时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2013年(三月)


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War in Syria Hurts Lebanese Tourism Sector 1



The nickname of the once popular Lebanese mountain town Aley is ‘Arous el Masayif’ - ‘the bride of touristic places.’ But the picturesque 2 village outside Beirut that once attracted many Saudis and other Gulf 3 nation nationals for its quaint 4 atmosphere and cool evening breezes, looks abandoned these days.


Many restaurants are empty. Some have closed down for good.


Maher Abou Hassan, the manager of a restaurant in Aley said, "Before, you needed two to three hours just to get through the main street of Aley. It used to be packed. Now, look. It’s empty. Most of my customers used to be from the Gulf. This year, I had only two from there. And even the Lebanese customers are not coming much."


Abou Hassan’s restaurant, “The Sound of the Oud” - like the streets of his village - also used to be packed, filling all 200 seats every Saturday night. Now he’s lucky if he gets 40 customers.


Abou Hassan had to cut his employees from around 18 to four.


Sagging 5 numbers


With its beautiful mountains, stunning 6 beaches, Roman ruins and Ottoman architecture, Lebanon’s economy has long leaned on tourism, which accounts for more than a quarter of its gross domestic product. Visitor numbers are down nearly 38 percent from 2010.


But the war in neighboring Syria is just one of the factors, says Lebanon’s Minister of Tourism Fady Abboud.


"We don’t have a road link with the rest of the world because certainly we don’t have a link with Israel, the only link is through Syria and probably I lost about a quarter of a million tourists coming by road to Lebanon, mainly Jordanians, Iranians and certainly from the Gulf," he said.


To entice 7 tourists, the ministry 8 recently offered a promotion 9 of 50 days for 50 percent off. Discounts were offered on airline tickets, hotels and restaurants.


Nizar Khoury is head of the commercial section for Lebanon’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines.


"I regret to tell you that it hasn’t really worked because the reason for the Arab nationals not coming to Beirut is not the price actually; it’s the situation, political and security situation.


So Lebanon is trying to diversify 10 its pool of tourists by reaching out to new audiences from Russia, Latin America and Africa, among other regions. 




n.部门,部分;防御地段,防区;扇形
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的
  • You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
  • That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
adj.古雅的,离奇有趣的,奇怪的
  • There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷。
  • They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
下垂[沉,陷],松垂,垂度
  • The morale of the enemy troops is continuously sagging. 敌军的士气不断低落。
  • We are sagging south. 我们的船正离开航线向南漂流。
adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
v.诱骗,引诱,怂恿
  • Nothing will entice the children from television.没有任何东西能把孩子们从电视机前诱开。
  • I don't see why the English should want to entice us away from our native land.我不明白,为什英国人要引诱我们离开自己的国土。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
n.提升,晋级;促销,宣传
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级,加了薪。
v.(使)不同,(使)变得多样化
  • Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
  • Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。
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ahmadiyyas
air conditioning plant
air-cast
AIRAD
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Bardenitz
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Birnin Kudu
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diribonucleotides
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flexor retinaculum
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hand-launder
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hydraulic mule
hydroscopic movement
hypolemma
indeleble
Indo-Portuguese furniture
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internal distance
intersection line
isoconfigurational
khalilzad
Lahontan Res.
latex granule
Le Folgoët
leading effect
loganairs
mammaluke
masquerade costume
maximal integral manifold
mec
megabyte
Midbea
Montmartre, Butte de
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musicianship
oblique photogrammetry
optical isolator
over and short
oxygen overpressure indicator
perpendicular cut
peter lombard
phase reverser
photoelectric power converter
photohyalography
pigginess
pinicortannic acid
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pouser
Primula strumosa
rectilinearly
Rockwell superficial hardness
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rtj
rudzinskis
sending system
Sichem
single-crystals
sisnstsesrsfsesrsosns-s
slip-cloth
soma
sphrulocyte
sterntube
subtractive colour
symmetrical forging
tenaphalara acutipennis
thyreoglandular adenoma
tool point width
underconsumption of capital
Varoxil
vincentian
virtual register
wrangelia argus
yachtmen