2015年CRI 关系解冻导致增加的美国游客
时间：2019-02-21 作者：英语课 分类：2015CRI中国国际广播电台
Tourists from around the world have been flocking to Cuba, anxious to explore th country before it's overwhelmed by US visitors.
"I think all of them came like we did before they opened it up to everyone. We wanted to see Cuba in its natural setting,
with its culture that exists and we're so afraid that in a number of years once they open this up to the United States it's going to be just thousands and thousands of American tourists coming here."
In December, US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced plans to restore diplomatic relations, which were severed 1 in 1961.
While the decades-long US economic embargo 2 remains 3 in place and general tourism is still illegal, the Obama administration has eased restrictions 4 on travel and commerce.
Stats show the rapprochement between the US and Cuba has led to a 36-percent increase in visits by Americans to the island through the first three-months of this year compared to the year before.
Dozens of buses, transporting hundreds of tourists from around the world now pack Havana's historic sites every day.
Visitors have been flocking to the country's historic buildings and squares, snapping pictures and visiting Havana's picturesque 5 neighbourhoods.
However, it's led to fears that Cuba's culture - untouched by the influence of the United States because of the decades of economic sanctions and diplomatic isolation 6 - may now be eroded 7.
Alexander Nodarse is a local tour guide,
"Many people are certain that will be changes in Cuba. If you talk with an American they told you that the changes will be an avalanche 8,
not only of persons but commercial too, the most common phrase its: I want to see Cuba before McDonald's came."
Some are suggesting Cuba may eventually become like Key West, a cruise-ship stop and tourist haven 9 at Florida's southernmost point.
"They shouldn't change their culture, they should stay exactly the way they are and that will make it special.
But if it becomes like Key West did, it's just a tourist trap, and it takes away all the charm that exist."
However, Morejon with tour agency Total Caribbean Experience, says they remains confident Cuba will remain as visitors see it today.
"Cuba will be my Cuba the whole time. Cuba will be Cubans, Cuba will be Rumba, Rumba will be Santeria, with all the history and the culture of Cuba."
Cuba's economy has been severely 10 restricted because of the US trade embargo.
For CRI, this is Tu Yun.
- The doctor said I'd severed a vessel in my leg. 医生说我割断了腿上的一根血管。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We have severed diplomatic relations with that country. 我们与那个国家断绝了外交关系。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
- During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- 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。
- The millionaire lived in complete isolation from the outside world.这位富翁过着与世隔绝的生活。
- He retired and lived in relative isolation.他退休后，生活比较孤寂。
- They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
- Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。
- It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
- The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。