为什么要旅行？

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1. Based on Obama's experiences, which of the following best describes his view on solo travel for young people?

A. It is unnecessary due to modern communication technologies.

B. It can be a crucial part of self-discovery and personal development.

C. It should be avoided for safety concerns.

D. It is less valuable than traveling with family.

无注释原文：

Barack Obama on why travel matters

From: BBC, 28 April 2019

This month at the World Travel & Tourism Council global summit in Seville, Spain, BBC Travel was fortunate enough to attend a Q&A with former US president Barack Obama. In his wide-ranging remarks, the author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient talked to Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta about how travelling helps each of us discover our place in the world and the importance of celebrating each culture’s rich differences.

Obama’s remarks were an eloquent reminder that travel forges connections, inspires transformation and builds empathy.

What is the most memorable travel experience you’ve had and why?

I’m pretty well-travelled, so it’s hard to pick one. I think it’s fair to say that, for me, travelling now with my children is what’s most memorable. There’s something spectacular about seeing a place, experiencing a different culture, being exposed to new ideas. Travel makes you grow. But as a parent, when you are able to watch that sense of discovery in your children’s eyes, that is more special than anything else.

So, I’d say that the most memorable trips that I’ve taken have been the ones with the girls. Some of them have been spectacular – like us walking through the Kremlin when I was president and Sasha was about seven years old and she had, like, a trench coat on so she looked like an international spy. That was a great trip because we went from Russia and then went to Italy. I was there for the G20, but they went to Rome and they were able to also go to the Vatican and meet the Pope. Then we went to Ghana and there was dancing on the tarmac.

So, to see a 10 year old and a seven year old be able to experience that sweep of the world, to some degree for the first time, is something I will always remember. But you know, it’s also fun travelling with them now at the ages of 20 and 17. In some ways, travelling with them now is more precious because one’s already left the house and the other one’s about to leave the house, so if you can entice them with a really nice trip, they’re spending more time with you – because they can’t afford it.

There is also something unique about being a young person travelling. The first lady of Kenya is here. It’s wonderful to see her. As some of you know, my father was from Kenya, but I did not know my father well. I met him once, but basically, I was raised in the United States. My first trip to Kenya was [when] I was already in my mid-20s. I graduated from college, I had already worked and my father had passed away at that point and so I wanted to understand him and understand the land where he was from. So, I went there for a month. But first I came to Europe, and I had never travelled through Europe before. And that trip was memorable because it was part of my own self-discovery. I was travelling alone, and in Europe I was in these pensiones and, basically, would buy a baguette and some cheese and eat that every day. Some wine occasionally.

I still remember taking the bus from Madrid to Barcelona overnight. My Spanish wasn’t very good, but I could communicate a little bit, and I befriended this fellow traveller on the bus who couldn’t speak English. I shared with him some bread and he shared with me some wine. And then we arrived in Barcelona and it was just daybreak, and I remember walking towards the Ramblas, towards town, and the sun was coming up. And so, those kinds of trips are memorable because they’re part of you as a young person trying to discover what your place in the world is.

I went on to Kenya and spent a month there. I went on a safari, met members of my family I had never met before and that was pretty special.

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注：完整题目见本文开头；中文文本为BBC官方译文，仅供参考

含注释全文：

Barack Obama on why travel matters 奥巴马：为什么要旅行？

From: BBC, 28 April 2019

This month at the World Travel & Tourism Council global summit in Seville, Spain, BBC Travel was fortunate enough to attend a Q&A with former US president Barack Obama. In his wide-ranging remarks, the author and Nobel Peace Prize recipient talked to Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta about how travelling helps each of us discover our place in the world and the importance of celebrating each culture’s rich differences.

本月，世界旅游理事会（World Travel & Tourism Council）全球峰会在西班牙的塞维亚（Seville）举行。BBC旅行栏目的作者有幸参与了对美国前总统奥巴马的问答访谈。访谈中，这位诺贝尔和平奖得主谈及了许多东西。他同希尔顿酒店的CEO纳塞塔（Chris Nassetta）聊起旅行者如何在世间找寻到自我，也强调了推广文化多样性的重要。

council /ˈkaʊn.səl/ 表示“委员会；理事会”，英文解释为“a group of people elected or chosen to make decisions or give advice on a particular subject, to represent a particular group of people, or to run a particular organization”如：the United Nations Security Council 联合国安全理事会。

recipient /rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/ 表示“接受者；领受者；承受者”，英文解释为“a person who receives something”举个🌰：He was a recipient of the Civilian Service Award. 他被授予平民服务奖章。

Obama’s remarks were an eloquent reminder that travel forges connections, inspires transformation and builds empathy.

