美国政府关门:即使奥巴马也帮不了中国游客_BEC初级作文

美国政府关门:即使奥巴马也帮不了中国游客

On the first day of the US federal government shutdown, a Californian resident may not yet feel the impact, but many Chinese tourists are unhappy and their tour guides nervous.

美国联邦政府关门第一天，加利福尼亚的居民可能觉得没有影响，但许多中国游客却不开心，他们的导游很紧张。

Tony Lu has run a travel agency in Los Angeles for 20 years. Four tourist groups from China’s mainland organized by his agency are currently travelling around the United States. They are suffering different kinds of impact from the federal government shutdown, which led to the close of 401 national parks, Smithsonian’s 19 museums and galleries and the National Zoo.

托尼•鲁在洛杉矶经营一家旅行社20年。由他的旅行社接待的来自中国大陆的四个旅游团目前正在周游美国。他们正因联邦政府关门而遭受着不同种类的影响，这导致了401个国家公园、史密森尼的19家博物馆和画廊以及国家动物园的关闭。

“Compared to the 1995-1996 shutdown, this time is more serious to us. We run mostly Chinese market business and there are many more Chinese tourists groups now than 17 years ago,” he said.

“相比1995 – 1996年的关门，这次对我们来说更严重。我们主要经营中国市场业务，和17年前相比，现在有更多的中国游客群，”他说。

美国政府关门:即使奥巴马也帮不了中国游客1

“Our clients are complaining. The tour guides explained to them that even the US President Barack Obama can not solve the problem immediately,” he said.