PART 2

Good morning. My name’s Erica Matthews, and I’m the owner of Matthews Island Holidays, a company set up by my parents.

早上好。我叫艾丽卡·马修斯。我现在正在经营由我父母创办的马修斯岛屿假日酒店。

Thank you for coming to this presentation, in which I hope to interest you in what we have to offer.

感谢您的光临，我希望展示中呈现的我们提供的服务能引起您的兴趣与关注。

We’re a small, family-run company, and we believe in the importance of the personal touch, so we don’t aim to compete with other companies on the number of customers.

作为一家小型的家族企业，我们坚信个性化品质至关重要，因此我们不想和其他企业在客户人数上一争高低。

What we do is build on our many years’ experience - more than almost any other rail holiday company - to ensure we provide perfect holidays in a small number of destinations, which we’ve got to know extremely well.

我们的经验几乎比其他任意一家铁路假日公司都要多。基于多年经验，确保就我们了如指掌的，为数不多的目的地，为客户提供完美假日活动。

I’ll start with our six-day Isle of Man holiday.

我先给您介绍为期六天的马恩岛假日活动。

This is a fascinating island in the Irish Sea, with Wales to the south, England to the east, Scotland to the north and Northern Ireland to the west.

这座美丽的岛屿坐落在爱尔兰海中，南临威尔士，东接英格兰，北靠苏格兰，西临北爱尔兰。

Our holiday starts in Heysham, where your tour manager will meet you, then you’ll travel by ferry to the Isle of Man.

您的旅行负责人会在希舍姆和您汇合，我们的假日也从这里开始。紧接着，您将乘坐渡轮前往马恩岛。

Some people prefer to fly from Luton instead, and another popular option is to go by train to Liverpool and take a ferry from there.

有的旅客更习惯从卢顿乘飞机出发。另一个受游客青睐的选择是乘火车到利物浦再从那里坐轮渡。

You have five nights in the hotel, and the price covers five breakfasts and dinners, and lunch on the three days when there are organised trips: day four is free, and most people have lunch in a café or restaurant in Douglas.

您会在酒店度过五晚。五天的早晚餐无需另付费。我们组织的三天旅行包含午餐。第四天您可以自由活动，大多数游客会在道格拉斯的餐厅或者咖啡厅享用午餐。

The price of the holiday includes the ferry to the Isle of Man, all travel on the island, the hotel, and the meals I’ve mentioned.

假日活动的价格包含前往马恩岛的轮渡、岛上所有交通、住宿和我刚才提到的餐食。

Incidentally, we try to make booking our holidays as simple and fair as possible, so unlike with many companies, the price is the same whether you book six months in advance or at the last minute, and there’s no supplement for single rooms in hotels.

顺便提一下，我们尽力使预定流程简单明了。因此，和其他公司不同，无论您是提前六个月预定还是在预订截止前一分钟下单，价格都是一样的。而且酒店的单人房间不加价。

If you make a booking then need to change the start date, for example because of illness, you’re welcome to change to an alternative date or a different tour, for a small administrative fee.

若预定之后需要更改出行日期，比如因病不能出行，您只需支付小额的行政费，便可以更改到其他日期或者选择另外的旅行路线。

OK, so what does the holiday consist of?

好了，我们的假日活动包含哪些内容呢？

Well, on day one you’ll arrive in time for a short introduction by your tour manager, followed by dinner in the hotel.

第一天，旅行负责人将在您到达时为您简单介绍行程，接着您回到酒店享用晚餐。

The dining room looks out at the river, close to where it flows into the harbour, and there’s usually plenty of activity going on.

餐厅面朝河流，靠近港口。港口上经常有许多活动。

On day two you’ll take the coach to the small town of Peel, on the way calling in at the Tynwald Exhibition.

第二天，您将乘车前往皮尔小镇，途中可以参观提恩沃德展览。

The Isle of Man isn’t part of the United Kingdom, and it has its own parliament, called Tynwald.

马恩岛并不是英国的一部分，它有自己的议会，叫作提恩沃德。

It’s claimed that this is the world’s oldest parliament that’s still functioning, and that it dates back to 979.

马恩岛议会可以追溯至979年，是世界上最古老的、仍在运行的议会。

However, the earliest surviving reference to it is from 1422, so perhaps it isn’t quite as old as it claims!

但是，现存最早关于它的文献记录出现在1422年，因此，也许它并没有传说的那么古老。

Day three we have a trip to the mountain Snaefell.

第三天我们会出发去斯奈菲尔山。

This begins with a leisurely ride along the promenade in Douglas in a horse-drawn tram.

当天早上，我们可以沿着道格拉斯的散步长廊乘坐马拉车，打发一段悠闲的时光。

Then you board an electric train which takes you to the fishing village of Laxey.

接着，乘坐电气火车前往拉克西的渔村。

From there it’s an eight-kilometre ride in the Snaefell Mountain Railway to the top.

在那里乘坐总长为8千米的登山铁路到达山顶。

Lunch will be in the café, giving you spectacular views of the island.

在咖啡厅中享用午餐，您可以享受小岛上秀美的景色。

Day four is free for you to explore, using the pass which we’ll give you.

第四天您可以使用我们提供的门票自行参观游玩。

So you won’t have to pay for travel on local transport, or for entrance to the island’s heritage sites.

因此，您无需再支付当地的交通费或者购买参观小岛上遗址的门票。

Or you might just want to take it easy in Douglas and perhaps do a little light shopping.

或许您可能只想在道格拉斯度过一段轻松的时光，也许只想购购物，消磨时光。

The last full day, day five, is for some people the highlight of the holiday, with a ride on the steam railway, from Douglas to Port Erin.

最后一天，也就是第五天，对某些游客来说也是假日最精彩的部分，他们可以乘坐蒸汽火车从道格拉斯出发前往艾琳港口。

After some time to explore, a coach will take you to the headland that overlooks the Calf of Man, a small island just off the coast.

一番游玩之后，您将乘车前往海岬，在那里可以眺望岸边的一座小岛——小马恩岛。

From there you continue to Castletown, which used to be the capital of the Isle of Man, and its medieval castle.

从那里您继续向马恩岛曾经的首都——卡斯尔敦行进参观当地的中世纪古堡。

And on day six it’s back to the ferry - or the airport, if you flew to the island - and time to go home.

第六天您将返程前往轮渡码头，如果您之前是乘飞机到达的，则去机场。是时候回家了。

Now I’d like to tell you ...

现在我想告诉您的是……