EP111 热门vs小众 Popular and niche

EP111 热门vs小众 Popular and niche

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Dialogue:

A:我最近想去旅游,你有什么推荐?

wǒ zuì jìn xiǎng qù lǚ yóu ,nǐ yǒu shén me tuī jiàn?

I am planning a travel recently, do you have any suggestions?

B:太多了!大理,杭州,西安,青岛...都是很热门的目的地!

tài duō le!dà lǐ ,háng zhōu ,xī ān ,qīng dǎo ...dōu shì hěn rè mén de mù dì dì!

So many! Dali, Hangzhou, Xi’an, Qingdao...all of them are popular destinations!

A:有没有小众一点的地方?

yǒu méi yǒu xiǎo zhòng yī diǎn de dì fāng?

Any relatively niche places?

B:我觉得内蒙古大草原很不错,是个避暑的好地方。

wǒ jué dé nèi méng gǔ dà cǎo yuán hěn bú cuò ,shì gè bì shǔ de hǎo dì fāng。

I think Inner Mongolia prairie is a good place to avoid summer heat.

Words & Expressions:

【最近】zuì jìn:recently

【旅游】lǚ yóu: travel

【推荐】tuī jiàn: suggest, suggestion

【热门】rè mén: popular, hot

【目的地】mù dì dì: destination

【小众】xiǎo zhòng: niche, small crowded, small group of people, minority

【地方】dì fāng: place

【内蒙古】nèi méng gǔ:Inner Mongolia 

【草原】cǎo yuán: prairie, grassland

【避暑】bì shǔ: avoid summer heat, prevent sunstroke

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