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4. In the year ahead one focus will be accommodation. There are few decent mid-range places to stay between fancy ryokan and run-down business hotels. A clumsy law on home-sharing in 2018 led to a drop in offerings by the likes of Airbnb, an American platform that matches hosts and guests. Making sure infrastructure is well equipped to cope is another area that needs work. More immigration officers are required immediately. With an eye to the future, plans for new runways, including one at Tokyo's Narita airport, will move ahead. More businesses need to accept credit cards in the cash-based country.
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5. Just as some things are made easier for tourists in 2019, other obstacles are likely to become more apparent. One is that few tourist businesses can get enough staff, let alone ones with the skills they need. Japan has a dire labour shortage, with 1.6 posts available for every person looking for a job. Some hotels are employing pensioners or lobbying for more immigration to fill the gaps. But that is not enough. Local media fret that even the Olympics will not be able to attract the 80,000 volunteers it needs to act as marshals at the event.
6. Yet perhaps the biggest challenge in 2019 to the government's push will be preventing a backlash from the Japanese towards the tourism boom. Grumbles have started as, along with cash, visitors bring noise and changes to the country's atmosphere and cultural norms. Residents of Kyoto have long complained that in parts of the city temples are obscured by endless shops selling sesame or matcha soft-serve ice cream and cheap souvenirs. The government needs to persuade visitors that there are delights outside the big three stars of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, while making sure its citizens see the benefits of tourist bucks.
1.ahead
in the future
I wish you would have a glittering career ahead of you.
Problems may lie ahead.
years / months / days ahead
未来几年/几个月/几天
2.fancy
swanky，top-of-the-range
3.run-down
a run-down inner-city area
4.clumsy
The matter was handled clumsily.
A clumsy law on home-sharing
5.offering
something that is produced for other people to use, watch, enjoy etc.
The dish is very good, far better than vegetarian offerings in many a posh restaurant.
He also talks of expanding into shoes as well as dresses and skirts, where UNIQLO currently has only slim offerings.
6.the likes of...
…的一类人/物
by the likes of Airbnb
7.match
Didi is a Chinese ride-hailing firm that matches drivers and passengers.
8.equip
装备好:well / fully equipped
装备不好：poorly equipped
9.move ahead / on
to make progress
进步，取得进展
Plans for...will move ahead
将推进...的计划
Plans for Xiong’an New Area are moving ahead.
with an eye to the future
着眼于未来
in the future
X国正在实现电子支付
As X goes cashless.
Obstacle：
Barrier, hurdle, stumbling block, hindrance, difficulty, problem
Apparent：
Evident, obvious, clear, crystal clear, manifest, visible, noticeable.
10.let alone
更不用说
1. 前面肯定了，后面再进一步肯定，可以说even more so, still more, much more, most of all，尽管形式上仍然是副词短语，实际上已经使起着连词的作用。
This is something that will be enjoyed by younger audiences, but even more so with older audiences.
This strategy makes a great deal of sense, even more so when considered from a long-term perspective.
2. 前面否定了，后面进一步否定，可以说still less或much less, least of all，也是作为连词短语来用。通常后面接上的是一个名词成分或状语成分，甚至可以是谓语动词成分。如果是个句子，要主谓颠倒。
It is far from my thought to cast a veil over these misdeeds, which are such as to make the conscience of mankind shudder with horror for ever; still less will I endeavour to minimise the degree of guilt of the actors in the great drama. (British Prime Minister David Lloyd George) 这些恶行，足以使得人类的良知永远为之震惊发抖，我绝不打算拿一块纱巾加以掩盖；对于那些参与这场大规模惨剧的操作者，我更不会设法减轻他们的罪责（后接整句，倒装）
The cloud of treason hanging over him was enough to guarantee that no one ever trusted, much less listened to him ever again. 悬在他头上的背叛乌云，已足以保证谁也不会再信任他，更不会再听他的（后接谓语动词）。
3. 不分“前面肯定了，后面进一步肯定”或是“前面否定了，后面进一步否定”，都可以用let alone。后面可以是名词成分，也可以是副词成分，甚至可以插入谓语动词词群之中
