4StoryTravel2 min
The Guesthouse in the Hills
A trip to a mountain village, a host who pours tea and a story about what visitors bring with them.
A travel story that turns into a reflection. 随着 links one change to another (“as …, so …”), and 没有以前那么 compares the village today with the village it used to be.
去年秋天，我和两个朋友去南方的一个小山村旅游。那个村离城市很远，我们坐了五个小时的汽车，又走了半个小时的山路，才到了那儿。
我们住在一家民宿里。民宿的老板姓黄，五十多岁，非常热情。我们一进门，他就给我们倒了三杯茶，说是自己家种的。
晚饭以后，黄叔叔跟我们聊了很多村里的事。他说，十年以前，村里的年轻人几乎都去城市打工了，只剩下老人和孩子。后来，随着来旅游的人越来越多，有些年轻人又回来了。他们开民宿，卖茶，生活比以前好多了。
“不过，”他接着说，“游客多了，问题也多了。有的人到处扔垃圾，有的人晚上很吵。村里虽然有钱了，可是没有以前那么安静了。”
第二天早上，我们跟着黄叔叔上山摘茶。山上的空气非常新鲜，到处都是绿色。离开的时候，我把带来的垃圾都装进了自己的包里。我想，旅游不只是看风景，也是去别人的家做客。
去年秋天，我和两个朋友去了一个小山村。那儿离城市很远。我们坐了五个小时的汽车，又走了半个小时，才到。
我们住在一家民宿。老板姓黄，五十多岁，非常热情。他给我们三杯茶，是他自己家种的。
晚饭以后，黄叔叔说，十年以前，村里的年轻人都去城市工作了。后来，来旅游的人越来越多，有些年轻人又回来了。现在他们的生活比以前好多了。
他又说：“可是，有的人到处扔垃圾，有的人晚上很吵。村里没有以前那么安静了。”
第二天，我们和黄叔叔一起上山。走的时候，我把我们的垃圾都放进了自己的包里。我想，去旅游，也是去别人的家。
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- in the vocabulary
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- measured level
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- Reading time
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随着来旅游的人越来越多
随着 + a change: “as …, along with …” — 随着来旅游的人越来越多, as more and more tourists came, young people returned. As things change: suízhe →
没有以前那么安静
没有……那么 + adjective: “not as … as” — the village is not as quiet as before. Not as … as: méiyǒu … nàme →
一进门
一……就……: the moment they came in, he poured tea. As soon as: yī … jiù →
The words from 4 up in this text
Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 4 of the 127 words in this text are at 4 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.
做客
to be a guest; to visit
4摘
to pick (fruit, flowers); to take off (glasses, a hat)
4绿色
green; environmentally friendly
4随着
along with; as
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Comprehension questions
5 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.
1. How long did the journey to the village take?
Look at the first paragraph.
Look for 小时 — it appears twice.
坐了五个小时的汽车，又走了半个小时的山路
2. What did Mr Huang do as soon as they came in?
Read the second paragraph.
Look for 一进门……就.
他就给我们倒了三杯茶，说是自己家种的
3. Why did the young people leave the village ten years ago?
Mr Huang talks about the past after dinner.
Look for 十年以前.
几乎都去城市打工了
4. What problems do the tourists bring, according to Mr Huang?
Look at the fourth paragraph.
Look for 问题也多了.
有的人到处扔垃圾，有的人晚上很吵
5. What does the narrator do before leaving?
Read the last paragraph.
Look for 垃圾.
我把带来的垃圾都装进了自己的包里