新概念第四册 Lesson 47 The great escape

　　Whether the remarkable growth of organized camping means the eventual death of the more independent kind is hard to say. Municipalities naturally want to secure the campers' site fees and other custom. Police are wary of itinerants who cannot be traced to a recognized camp boundary or to four walls. But most probably it will all depend upon campers themselves: how many heath fires they cause; how much litter they leave; in short, whether or not they wholly alienate landowners and those who live in the countryside. Only good scouting is likely to preserve the freedoms so dear to the heart of the eternal Boy Scout.

　　NIGEL BUXTON The Great Escape from The Weekend Telegraph

　　New words and expressions 生词和短语

　　assumption

　　n. 假定

　　manoeuvre

　　v. （驱车）移动

　　myriad

　　adj. 无数的

　　paradox

　　n. 自相矛盾的呈

　　cynic

　　n. 愤世嫉俗者

　　sociologist

　　n. 社会学家

　　shun

　　v. 避开

　　affluent

　　adj. 富有的

　　chambermaid

　　n. 女招待员

　　boo

　　b. 呸的一声

　　maitre d’hôtel

　　n. [法语]总管

　　snobbery

　　n. 势利

　　hierarchy

　　n. 等级制度

　　entail

　　v. 便成为必要

　　inclement

　　adj. 险恶的

　　package tour

　　由旅行社安排一切的一揽子旅游

　　insularity

　　n. 偏狭

　　cater

　　v. 迎合

　　exclusively

　　adv. 排他地

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