It's not just you: many are placing bets on summer travel
你不是一个人:许多人都押注了今年的夏季旅行
On March 11, President Joe Biden gave the country a preliminary timetable for returning to normalcy. In a prime-time address, he directed states to make all adults eligible for vaccination by May 1.
3 月 11 日,美国总统乔·拜登就本国恢复常态事宜列出了一份初步的时间表。在一项于电视晚间黄金时段发表的演说中,他指示美国各州,要在 5 月 1 号之前确保所有的成年人都有资格接种(新冠)疫苗。
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Americans, it turns out, made travel plans accordingly: Airline ticket prices for summer travel shot up the week after the speech, according to data from the travel booking app Hopper. Week after week, prices for summer flights have inched closer to the prices that travelers paid two summers ago — an indication of rising expectations for a more normal summer.
此言一出,美国人便据此安排了出行计划:根据旅游预定类应用 Hopper 提供的数据,在此次演讲后的那一周,航空公司夏季航班的票价迅速上涨。其后的数周内,夏季航班的票价已经越来越接近旅客们两年前支付的价格了,这一迹象表明,美国民众越来越相信,今年自己将会度过一个更“正常”的夏天。
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The spike in summer travel prices is a significant change from a few months ago, when the vaccine rollout was sluggish and demand for travel was weaker.
几个月前,疫苗上市还十分缓慢,(人们)的出行需求相对较弱;相比之下,目前夏季航班票价飙升,变化十分明显。
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The Hopper data also suggests that Americans remain hesitant to travel this spring, with a recent uptick in coronavirus cases nationally and with most people not fully vaccinated.
Hopper 提供的数据还显示,今年春天美国人还在犹豫是否要出行,这是由于在那时,新冠肺炎确诊病例刚刚在全美范围内出现了一轮小幅增长,且大部分人还没有走完疫苗接种的流程。
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As of late March, American Airlines had returned to 90% of its 2019-level bookings.
截至三月底,美国航空公司的订座率已经回升至 2019 年的 90%。
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The summer airfare recovery shows up on all sorts of routes. Supply could become a constraint that drives up prices later this year, particularly if travelers with extra vacation days to burn want to make up for last year's canceled trips.
今年夏季所有类型的航线票价都在回升。(舱位)供应(不足)可能成为一个导致今年晚些时候机票价格被推高的限制性因素,而假如那些有额外假期可以消耗的旅客想把去年取消的行程补回来,则尤其如此。
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Another sign of rising demand: Airlines have found they can once again charge premiums for last-minute bookings. "At the very beginning of the year, airlines couldn't really increase prices on a last-minute flight to Vegas," said Adit Damodaran, Hopper's chief economist. "Then you start to see that change as you head into March, and those massive price spikes on last-minute bookings show up. That's leisure travel starting to come back."
航空客运需求增长的另一个迹象是:航空公司发现,他们又可以对那些在最后一刻订票的旅客收取额外费用了。Hopper 的首席经济学家阿迪特·达莫达兰说:“今年开年的时候,航空公司并不能在最后一刻对飞往拉斯维加斯的航班涨价。之后随着三月份的到来,人们看到情况开始发生变化,一些机票价格在临起飞前猛涨。这说明休闲性质的出行开始回归了。”
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主编:夏天
品控:木子
审核:Felicity
重点词汇
bet
/bet/
n. 赌注
词性拓展:bet(v. 赌博,打赌;(我)敢肯定)
例句:I bet all the major tourist attractions will be crowded with people.(v.(我)敢肯定)
搭配短语:place a bet on sth.(在……上下注)
preliminary
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
adj. 初步的;预备的
词根词缀:pre-(在……之前的)
搭配短语:a preliminary draft
搭配短语:preliminary results
normalcy
/nɔːrˈməl.si/
n. 正常状态,常态
相关词汇:normal(adj. 正常的)
英文释义:the state of being normal
同义词:normality
prime-time
adj.(电视的)黄金时段的
相关词汇:prime(adj. 首要的,最重要的 = most important)
搭配短语:prime minister(首相)
搭配短语:a prime target
address
/ˈæd.res/
n. 演说,致辞;地址
英文释义:a formal speech
搭配短语:a presidential address
eligible
/ˈel.ə.dʒə.bəl/
adj. 有资格的
近义词:qualified(adj. 合格的,有资历的)
词义辨析:eligible, qualified
两个词的侧重点有所不同。eligible 更强调某人的年龄、性别等客观条件满足要求,比如“在美国,18 岁以上的成年人才有选举权。”可以说 Only people over 18 are eligible to vote.,而 qualified 则强调某人有能力胜任某项工作、有资历的,比如“一位有行医资格的医生”是 a medically qualified doctor。
vaccination
/ˌvæk.səˈneɪ.ʃən/
n.(疫苗的)接种
相关词汇:vaccine(n. 疫苗)
相关词汇:vaccinate(v. 接种疫苗)
搭配短语:vaccinate sb. against…
turn out...
