November and late April, when it doesn't rain so much. You can see and do more then. You can swim in "The Devil's Swimming Pool" on the edge of the Falls. Or you can see a beautiful moonbow— a rainbow made by the light of a full moon through the water of the Falls.

也许你更喜欢在有趣而遥远的地方度过美丽而不寻常的假期。 你想去异国情调的地方吗？ 为什么不在世界的尽头去度假呢？ 阿根廷的乌斯怀亚是世界上最南端的城市。 它离南极洲比离布宜诺斯艾利斯更近。 乌斯怀亚有湖泊、森林、冰川、美丽的彩虹和安第斯山脉。 所以你可以钓鱼、远足和滑雪。 如果你乘船，你可以近距离看到企鹅。 自然界中有许多奇妙的地方，但世界上只有七大自然奇观。 位于非洲南部赞比西河上的维多利亚瀑布就是其中之一。 它是世界上最大的瀑布。 在你看到它之前，你就能听到它的声音——每秒钟有935立方米的水落下！它真的很吵！一定要在11月下旬到4月下旬之间参观瀑布，那时候雨水不那么多。 你可以看到和做更多。 你可以在瀑布边上的“魔鬼游泳池”里游泳。 或者你可以看到美丽的月虹——满月的光穿过瀑布的水形成的彩虹。