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Volunteer Tour Guides 旅游经费不足？找导游志工吧

详细资料: 创建于 2010年4月07日; 最后更新于 2024年5月25日; 发布于 2012年4月03日; 作者：Mike Lee; 点击数：289

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Volunteer greeters help tourists experience cities like the locals do （导游）志工接待员让游客能透过和当地人一样的眼光来体验城市

We had taken a stroll through Central Park, cruised past the Statue of Liberty and met friends for dinner in the West Village.

我们曾穿过（美国纽约）中央公园散步，又漫游过自由女神像，然后在西村和朋友碰面吃晚餐。

Wandering around New York City on our own a few years ago, my husband, Tom, and I saw the New York most visitors see. Then we met Bernie Young, a volunteer for a group called Big Apple Greeter.

我和我先生汤姆几年前自个儿跑到纽约市闲逛，也看到了大多数游客所见到的纽约风光。然后我们遇到了担任大苹果接待者（译注：纽约又称大苹果）团体的志愿工作者柏妮．杨格。

Young met us at our hotel one morning for a few hours of off-the beaten path exploring. We chatted over coffee, then got on a bus to walk around a borough known mainly only to Yankees fans.

杨格有天早上和我们在下榻的饭店会面，准备花几个小时带我们去人迹较少的景点探索。我们边喝咖啡边聊天，然后又搭巴士，准备去一个多半只有洋基棒球队球迷才会知道的区。

With Bernie, a lifelong New Yorker, as our guide, we learned about City Island, New York’s Nantucket, noted for its fish restaurants. Later we strolled along Arthur Avenue, better known for pasta than hot dogs.

有了柏妮这位老纽约客作我们的导游，我们才得以见识到堪称纽约的南塔基特岛（译注：位于麻州的度假胜地）的城市岛，这里以鱼类料理餐厅着称。之后，我们又在阿瑟街漫游，此地意大利面的名气比热狗还大。

Lunch was at a rowdy Italian restaurant called Dominick’s, where we ate family-style at long tables. We ended the afternoon knowing a bit more about New York than we would have found out on our own. Best of all, we made a new friend.

我们在一家叫做多米尼克的意大利餐厅享用午餐，餐厅里很吵杂，而大家靠着家庭式的长桌进食，等到下午终了时，我们对纽约的了解已经比自行摸索的还多一些，而最棒的则是，我们还交到了一个新朋友。

Global Greeters 全球接待者

Whether it’s helping visitors discover an off-the-beaten borough of New York or a hidden corner of Paris, members of an international federation called the Global Greeters Network offer travelers the chance to get to know a city from a native’s point of view.

称为全球接待者网络的国际性联盟成员，能让游客有机会透过当地人的观点来见识一座城市，无论是协助游客去探索纽约市比较不热门的区，或是巴黎隐密的角落。

Rather than professional guides, the volunteer greeters act more like neighbors, taking visitors behind the scenes – either on foot or public transportation – to discover favorite neighborhoods, cafes and parks.

不过，这些志愿工作者不像是专业导游，而更像是邻居，他们会带游客步行或搭乘大众运输工具，去私下探索备受喜爱的小区、咖啡馆和公园。

All the programs work a little differently, but the basic are the same. The tours are free and last anywhere from two to four hours. Volunteers tend to be all ages, and there’s an attempt to match people of similar ages and interest.

所有方案都有些许差异，但基本要素是相同的。这种导览是免费的，历时二小时至四小时之间。志愿工作者来自各种年龄层，而主办单位还会试着按照游客的年龄层和兴趣来搭配合适的导游志工。

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greeter [ˋgritɚ] n. 接待员

wander [ˋwɑndɚ] v. 漫游；闲逛；流浪；徘徊

lifelong [ˋlaɪf͵lɔŋ] adj. 终身的，一辈子的

pasta [ˋpɑstə] n. 意大利面（包括通心粉，细面条等）

off-the beaten path (track) 人迹罕至之处, 罕见之处; 人迹较少之处 remote from populous or much-traveled regions

federation [͵fɛdəˋreʃən] n. 联盟；联合会 a group of organizations that have joined together to form a larger organization

neighborhood [ˋnebɚ͵hʊd] n. 小区; 邻近地区

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Traversing the world 穿越世界

New York City (USA) 纽约市（美国）

Big Apple Greeter is the pioneer “welcome visitor” program founded in 1992 by New Yorker Lynn Brooks, who believed New York suffered from an image problem. More than 300 volunteers now welcome guests with visits conducted in 22 languages.

