时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力文摘 English Digest


英语课

  A hundred years after the first youth hostel 1 was created, do such establishments have a part to play in the 21st century? After all one of the traditional images is of big draughty rooms that you have to share with snoring strangers, while being ordered to do the chores and forgo 2 many of life’s little luxuries.

A person who travels around and stays in different hostels 3 is a youth hosteller,  Here’s one youth hosteller with her reasons.

It’s good value as well, it's not just that they’re cheap, although nowadays you’re paying £10 to £15 most nights, it’s hot showers, and good drying room facilities, good kitchen facilities. And most of the hostels I’ve stayed at have been very well kitted out.

Now this youth hosteller has been youth hostelling for 13 years. Her father did it before her and her grandfather did it before the Second World War.

I’ve been hostelling I think for about 13 years and my dad obviously did it before that and my grandfather, he was certainly youth hostelling before the Second World War, back in the days when you weren’t allowed to turn up any way other than on foot and by bike. There was no drinking in the hostel and you had to do your chores before you were allowed out in the morning.

Here’s another youth hosteller.

They’re a bit more swish than they used to be – we used to have to do chores and the wardens 4 would make you clean the toilets, sweep the dormitories or whatever, and there’s none of that anymore.

So youth hostels are changing. Here’s Duncan Simpson from the YHA, the Youth Hostelling Association.

If you look at the movement for society, people have looked for more and more privacy and, to a degree, more comfort. And we need to reflect that and meet what people are looking for.

hostel:青年旅社

chore:琐事

forgo:放弃

swish:时髦而昂贵的

warden:管理员



n.(学生)宿舍,招待所
  • I lived in a hostel while I was a student.我求学期间住在青年招待所里。
  • He says he's staying at a Youth Hostel.他说他现住在一家青年招待所。
v.放弃,抛弃
  • Time to prepare was a luxuary he would have to forgo.因为时间不够,他不得不放弃做准备工作。
  • She would willingly forgo a birthday treat if only her warring parents would declare a truce.只要她的父母停止争吵,她愿意放弃生日宴请。
n.旅舍,招待所( hostel的名词复数 );青年宿舍
  • The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels. 学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。 来自辞典例句
  • Are there any cheap hostels in Nanjing for one person? 南京有没有便宜的旅店可以一个人住? 来自互联网
n.看守人( warden的名词复数 );管理员;监察员;监察官
  • Air raid wardens in tin hats self-importantly stalked the streets. 空袭民防队员戴着钢盔神气活现地走在街上昂首阔步。 来自辞典例句
  • The game wardens tranquillized the rhinoceros with a drugged dart. 猎物保护区管理员用麻醉射器让犀牛静了下来。 来自辞典例句
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