奥巴马说，旅行能够强化联系、激发改革、建立同理心，他的观点令人信服。

eloquent /ˈel.ə.kwənt/ 表示“雄辩的，有说服力的”，英文解释为“giving a clear, strong message”举个🌰：She made an eloquent appeal for action. 她发表了富有说服力的演讲，呼吁采取行动。

forge /fɔːdʒ/ 1）表示“努力地缔造；艰苦干成；努力加强”，英文解释为“If one person or institution forges an agreement or relationship with another, they create it with a lot of hard work, hoping that it will be strong or lasting.”举个🌰：They agreed to forge closer economic ties. 他们同意建立更密切的经济联系。

2）表示“伪造（纸币、文件或画作等）”，英文解释为“If someone forges something such as paper money, a document, or a painting, they copy it or make it so that it looks genuine, in order to deceive people.”举个🌰：He admitted three charges including forging passports. 他承认了包括伪造护照在内的3项罪名。

3）表示“（尤指努力地）制造，生产”，英文解释为“to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty”举个🌰：The accident forged a close bond between the two families. 事故使两个家庭紧密地联系在了一起。

transformation /ˌtræns.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/ 表示“转换；彻底改观；大变样”，英文解释为“a complete change in the appearance or character of something or someone, especially so that that thing or person is improved”

empathy /ˈem.pə.θi/ 表示“同情；同感，共鸣”，英文解释为“the ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation”

🎬电影《谍影重重4》（The Bourne Legacy）中的台词提到：Amped mission fidelity, minimized empathy 增强了任务忠诚度，降低了情感因素。

🎬电影《爸爸的好儿子》（That's My Boy）中的台词提到：with unending empathy, encouragement and honesty, 永恒的爱 鼓励和忠诚。

对比：

📍sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθɪ/ 表示“同情（心），理解”，英文解释为“(an expression of) understanding and care for someone else's suffering”举个🌰：He don't have much sympathy for her. 他不太同情她。

What is the most memorable travel experience you’ve had and why?

您经历过最难忘的旅行是哪一次？又是因什么而难忘？

I’m pretty well-travelled, so it’s hard to pick one. I think it’s fair to say that, for me, travelling now with my children is what’s most memorable. There’s something spectacular about seeing a place, experiencing a different culture, being exposed to new ideas. Travel makes you grow. But as a parent, when you are able to watch that sense of discovery in your children’s eyes, that is more special than anything else.

我去过很多地方，这个问题还挺难回答的。我觉得，目前来说，和孩子们一起出游是最难忘的。到不同的地方去，体验那儿的文化，感受不同的思考方式，是极具魅力的。人会在旅途中成长起来。作为家长，从孩子眼中看到这样的探索，没有比这更让我觉得奇妙的了。

spectacular /spekˈtæk.jə.lər/ 1）表示“壮观的；精彩的；令人印象深刻的”，英文解释为“very impressive”，如：a mountainous area with spectacular scenery 景色壮丽的山区，a spectacular success 辉煌的成就；

2）表示“非常大的，巨大的；惊人的，突如其来的”，英文解释为“very sudden, unexpected, or extreme”举个🌰：The news caused a spectacular fall in the stock market. 这一消息引起了股市的暴跌。

So, I’d say that the most memorable trips that I’ve taken have been the ones with the girls. Some of them have been spectacular – like us walking through the Kremlin when I was president and Sasha was about seven years old and she had, like, a trench coat on so she looked like an international spy. That was a great trip because we went from Russia and then went to Italy. I was there for the G20, but they went to Rome and they were able to also go to the Vatican and meet the Pope. Then we went to Ghana and there was dancing on the tarmac.

所以我想说，我和女儿们一起的几次旅行，是最难忘的。这些旅途，有的壮观无比——比如我在总统任内，和她们一起去了俄罗斯的克里姆林宫。那时候萨沙（Sahsa）差不多7岁，她穿着风衣，看起来就像外国间谍一样。那是一次很棒的旅行，我们从俄罗斯出发，又去了意大利。我那时候去意大利是为了参加G20峰会。我的家人去了罗马，她们后来还参观了梵蒂冈，有幸得到教皇的接见。离开意大利后，我们一起去了加纳。她们还在停机坪上跳起了舞。

trench coat /ˈtrentʃ ˌkəʊt/ 表示“（通常以防水材料制成、样式类似军大衣的）有腰带的宽松大衣”，英文解释为“a long, loose coat with a belt, usually made from waterproof material (= not allowing water through) and similar in style to a military coat”

tarmac /ˈtɑːmæk/ 本义是指“（铺路用的）柏油碎石”，可以指“柏油碎石地面”，也特指“铺有柏油碎石的飞机跑道/停机坪”，英文解释为“an area covered in tarmac, especially the area in an airport where aircraft land and take off”举个🌰：Journalists waited on the tarmac to question him. 新闻记者们在停机坪上等候着向他提问。

So, to see a 10 year old and a seven year old be able to experience that sweep of the world, to some degree for the first time, is something I will always remember. But you know, it’s also fun travelling with them now at the ages of 20 and 17. In some ways, travelling with them now is more precious because one’s already left the house and the other one’s about to leave the house, so if you can entice them with a really nice trip, they’re spending more time with you – because they can’t afford it.

