transport but the public transportation system of bus, coach, rail, or air offers a wide choice of routes and networks to any destination. Generally holidaymakers only travel by air when going abroad as domestic flights are too expensive for most people to afford. 一般来说，英国的交通系统提供高For coach and rail travel a ticket may be purchased immediately before a journey or in advance and the ticket will usually guarantee that a seat is available. Single or return tickets may be purchased.
Cheaper fares are often available if the ticket is bought in advance or for a particular day of the week.
Travel cards are available for students, giving them cheaper concessionary fares.
Travel abroad is made easier for students who can buy a Student Inter-Continental Rail Ticket in Britain. Which allows travel on the trains in many countries on the continent during a specified period, for example, a month. Travelers in Britain usually expect comfortable and uncrowded conditions; however, at peak times such as the August public holiday, all the forms of transportation may be liable to delays or difficulties. Trains may be packed and a seat difficult to find, motorway travel may be slow or blocked with traffic jams and airports such as Heathrow may be crowded and flights delayed.
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University students have their own travel agency which was set up by the National Union of Students and gives students who hold a Students‘ Union membership card special reduced rates
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效、舒适的交通工具。汽车是最普遍的交通工具，但是公共交通系统例如公共汽车、长途汽车、铁路和飞机提供大量路线和庞大的交通网络。通常旅游度假者只有去国外的时候才乘飞机，因为对大多数人来说，国内的航线太昂贵了。
长途汽车票和火车票可以在出发时买，也可以提前购票，通常有票就有座位。
可以购买单程票和双程票。
提前购票者或者一星期特定的一天买票清楚可以得到优惠。
学生凭旅行卡可享受购票优惠
购买了跨大陆铁路票的学生出国会更方便些，学生可以凭票在一个指定的时期内（譬如一个月）在欧洲大陆的许多国家乘坐火车。
在英国，游客通常希望交通舒适，不拥挤，但是在旅游旺季譬如在八月的公共假期，所有的交通都可能晚点或者对旅客造成不便。火车可能人满为患，很难找到座位，公路交通缓慢甚至塞车，飞机场如希斯罗可能拥挤不堪，航班晚点。
which they have negotiated with various companies. This is especially the case with air-fares. Cheap, Intercontinental Rail Tickets are also available for European travel.
大学生有自己的旅行社，该社由国家折扣。特别是在购买飞机票时打折最学生联盟建立，它与许多公司进行磋高。去欧洲旅行可以买到便宜的跨大商，给予特有学生联盟会员卡的学生陆火车票。
旅途的住宿问题 Where to Stay?
Bed and Breakfast, where the charge 住宿加次日早餐 这种旅馆只提供includes a bed for the night and an 一张夜晚睡觉的床和一份英式早餐。English breakfast: ―traditional‖ style of （“传统式”包括火腿、鸡蛋和土司；bacon and eggs followed by toast, or 或者是“大陆式”，包括咖啡和新月形―continental‖ style, coffee and 面包）croissants.
Camp sites cater for tents or caravans. People may either bring their own tent or caravan or hire them for a few days 野营地 提供帐篷或大蓬车。游客可自on large organized sites. Camping has 带帐篷或大篷车，也可以在大型的野become more and more popular because 营地租借几天。野营变得越来越受欢it is cheaper than staying at a hotel and it 迎，因为野营比住酒店便宜、便利，offers flexibility and open air. Some 还可以享受户外生活。一些野营地还campsites have restaurants and 有餐馆和娱乐措施。如果事先得到主entertainment. Camping is also possible 人的同意，也可以在私人领地进行野on private land if permission is first 营。 obtained from the owner. Youth Hostels are popular with young 青年旅社 特别受年轻人欢迎。提供低people. Cheap and basic self-catering 价的不包伙食的基本住宿条件，通常accommodation is provided, usually in 是住宿舍，有一个看守人，但是住客dormitories, with a warden. But visitors 在离去前要自己收拾干净。 have to tidy up after themselves.
