Eco-tourism involves people traveling to beautiful but environmental sensitive places. Such trips are  41  carried out with an experienced guide. Over recent years, this type of travel has been steadily gaining  42 as more people search for new travel experiences.

        Eco-tourism has many benefits. First, all the  43  spent by the tourists is used to 44 the important environmental spots they visit.  Second, it helps  45 to better understand the environment, thereby  46   their knowledge of the world. Furthermore, this style of travel is also more  47  of the local culture.

            Compared to   48   tourists, eco-tourists use energy more efficiently, save water and produce less rubbish by finding ways t 49   it. These behaviors have a   50   and lasting effect on the local environment.

      Two things are needed to make eco-tourism a/an  51  . First, it should be done in small groups. And second, because it requires considerable effort, both eco-tourists and locals must be 52  in their commitment to improving the environment.

       Green travel provides local people with jobs in parks,  53   and shops. One great achievement of eco-tourism has been the 54  of illegal hunting. Former hunters can now work as guides to help keep the animals 55  in their natural surroundings. Green travel also   56  local people’s quality of life, especially children’s.

         Peru is one country using eco-tourism to promote respect for the   57    . It’s now able to take better care of its rainforests because of a/an   58   on more sustainable(可持续的)travel.

         59  this, local people’s living-standards have improved. Many others are now following Peru’s   60   and using eco-tourism to preserve their environment for the future generations.

Seeing Yang Liguang, you might never imagine that the thin boy traveled independently to Tibet for one month. More    (1)   , the 21-year-old man from Henan University of Science and Technology brought only 500 yuan    (2)   him and earned other funds for travel on the way. He   (3)   his dream and experienced the most   (4)   moments of his life.

Yang acquired his love for Tibet after watching a documentary about the holy place.   (5)    was because he was moved   (6)  by their devoted faces and sincere emotions that he wanted to go there himself.

   (7)  Yang had been preparing for the Tibet trip for three years – doing exercise, learning hiking and wilderness   (8)  skills, practicing photography and reading travel guides – he still met some unexpected challenges   (9)  .

 “Since it was my first time in Tibet, I underestimated the cost. I had to use every

  (10)   to live cheaply and make more money,” he says. During the travel, he did several different jobs, including helping people reserve tickets to enter the Potala Palace as well as   (11)   leaflets(传单). And what he felt most   (12)  about was selling souvenirs(纪念品).

For most of the trip, Yang   (13)  situations properly except one hopeless moment. “Once A girl and I wanted to go back to Lhasa, but we couldn’t get a free ride   (14)  3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon”. But there was only one seat   (15)   . He gave his seat to the girl, but he left his luggage on board. When he   (16)   his mistake, he couldn’t    (17)  the vehicle, and he didn’t have a cell phone. He had to walk alone along the road in such cold weather. He was lucky enough to   (18)  catch a bus to Lhasa,   (19)  he met the girl again and got his luggage.

The trip didn’t only bring Yang good memories and friends   (20)  also beautiful photos. “I earned some money by selling the photos in my campus, which will fund my next trip,” Yang says.

When July comes, children know they’ll have their examination and the school year will end soon. Boys and girls will have a nearly two   (1)  holiday, and they’ll leave school   (2)    train or by car to     (3)    to see their fathers and mothers.The summer holidays are the      (4)     time of the year for most children. The weather is usually good, so one can    (5)   most of his time playing outside.    (6)   one lives in the country, he can  (7)     into the woods and in the fields. If one lives in a big town, he can    (8)   go to a park to play.

    The best place for a summer holiday is the    (9)    . Some children are   (10)    enough to live near the sea. But for   (11)    who do not, if they have the chance to stay at one of the big seaside towns for a week or two,    (12)   will talk about it all the following school year. Now,    (13)    makes the children like the seaside so much? I think it is the  (14)   , the sea and the sun, not   (15)   else. Of course, there are    (16)    new things to see, nice things to eat, and    (17)   things to do. But the feeling of the sand under their feet of the  (18)   water on their skin, and   (19)   of the warm sun on their backs make   (20)    happier.

There have been a lot of castles built in Britain over the centuries. They range from the more famous and better preserved castles such as Windsor Castle and the Tower of London, to those less famous and a little less well looked after, such as a personal favourite of mine Peveril Castle, that can be found in the village of Castleton in Derbyshire.

Although the Romans brought stone working skills with them to Britain when they invaded (入侵) and built stone forts(堡垒) across the country, the Anglo-Saxon people, who settled in what is now England after the Romans left, largely dismissed their style of building in favour of wooden structures. It is not until the Norman conquest of 1066 that castles in the truest sense of the word began to appear in Britain, when they were built as places of refuge（避难所）for what was an invading force, a strategy used again in later centuries during England’s invasions of Wales and Scotland.

Some of the best castles to visit in Britain are built on the borderlands where England meets with Wales or Scotland, a memento (纪念品) of the English——Norman expansionist policy of the middle age. These are some of the most remarkable looking castles to be found in the country, dominating the landscapes they inhabit（栖息）.

