【英语外刊】精读|重点精讲|经济学人|疫情对东南亚旅游业的影响
2022-11-10 23:34 作者:爱睡懒觉的Nick船长 | 我要投稿
Out of office-south-East Asia's tourism industry is hobbled by uncertainty
Related words:
- some place is a carnival of + 具体事物 描述旅游景点，可翻译为欢乐景象 e.g. A Thai beach in high season is normally a carnival of umbrellas, drained coconuts and peeling skin.
- in high season 处于旺季
- in low season 处于淡季
- be boarded up = shut down = close 歇业
- revival = recover 复苏 an economical revival
- slam the door shut = lockdown 封锁
- jab = inject
- quarantine v/n 隔离，隔离期
- ground vt 禁足，不能出门
- take a toll on sb/sth = have a bad effect on sb/sth eg. The recession is taking its toll on the housing markets.
- hold onto their jobs 保住工作
- ride out = weather 安然度过（难关），经受的住 e.g. Most large comapnies should be able to ride out the recession.
- griple about sth = complain = grumble = moan and groan 抱怨
- pile up 堆积 e.g.1 Work always piles up at the end of the year. 年底总是积压一大堆工作 e.g.2 The traffic starts pilling up around this time.
Vocabulary：
- hobble = impede = hinder =hamper =damp e.g. Many start-ups are hobbled by a lack of sufficient capital.
- cause chaos for 导致……混乱
- be a far cry from sth 与……大不相同，相距甚远
- as of 自什么起
- bar = except 除什么之外
- lifeblood 命脉，生命线
- robust 强劲的，富有活力的 = lively，dynamic, vibrant
- prompt sb to do sth 促使
- safety nets 保障措施
- bear the cost/ the responsibility/ burden
- bear the cost/ the responsibility/ burden
- a/some semblance of sth 貌似 e.g. Life at last returned to some semblance of normality.
Nice sentence:
- （境外游客是东南亚地区旅游业的生命线）People from outside the region are the lifeblood of the business. They spend half of all tourist dollars even though, in countries with robust domestic tourism, they make up just 33% of visitor, and sometimes as little as 5 %. Yet the virus grounded these travellers.
- Hotels and restaurants in these countries have long relied on migrant labour from poorer neighbours.
- The consequence is that tourists are not receiving the standard of service they expect. Hotel guests are complaining about having to queue to be seated for breakfast.