Hotels range from the smaller guest houses to expensive, luxury, five-star hotels. 酒店 从小旅社到昂贵豪华的五星级宾馆一应俱全。
旅游景点Travel Destinations and Attractions
Britain is a country full of tourism resources; tourists are surprised to find a 英国是一个旅游资源极为丰富的国wide variety of landscapes and diverse 家，无论走到哪里，游客都会对其多cultures to explore whichever direction 彩的风光和多样的文化感到惊讶。最they travel. The most famous tourism 著名的旅游城市包括爱丁堡、伦敦、cities include Edinburgh, London, 牛津等。 Oxford, etcetera.
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The most popular destinations may be divided into three categories: 最受欢迎的旅游景点可以分为三类：
1) Seaside attractions: Brighton, on the south coast; Blackpool Beach, north-west of England; Blackpool Tower 海边风景区：布赖顿（南海岸）、布莱克埔海滩（英格兰西北部）、布莱克埔塔 2)Areas of natural beauty: mountains and coats of Wales and Scotland , the mountains of Mourne (Northern Ireland), and the Lake District
自然风景区：威尔士和苏格兰的高山和海岸、莫恩山脉（爱尔兰北部）、湖区 3) Historical or cultural sites: Stonehenge (Wiltshire); Edinburgh castles; Stratford upon Avon, Shakespeare’s Birthplace; Windsor Castle; Roman Baths and Pump Room (Bath); the university city of Cambridge 历史或文化景观：史前巨石阵（威尔特郡）、爱丁堡古堡、艾旺河边的斯特拉特福德，也就是莎士比亚出生地、温莎堡、罗马浴场、剑桥大学等等。
注释：William Shakespeare not only grew up in this building but was also associated with it all his life. It is quite likely that he and his wife lived here for some time after their marriage.
威廉.莎士比亚不仅在此出生，他的一生都与这栋建筑联系在一起。很可能，他和妻子婚后在这所房子生活了一段时间。
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In July 2002,20,000 Britons voted for their top ten favorite castles, stately 2002年七月两万英国人投票选出了homes, ancient monuments and 最受游客欢迎的十座城堡、豪宅、古gardens---recommending the ―most 迹和花园---推荐每一位游客在逗留precious jewels‖ that every visitor 期间都不应该错过。 should experience during a stay.
庄园Houses
1．查兹沃斯庄园 Chatsworth House 2.罗马浴场 Roman Baths 2．爱地格府邸 Erddig HALL& 3.哈德良长城 Hadrian‘s Wall Garden 4.斯卡拉山城 Skara Brae 3．霍华德庄园 Castle Howard 5.鱼溪罗马宫殿 Fishbourne 4．汉普顿宫 Hampton Court Roman Palace Palace 6.艾维里岩石圈 Stone Circles of 5．邱吉尔庄园 Blenheim Palace Avebury 6．皇家行宫 Royal Pavilion 7.伦敦塔 Tower of London 7．圣十字王宫 Holyrood House 8.乌飞顿白马峭壁 Uffington 8．曼德斯府邸 Manderston House White Horse 9．康奈府邸 Knole House 9.马易斯.霍维墓 Maes Howe 10.哈德维克礼堂 Hardwick Hall Burial Mound 神秘古迹 Featured Mysterious Sites 10.色尼.阿比斯巨人像 Cerne 1.史前巨石柱 Stonehenge Abbas Giant
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花园 Gardens
1. 英国皇家植物园 Kew, Royal
Botanic Gardens
2. 黑里甘迷失花园 Lost Gardens
of Heligan
3. 查兹沃斯庄园 Chatsworth
House
4. 汉普顿宫 Hampton Court
Palace
5. 斯岛尔和德花园 Stourhead
Garden
6. 波维斯顿 Powis Castle
7. 思辛赫斯特园 Sissinghurst
Garden
8. 大第亚特园 Great Dixter
Garden
9. 莱纹丝厅 Levens Hall 10. 斯托薇园 Stowe
城堡 Castles
1. 沃里克堡 Warwick Castle 2. 爱丁堡古堡 Edinburgh Castle 3. 锡钽格尔堡 Tintagel Castle 4. 薄典堡 Bodiam Castle 5. 处女堡 Maiden Castle
6. 艾琳.多纳堡 Eilean Donan
Castle
7. 温莎堡 Windsor Castle 8. 艾维克堡 Alnwick Castle 9. 卡那封堡 Caernarfon Castle 10. 康玮堡 Conwy Castl
湖区 The Lake District
The English Lake District is one of the most beautiful natural terrains in the UK. It is famous for its fantastic 英格兰的湖区是英国最美丽的scenery and the quality of the walk, 自然景观之一。该区以奇异的景色rambles and climbs. The spectacular 闻名于世，适于散步和登山。在英and beautiful scenery in this area 国文学史上，这片旖旎风光曾是无has inspired a large number of poets 数诗人和作家灵感的源泉！and writers of English literature.
