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赴法游客数量大幅下降
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  • Terrorist attacks are taking their toll1 on France's tourism industry, with Paris bearing the brunt of a drop in visits by holidaymakers from outside Europe.

    恐怖袭击正伤及法国旅游业,其中巴黎受到主要冲击,从欧洲以外地区前往巴黎的度假者数量减少。

    Overnight stays fell about 10% on average this year through July, with high-spending travelers from the US, Asia and the Gulf2 states reacting strongly to the attacks, according to French Secretary of State for Tourism Matthias Fekl.

    法国旅游国务秘书马蒂亚斯·菲克尔近日表示,截至今年7月底,该国接待的过夜游客人次平均下降约10%,来自美国、亚洲和海湾国家的高消费游客对袭击事件做出了强烈反应。

    Luxury accommodation3 was the worst hit, but travelers from Europe haven't canceled their plans, the minister said.

    这位秘书长表示,高档住宿受创最严重,但是来自欧洲的游客并没有取消他们的计划。

    Tourism is big business for France, which has been hit hardest among European countries by Islamic State-inspired killings4 since the start of last year.

    旅游业是法国的一大产业,去年年初以来,由"伊斯兰国"组织发起的杀戮事件对欧洲国家造成影响,其中法国受到的影响最大。

    The murder in July of an elderly priest in Normandy and the Bastille Day massacre5 in Nice followed assaults last year in Paris on concertgoers and a satiric6 newspaper.

    继去年发生在巴黎的针对音乐会听众、讽刺报纸的袭击事件后,一位老年牧师今年7月在诺曼底遇害,尼斯也发生了国庆日屠杀事件。

    International flight bookings to Nice dropped 57 percent compared with the previous year from the date of the attack to July 23, while planned arrivals this month and in September were down by about one-fifth.

    恐怖袭击发生后至7月23日,前往法国尼斯的国际航班预定量比去年同期下滑了57%,而计划于本月底和9月前往的航班预定量也下降了约五分之一。

     11级    英语新闻 
     单词标签: toll  gulf  accommodation  killings  massacre  satiric 


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    1 toll [təʊl] LJpzo   第7级
    n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
    参考例句:
    • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night. 昨晚那场冰雹严重损坏了我们村的庄稼。
    • The war took a heavy toll of human life. 这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
    2 gulf [gʌlf] 1e0xp   第7级
    n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
    参考例句:
    • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged. 两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
    • There is a gulf between the two cities. 这两座城市间有个海湾。
    3 accommodation [əˌkɒməˈdeɪʃn] kJDys   第8级
    n.设备,膳宿,旅馆房间;容纳,提供,适应;调解,妥协;贷款
    参考例句:
    • Many old people choose to live in sheltered accommodation. 许多老年人选择到养老院居住。
    • Have you found accommodation? 找到住处没有?
    4 killings [ˈkɪlɪŋz] 76d97e8407f821a6e56296c4c9a9388c   第9级
    谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
    参考例句:
    • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
    • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
    5 massacre [ˈmæsəkə(r)] i71zk   第7级
    n.残杀,大屠杀;vt.残杀,集体屠杀
    参考例句:
    • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war. 在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
    • If we forget the massacre, the massacre will happen again! 忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
    6 satiric [sə'tɪrɪk] fYNxQ   第12级
    adj.讽刺的,挖苦的
    参考例句:
    • Looking at her satiric parent she only gave a little laugh. 她望着她那挖苦人的父亲,只讪讪地笑了一下。
    • His satiric poem spared neither the politicians nor the merchants. 政客们和商人们都未能免于遭受他的诗篇的讽刺。

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