Entry to most of the castles run by English Heritage, Historic Scotland and Cadw is reasonably priced, but if you are intending to visit lots of castles it might be worth your while joining one of the heritage groups, which one would depend on which area you will be in. It is worth bearing in mind that if you join any of these three groups you will be able to get half priced entry into any of the properties run by the other two. Needless to say not all castles are run by heritage (遗产) trusts, some of the better preserved are still in use and are either owned privately or by the State, many of these are still open to visitors, but they may be a bit more expensive.

Further information on the heritage trusts mentioned earlier, including the properties they run, you can click the following websites:

www. cadw. wales. gov. uk           www. historic-scotland. gov. uk

www engLish-heritage. org. uk        www. nationaltrust. org. uk

  The Isle of Wight is a small island off the south coast of England. It is one of the most popular holiday destinations (预定地点；目的地) in Britain；in 1980 about 8, 000, 000 people stayed there and another    6, 000, 000 went thereon“daytrips”.

      Not many foreign tourists know about the island. Most of the visitors are British people who go there for their summer holidays. The Isle of Wight is only 23 miles long and 13 miles from north to south, but the towns and villages are all very different, and they offer a good many holidays. It is also one of the hottest places in Britain.

      It is very simple to get to the island from London. Trains leave London every hour during the summer. Two and a half hours later, you arrive at Portsmouth, where you walk 50 meters to the ferry (渡口). Half an hour after that, you are standing on the island. A return fare from London to the Isle of Wight will cost about￡10.

  The Disney theme park, its first on the Chinese mainland and the second in Greater China,after Hong Kong Disneyland, will open in Shanghai on June 16,a Thursday Tickets on sale willbegin on March 28, 2016.

   A standard single day ticket for the Shanghai Disney Resort costs 370 yuan ($56 2),while 8peak-day ticket for festival and holiday periods will be sold for 499 yuan , the resort announcedon February 3rd.

   Children between l and l.4 meters tall and seniors aged over 65 years old can enjoy a 25%discount on the ticket price. A two-day ticket will be available at a 5 percent discount.

  Tickets can be booked on the official website or throughthe hotline 400-180-0000.

     In comparison with the other five Disney parks around the world, a one-day ticket for theHong Kong Disney costs 539Hong Kongdollars ($69.2) for adults aged 16 t0 64 years old,while that for the theme park in Tokyo is being sold at 6,900 yen ($58).

     Disney says the park will also reflect Chinese culture. The combination of Disney andChinese cultures will be seen in many classic Chinese designs, such as a teahouse-WanderingMoon. Celebrations of seasonal festivals and stage shows will also include Chinese language,performers, theatrics and acrobatics (杂技) .

  The resort is expected to bring 5 million new passengers annually to the Pudong

International Airport after it opens. It is also expected to attract 10 million visits a year.

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     When you visit America, you will see the word Motel on signs and notice boards. It is made up of “motor” and “hotel” and it is really a hotel for people who arrive by car (however, you don’t need a car to stay at one). You have to pay when you arrive for your room, which usually has a bath. Meals are not provided, but there will certainly be a cafeteria (自助餐馆). Americans eat a lot of salads and sandwiches. Along the main roads there are a lot of motels. Each tries to offer more than next. Some provide television in every bedroom; others have swimming pools; and so on. Motels are especially useful when you are in the country, far from a town or city. You will also find them in the big National Parks.

     In these great National Parks, you may meet guests you don’t expect to see. An American friend told me a little story. In the middle of a moonless night she heard strange noises outside her motel window in the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. Thinking it might be a thief, she jumped out of bed, opened the door and crept towards a dark shadow. As she got close, she saw the thief. She was dreadfully frightened: it wasn’t a human thief — it was a big black bear. The bear was turning over some empty tins with its paw, looking for tasty bits of food. My friend decided to leave that particular thief alone!

    There are also, of course, places called “rooming houses”,  where they receive lodgers (房客). You will see such signs as Tourists or Rooms Rent, and you could try one of these. A word of warning — looking for a room in New York during the tourist season is like looking for gold on the moon!　

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For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa . Just rocks and sand and the baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending ,Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera, I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I’d bought in a market in Mozambique.

Southern Africa was full of stories and visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana  .And then the other things :dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometer from clean water.

As we drove towards the setting sun ,a quietness fell over us. The road was empty—we hadn’t seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right ,and that was when I saw them .Next to us, by the side of the road ,thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them—brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them ,to smell their hot breath. I didn’t know how long they had been there next to us.

I shouted to Daniel: “Look!” ,but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet.

They raced the car for a few seconds ,then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.

“Wild horses?” he said .“Why didn’t you wake me up?”

“I tried .But they were gone after a few seconds.”

“Are you sure you didn’t dream it?”

“You were the one who was sleeping!”

“Typical,” he said. “The best photos are the ones we never take.”

We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.