美語情景對話 第385期:Packaged Tour vs. Backpacking 跟團旅遊vs揹包旅遊

Todd: So, Simon, are you still planning to take trip to Southeast Asia?

託德：西蒙，你還在計劃去東南亞旅行嗎？

Simon: Yeah, I really like Southeast Asia so I would like to go there again.

西蒙：對，我真的非常喜歡東南亞，所以我很想再去一次。

Todd: Oh, cool. When you go, are you taking a tour, Packaged tour or are you just going to go on your own like a backpacker?

託德：哦，真酷。你是打算跟旅行團去還是做揹包客獨自旅行呢？

Simon: Well, I haven't decided yet. Ah, both have their advantages and their disadvantages. (Mm, yeah!) Um, well, let's say with backpacking, it's cheap, and you can meet a lot of interesting people and you can sometimes stumble upon, really, really cool things or interesting places by chance.

西蒙：嗯，我還沒有決定。兩種方式都有利有弊。（是啊！）嗯，就比如揹包旅行吧，這種旅遊非常便宜，你會遇到很多有意思的人，有時也會意外發現非常棒的事情，或是偶然發現有意思的地方。

Todd: Hm, it's true, but if you do a packaged tour, they usually have the expertise about the area. You'll have a guide who can speak the language.

託德：沒錯，不過如果你揹包旅行，通常會有了解那些地區的專家。你可以找個會說當地語言的導遊。

Simon: Well, if I go for a short-time, which is probably the case I think packaged tours have, are also good because you're there for a short time. Everything is provided for you and you can just enjoy fun in the sun, or culture. Basically, your mind can relax. When you're a backpacker you always have to think about everything, you know. "Can I find a place to stay?", "Is this place safe?" you know, "Are my belongings safe?" uh, things like that. Packaged tour you just sit back and relax.

西蒙：如果是短期旅行，我認爲跟團比較好，因爲你只去旅行很短的時間。跟團旅遊的話，他們會爲你提供所有東西，你只要在陽光下享受樂趣就好了，可以盡情感受那裏的文化。基本來說，你可以放鬆精神。而揹包旅行的話，你要一直考慮所有事情。比如“我可以找到住的地方嗎？”“這個地方安全嗎？”或是“我的財物安全吧？”你會一直考慮這些事情。跟團旅遊就什麼都不用管，放鬆就好了。

Todd: Yeah, I think it's always best to take a packaged tour if you travel with somebody, but it's always best to do backpacking if you're going to travel alone.

託德：對，我認爲如果你和某個人一起旅遊，那跟旅行團比較好，如果你自己旅行那揹包旅行比較好。

Simon: Absolutely, I agree. If you're alone, in, as a backpacker, you can meet people. You're forced to meet people.

西蒙：我完全同意。如果你獨自旅遊的話，揹包旅行可以讓你遇到很多人。你一定會遇到很多人。

Todd: Yeah, that's true.

託德：對，沒錯。

Simon: Ah, if you took a packaged tour alone you'd probably be one lonely person, sitting on the beach, drinking your glass of lemonade or whatever drank and sitting there reading a book.

西蒙：如果你獨自旅遊卻跟團的話，那你就會非常孤獨，獨自坐在海灘上喝檸檬汽水或其他飲料，或者獨自看書。

Todd: So, on your trip to Southest Asia, are you going along with somebody?

託德：那你去東南亞旅遊是打算和誰一起去嗎？

Simon: Well, we'll see won't we.

西蒙：嗯，我們拭目以待吧。

重點講解：
1. stumble on/upon
意外發現；偶然看見；
eg. History relates that they stumbled on a magnificent waterfall.
歷史上記載他們曾意外地發現了一處壯觀的瀑布。
eg. I stumble upon the rare book in a second-hand bookstore.
我在一家舊書店偶然找到這本珍貴的書。
2. by chance
偶然；碰巧；
eg. He picked up a purse on his way there by chance.
他碰巧在去那兒的路上撿了一個錢包。
eg. Life gets better not by chance, but by change.
生活變得美好，不是偶然，而是我們努力改變的結果。
3. sit back
不插手；袖手旁觀；
eg. They didn't have to do anything except sit back and enjoy life.
他們只需置身事外，享受生活。
eg. They showed me that there are real, wonderful people being treated unjustly and that I cannot sit back and let that happen.
他們讓我真實的看到這樣一羣善良的人受到不平等的對待，而我不能坐視不理。