沃兹沃斯出生地 Wordsworth’s Birthplace
―Who comes not hither ne‘er shall know how beautiful the world below…‖ ----William Wordsworth, 1778 “没有到过此地的人从来不知道下面的世界多么美……‖
------威廉.沃兹沃斯， 1778年
伦敦 London
London is a vibrant, bustling, restaurants, museums and theatres multi-cultural city. Tourists expect in London. to see the first-class culture, history Main attractions: Tower of and pageantry, world-class London, Buckingham Palace,
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St.Paul‘s Cathedral, Natural History Museum, Science Museum, London Zoo, Kew Gardens, the Royal Academy, Notting Hill, Royal Albert Hall, London Eye, Tate Modern, the British Museum.
伦敦是一个生机勃勃、熙熙攘攘的多文化城市。在伦敦，游客可以体味一流的文化，感受她的历史
St. Paul‘s Cathedral is in the heart of London. THE FIRST St. Paul‘s was built in about AD 604, but it was rebuilt many times and the magnificent cathedral you see today was finished in 1710.
St. Paul‘s is called ―the great and the good‖ of England come to celebrate their marriages, bury their dead, and give thanks for the ending of wars.
Perhaps the most popular royal event to take place there in recent times was the marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. The ceremony was shown on television and watched by 750 million people all over the world.
Big-Ben---the world’s most famous clock 大笨钟---世界最出名的钟 大笨钟 Big Ben
Beacon of the ―mother of all Parliaments,‖ Big Ben is possibly London‘s most famous landmark, and looks most spectacular at night when the clock faces are illuminated. You even know when Parliament is in session, because a light shines from the clock face.
The four dials of the clock are 23 feet square, the minute hand is 14 feet long and the figures are 2 feet high. Minutely
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和绚丽，还可以见到世界顶级餐馆，博物馆和剧院。
主要景点有：伦敦塔、白金汉宫、圣保罗大教堂、自然历史博物馆、科学博物馆、伦敦动物园、英国皇家植物园（又称耶园）、皇家学院、诺丁山、皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅、“伦敦眼”摩天轮、泰特现代美术馆、大英博物馆。
圣保罗大教堂位于伦敦的心脏地带。它始建于公元604年，但此后多次重建，现在我们见到的教堂于1710年完工。 圣保罗教堂被称为“国家教堂”，因为英格兰的“最伟大和最好的人”在此举行婚礼、埋葬死者，为战争的结束表示感恩。
也许在此举行的最隆重的现代皇家庆典要数查尔斯王子和戴安娜在1981年的婚礼了。电视直播了这场婚礼，全球超过7亿5千万人见证了这场婚礼。
regulated with a stack of coins places on the huge pendulum, Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped.
作为议会建筑群中的灯塔，大笨钟可能是伦敦最著名的标志性建筑。夜晚当钟面的灯全部亮起来的时候，大笨钟看起来尤其漂亮。你甚至可以知道什么时候议会正在开会，因为钟面上面的一盏灯会亮起来的。
每个钟盘面积为23平方英尺，分针