本教材的编写参考大量的国内外旅游管理专业的教材和专著，阅读网络上英、美等发达国家的旅游信息，坚持理论知识和旅游产业实务相结合，强调学以致用，着重培养学生在旅游行业中的英语实用能力。

本教材按照旅游接待的业务内容，在食、住、行、游、购、娱6大部分的总体框架下安排语言材料，共分14单元，每个单元由课文A、课文B、情景对话、练习、补充阅读材料5部分组成。教材内容广泛，系统全面，有助于读者对旅游业知识进行深入了解和学习。

本教材是以适应国际旅游人才培养的需求为出发点，根据高等职业旅游教育的办学宗旨，本着实用的原则，围绕实际教学需要，结合作者多年的教学经验而编写的。

在教材的编写过程中，作者力求坚持理论知识和旅游产业实务相结合，强调学以致用，着重培养学生在旅游行业中的英语实用能力。本教材按照旅游接待的业务内容，在食、住、行、游、购、娱6大部分的总体框架下安排语言材料，共分14单元，每个单元由课文A、课文B、情景对话、练习、补充阅读材料5部分组成。内容广泛，系统全面，有助于读者对旅游业知识进行深入了解和学习。

本教材可供高职高专旅游专业学生使用，以期能较快地提高旅游专业学生的英语应用水平，也可作为旅游职业工作者或旅游爱好者的自学教材和读物。

前言

Unit 1 Tourism(1)

  Text A Travel and Tourism

  Text B Employment for China's Travel Industry

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 2 Tourism(2)

  Text A Tourism in China

  Text B The Jingpo People

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit3 Food(1)

  Text A Chinese Food Culture

  Text B Chinese Tea Culture

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit4 Food(2)

  Text A Western Table Etiquettes

  Text B Etiquettes

  Situational Dialogues

  Exereies

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 5 Accommodation(1)

  Text A China's Hotel Industry in the Context of Globalization

  Text B Types of Accommodations

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 6 Accommodation(2)

  Text A The Organization of a Hotel

  Text B Classifications of Hotel

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 7 Transportation(1)

  Text A Henry Ford: Founder of Ford Motor Company

  Text B First Railway to Tibet

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 8 Transportation(2)

  Text A Beijing Olympics' Transportation

  Text B The Floating City without Auto

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 9 Sightseeing(1)

  Text A A Guide's Story

  Text B Tour Jobs--Earnings and Benefits

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 10 Sightseeing (2)

  Text A Four Seasons in Mt. Huangshan

  Text B Chinese Religion

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 11 Shopping(1)

  Text A Paper-cutting

  Text B Porcelain

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 12 Shopping(2)

  Text A Chinese Silk and the Silk Road

  Text B Traditional Chinese Medicine

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 13 Entertainment(1)

  Text A Beijing Opera

  Text B Chinese Martial Arts

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Unit 14 Entertainment(2)

  Text A Chinese Festivals

  Text B Chinese Acrobatics

  Situational Dialogues

  Exercises

  Supplementary Reading

Appendix Ⅰ Key to the Exercises

Appendix Ⅱ Best Scenic Spots in China

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