耳目一新

1. We want to plan a tight schedule of travel. 我们想安排一个紧凑的旅游日程。

2. I'm afraid the business trip to New York went up in smoke. 恐怕我去纽约出差的计划泡汤了。

3. I like taking occasional business trip for a change of pace. 我喜欢偶尔出趟差来调剂一下心情。

4. It was a favorite time for our trip, since business was light. 生意清淡，正是我们出游的好时候。

5. This is meant to be both a business and pleasure trip for you. 也就是说，你既要处理生意又会四处游玩。

6. A business trip? Great! I will not have to cook for at least three days. 出差？太棒了！我至少三天不用做饭了。

7. It is a great treat to have a jovial, easy-going fellow on a business trip. 出差时，有个风趣随和的人做伴真是一种享受啊。

8. We must account for every penny we will spend during a business trip. 我们得把我们出差时所花的每一分钱交代清楚。

9. We can help to work out a travel plan tailored to your needs and budget. 我们可以帮您设计一个适合您的要求和预算的旅行方案。

10. Seldom did much time pass before I had to leave on another business trip. 每隔不久，我就得出趟差。

重点讲解：

a tight schedule: 没留多少余地的时间表；排得很紧的时间表；难以遵守的时间表。这是一个比较地道的短语，还可以表达为 a crowded schedule。例如：Don’t arrange such a tight schedule. Leave some time to spare. （不要把日程安排得满满的，要留些机动时间。）

go up in smoke: 化为乌有；被烧光。例如：When he crashed his car, all his travel plans went up in smoke. （他把汽车撞坏了，他的整个旅行计划都吹了。）

a change of pace: 改变习惯、活动方式以调剂一下；换换口味。

jovial: 热情快活的，善良愉快的（尤指天生快乐的人）

tailor to: 根据……改变或调整。同义的表达还有accord with; account to; adapt; be favourable for等。

重点延伸

1. Please inform us of your travel plan at the earliest date so that we can make arangements. 请尽早告知我们您的旅游计划，以便我们做出安排。

2. An amount will be offered to an employee in advance of a business trip to meet travel expenses. 公司在员工公务旅行前预支一定数额的旅行费用。

3. The firm will reimburse you for any traveling costs which you may have paid on your business trip. 公司将报销你所有的差旅费。

4. The young man took advantage of this good opportunity to go on a business trip with his boss and gained the boss’s favor. 这个年轻人利用这次与老板一起出差的好机会赢得了老板的欢心。

重点讲解：

meet expenses: 应付开支；缴纳费用。meet表示“支付；解决”的意思。例如：His income is inadequate to meet the expenses. 他入不敷出。

reimburse: 偿还；赔偿。

情景对话：

A: What do you plan to do for your holiday?
B: Oh, it went up in smoke. I have to go on a business trip with my boss.
A: Where?
B: Miami.
A: Well, Miami is a perfet place to be on holiday, you know.
B: I know. But a business trip is tiring to me.
A: Oh, take it easy. Maybe it’s not so bad as you imagined.
B: I hope so.
A: You know, I’ve dreamed a thousand times that I could lie down on Miami beach to relax myself.
B: So have I. But it’s not always nice and sunny there, sometimes cloudy and rainy.
A: But I don’t think it will spoil your trip. Anyhow, I hope you’ll have a nice trip.
B: Thanks a lot.

译文：
A: 你打算假期干什么？
B: 哎，假期泡汤了。我得和上司出趟差。
A: 去哪儿？
B: 迈阿密。
A: 要知道迈阿密可是个短假的理想地方啊！
B: 我知道。但是在我看来，出差可是份苦差事。
A: 放轻松些。也许没有你想象得那么糟。
B: 希望如此吧。
A: 要知道，我曾千百次地梦想着自己能在迈阿密海滩上放松放松呢。
B: 我也是。可是那的气候也不总是晴空丽日的，有时也有阴天下雨的时候。
A: 但我想天气不会毁了你的旅行。无论如何，祝你旅途愉快吧！
B: 多谢了！

旅行小贴士：在行李中带上一些必备的药品；除此之外，千万不要忘记带上护照和机票啊！