原来竟然……
例句:It turns out that some yoghurts are high in calorie.
accordingly
/əˈkɔːr.dɪŋ.li/
adv. 和……对应地,依照着……地
相关词汇:according(adv. 按照,依照)
搭配短语:to act accordingly
shoot up
(数量、价格等)飙升,激增
相关词汇:shoot(v. 开(枪);射(箭))
近义词:surge(v. 激增)
week after week
一连好几周
英文释义:regularly or continuously for many weeks
inch
/ɪntʃ/
v. 缓慢移动
词性拓展:inch(n. 英寸;很短的距离)
搭配短语:be inches away(n. 很短的距离)
indication
/ˌɪn.dəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
n. 迹象
相关词汇:indicate(v. 显示,表明)
近义词:sign(n. 迹象)
spike
/spaɪk/
n. 激增
搭配短语:a spike in sth.
rollout
/ˈroʊlˌaʊt/
n.(新产品的)投放市场,上市
相关词汇:roll(v. 翻滚,滚动)
sluggish
/ˈslʌɡ.ɪʃ/
adj. 缓慢的,有气无力的
相关词汇:slug(n. 鼻涕虫)
hesitant
/ˈhez.ə.tənt/
adj. 犹豫的
搭配短语:a hesitant smile
搭配短语:be hesitant to do sth.
uptick
/ˈʌptɪk/
n. 小幅上涨
英文释义:a small increase
as of
截至……;在……时刻;自从……
同义词:until; on / at; from
例句:She's been cancer-free for 20 years as of last March.(until)
例句:The project was finished as of January 1.(on / at)
例句:As of next month, all the airline's fares will be going up.(from)
constraint
/kənˈstreɪnt/
n. 限制,约束
相关词汇:constrain(v. 限制,强迫)
词根词缀:con-(共同,一起)
词根词缀:strain(v. 拉紧,绷紧)
搭配短语:feel constrained to do sth. ≈ have to do sth.(此处,constrained 是过去分词作形容词)
搭配短语:financial constraint
drive up
使增长
相关词汇:drive(v. 驱使,促使)
make up for
补偿,弥补
例句:Nothing can make up for lost time.
premium
/ˈpriː.mi.əm/
n. 额外费用,附加费
词源:premium 来自拉丁文,在拉丁文里相当于 reward(“奖赏”)。
词性拓展:premium(adj. 优质的,高级的)
搭配短语:premium beef
搭配短语:premium users
搭配短语:premium features
massive
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
adj.(数量、程度等)巨大的
近义词:enormous(adj. 巨大的)
词义辨析:massive, enormous
一方面,enormous 表示的程度要比 massive 大很多,两者的差别相当于 extremely 和 very 的差别;另一方面,两个词的侧重点有所不同,在形容具体的物体时,massive 更强调物体的重量很足,比如“厚实的城墙”是 massive walls,而 enormous 则更强调物体的尺寸巨大,比如 an enormous room 指“一间巨大的房间”。
leisure
/ˈliː.ʒɚ/
n. 休闲
搭配短语:leisure time / facilities