那时候，她们一个10岁，一个7岁，第一次进行全球旅行。对我来说是很难忘记的。现在她们一个20岁，一个17岁了，和她们一起出去，也有新的乐趣。现在和她们一起旅行更加难得。因为一个已经搬出去住了，另一个在家的时间也不多。如果有对她们而言诱惑很大的旅行，她们就能在我身边多待一段时间——因为这样的旅行她们自己是负担不起的。

entice /ɪnˈtaɪs/ 表示“诱惑；诱使；引诱”，英文解释为：to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere, usually by offering them something that they want，短语：entice sb/sth to do sth，举个🌰：Our special offers are intended to entice people to buy. 我们的特价优惠是为了吸引人们购买。

对比：

📍seduce 表示“引诱，诱惑”，英文解释为“to persuade or cause someone to do something that they would not usually consider doing by being very attractive and difficult to refuse”举个🌰：I wouldn't normally stay in a hotel like this, but I was seduced by the fabulous location. 我一般不会住在这样的旅馆，但还是被其地点所诱。

There is also something unique about being a young person travelling. The first lady of Kenya is here. It’s wonderful to see her. As some of you know, my father was from Kenya, but I did not know my father well. I met him once, but basically, I was raised in the United States. My first trip to Kenya was [when] I was already in my mid-20s. I graduated from college, I had already worked and my father had passed away at that point and so I wanted to understand him and understand the land where he was from. So, I went there for a month. But first I came to Europe, and I had never travelled through Europe before. And that trip was memorable because it was part of my own self-discovery. I was travelling alone, and in Europe I was in these pensiones and, basically, would buy a baguette and some cheese and eat that every day. Some wine occasionally.

少年的旅行，有独特之处。肯尼亚第一夫人就在这里。能看见她，我觉得很荣幸。在座的有些人可能知道，我父亲是肯尼亚人。我见过他一面，但对他知之甚少。基本上来说，我在美国长大，直到25岁，才第一次踏上去肯尼亚的旅途。那时候我大学毕业，刚参加工作。我的父亲过世了，我希望能够了解他，也了解他的故乡。抱着这样的目的，我在肯尼亚住了一个月。其实我是先去的欧洲，那是我第一次去欧洲。那次旅程也让我记忆犹新，可以说是自我探索的一部分。我一个人去的欧洲，住在小旅馆里，买一点法棍面包和芝士，就这么一天天地对付过去。当然，偶尔还会来一点红酒。

pensiones，单数形式为 “pensión”，是西班牙语词汇，指一种经济型的住宿场所，类似于家庭旅馆、民宿或小型旅店。这些地方通常由家庭经营，提供基本的住宿设施，有时包含早餐，价格相对实惠。

baguette /bæɡˈet/ 表示“法式长棍面包”，英文解释为“a long, thin stick of white bread, of a type that originally came from France”

I still remember taking the bus from Madrid to Barcelona overnight. My Spanish wasn’t very good, but I could communicate a little bit, and I befriended this fellow traveller on the bus who couldn’t speak English. I shared with him some bread and he shared with me some wine. And then we arrived in Barcelona and it was just daybreak, and I remember walking towards the Ramblas, towards town, and the sun was coming up. And so, those kinds of trips are memorable because they’re part of you as a young person trying to discover what your place in the world is.

有一回我坐夜班巴士，从马德里前往巴塞罗那。这次经历记忆犹新，我不太会说西班牙语，但还算能交流。车上有一个不会说英语的人，我跟他交上了朋友。我把我的面包分给了他，他则给我倒了点酒。我们到巴塞罗那的时候，天刚刚破晓。走向兰博拉大道（Ramblas）和城镇的时候，太阳才缓缓升起。之所以能记得这类旅行，是因为那时年轻，而且正在探索自己与大千世界的关系。

befriend /bɪˈfrend/ 表示“做（尤指需要帮助者）的朋友；友善对待；和…交朋友；对…友好；扶助”，英文解释为“to become a friend of sb, especially sb who needs your help”举个🌰：It is not advisable to befriend your boss, or your teacher. 在网络社交平台上把自己的老板或者老师添加为好友是不太明智的。He was befriended by an old lady. 他得到一位老太太的帮助。

daybreak /ˈdeɪ.breɪk/ 表示“黎明”，英文解释为“the period in the day when light from the sun begins to appear in the sky”

I went on to Kenya and spent a month there. I went on a safari, met members of my family I had never met before and that was pretty special.

后来的一个月，我在肯尼亚进行了一次“探险”旅行，见到了从未谋面的亲人，感觉很微妙。

safari /səˈfɑː.ri/ 表示“（尤指在非洲进行的）观察野生动物之行，游猎”，英文解释为“an organized journey to look at, or sometimes hunt, wild animals, especially in Africa”如：to go/be on safari 去/在观察野生动物。

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