生活英语|voluntourism 公益旅游

As you plan -- or even go -- on your summer vacation, think about this: More and more Americans are no longer taking a few weeks off to suntan and sightsee abroad. Instead theyre working in orphanages^{1, building schools and teaching2 English.}

假如你正谋划怎么样过暑假，考虑下这个：愈加多的美国人不再花数周时间去晒日光浴或者去海外观光旅游，他们去孤儿院做义工，参与学校建设，教孩子们英语。

Its called volunteer tourism, or voluntourism, and its one of the fastest growing trends^{3 in travel today. More than 1.6 million volunteer tourists are spending about $2 billion each year.}

这就是公益旅游，已经成为旅游界进步最飞速的趋势之一。每年，有超越160万志愿者游客花费大约20亿USD。