大苹果接待者是纽约客琳恩．布鲁克斯在一九九二年创立的「欢迎游客」先驱计划，当时她觉得纽约受困于形象不佳的问题（于是就成立该计划）。如今有超过三百名志愿工作者分别操二十二种语言推出导览行程来欢迎游客。

Greeters explain the New York City subway and bus systems and show guests around one or more of their favorite neighborhoods. Like many Greeter organizations, Big Apple accepts online donations to help with administrative costs.

这些招待者会解说纽约市的地铁和巴士系统，并带领游客到他们最喜欢的一个或更多小区游览。大苹果也和许多其他招待者组织一样，接受在线捐款以支付行政开销。

Houston (USA) 休斯敦（美国）

Houston Greeters will organize activities such as golf, biking or an outing to an Astros game. Another possibility is to arrange a stroll focused on a particular interest.

「休斯敦招待者」会安排如高尔夫球、自行车或出外欣赏航天员队的比赛（译注：休斯敦是美国职棒大联盟航天员队的根据地）等活动。另一种可能的行程，则是安排一趟以特定兴趣为主的漫游。

Chicago (USA) 芝加哥（美国）

Chicago Greeters help visitors explore one of the city’s many ethnic neighborhoods. The group organizes walks through Ukrainian Village on the Near North Side and Andersonville, home to Scandinavian restaurants and shops, Middle Easter bakeries and a thriving Hispanic district. Guides will also organize tours around themes such as fashion, film or public art.

「芝加哥招待者」则为游客安排探索该市多处具有民族色彩的小区之一。该团体会带游客漫步位于「近北侧」的乌克兰村，以及有北欧风味餐厅和商店的安德森维尔，还有中东面包店和繁盛的西裔区。导游还会依照如时装、电影或公共艺术等主题来规划导览行程。

France 法国

In France, English-speaking volunteers for Parisien d’un Jour lead visitors through hidden corners of Paris, often ending with a lively discussion on a café terrace. Guides in Lyon organize walks around themes such as shopping, markets and sports.

在法国，「一日巴黎人」行程会说英语的导游将带领游客穿梭巴黎各个隐密的角落，最后往往以在露天咖啡座上兴高采烈的谈天划下句点。里昂的导游则会依照购物、市集和运动等主题来规划漫游的行程。

Amsterdam 阿姆斯特丹

Meet in Mokum is staffed mostly by Amsterdam retirees. It’s not officially part of the Global Greeter Network, but it’s one of the oldest international programs. Mokum is Amsterdam’s nickname. Visitors choose from several two-hour walking tours that cover historical city center, the Jewish Jordan neighborhood or the harbor. Cost is five Euros per person.

「阿姆斯特丹之旅」大都由阿姆斯特丹的退休人员来担任导游，虽然目前尚未纳入全球招待者网络的正式成员，但却是历史最悠久的国际计划之一。Mokum是阿姆斯特丹的昵称。游客可以从好几个两小时的漫游行程中自行挑选，其中包括了深具历史意义的市中心、犹太乔旦区，乃至于港区等。费用是每人五欧元（译注：因此该组织尚未纳入全球招待者网络的正式会员）。

I walked around a while back with Jan, a retired librarian. He took me to the oldest part of the city, where the canal houses lean in and out as if glued together.

我刚刚和退休图书馆员詹一起漫步，他带我去市内历史最悠久的地区，在这里，运河边的房子相互依偎着，彷佛被黏在一起的样子。

I have many photos from that trip, but among the most memorable is one of Jan standing near a canal where he took his first picture as a photography student in the 1950s.

我在那趟旅程中照了很多张相，但其中最令人难忘的就是詹站在一处运河附近，在一九五０年代他还是个主修摄影的学生时，就是在这里照了生平第一张相片。

−by Carol Pucci

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