Level3 Unit2 Part3 - Paul's Overseas Trip 1/2
Paul's Overseas Trip 1 保罗的海外旅行
Last month Paul went on a trip. 上个月保罗去旅行了。
He went to Japan and China. 他去了日本和中国。
There were a couple of reasons for the trip. 这次旅行有几个原因。
One reason for the trip was for business. 这次旅行的一个原因是出差。
He wanted to start some restaurants in both countries. 他想在这两个国家开一些餐馆。
The other reason was for pleasure.另一个原因是快乐。
Paul enjoys traveling, and he wanted to visit some friends.保罗喜欢旅行，他想去拜访一些朋友。
Before leaving on the trip, Paul had several problems. 在出发旅行之前，保罗遇到了几个问题。
First, his passport was going to expire. 首先，他的护照快到期了。
As a result, he needed to apply for a new passport. 因此，他需要申请一个新的护照。
Second, he needed to get a visa to enter China. 其次，他需要获得进入中国的签证。
In order to apply for a visa, he needed his new passport. 为了申请签证，他需要他的新护照。
He has six weeks to get everything done.他有六个星期的时间把所有的事情做完。
After applying for a new passport, it took two weeks to get it. 申请新护照后，花了两个星期才拿到。
Once he got the passport, he went to the Chinese consulate in Toronto and applied for a visa. 他一拿到护照就去中国驻多伦多领事馆申请签证。
He filled out an application form and stood in a long line. 他填了一张申请表，然后排了很长的队。
He was surprised by how many people were applying for visas. 他对申请签证的人数之多感到惊讶。
It took more than an hour to submit his application.他花了一个多小时递交申请。
He submitted his application for the visa on a Friday. 他在星期五递交了签证申请。
A week later he went back to the consulate to pick up his visa. 一周后，他回到领事馆领取签证。
To his surprise, when he got there, the consulate was closed. 令他吃惊的是，当他到达那里时，领事馆已经关闭了。
The consulate was closed because it was a Chinese holiday. 由于是中国的节日，领事馆关闭了。
Paul was angry at himself for not checking the consulate's website. 保罗对自己没有查看领事馆的网站感到愤怒。
On its website the consulate's schedule was posted. 领事馆在其网站上公布了日程安排。
There was a notice saying that the consulate would be closed that day.有一张通知说领事馆那天将关闭。
As a result, Paul had to come back the next Monday. 有一张通知说领事馆那天将关闭。
This was because the consulate is closed on weekends. 这是因为领事馆周末不办公。
Finally, on Monday, he got the visa and he was ready to go. 终于，在周一，他拿到了签证，准备出发了。
Paul's Overseas Trip 2 保罗的海外旅行2
Another problem with the trip was his travel schedule. 这次旅行的另一个问题是他的旅行日程安排。
He needed to extend his stay in Japan. 他需要延长在日本的逗留时间
One week in Japan wasn't enough. 在日本呆一周不够
Three Japanese restaurant owners wanted to meet with him. 三个日本餐馆老板想见他
He needed more time for the meetings than a couple of days. 他需要更多的时间开会，而不是几天。
And he didn’t want to miss staying with a good friend of his. 他不想错过和好朋友在一起的时光。
His friend lives near Mt. Fuji and owns a great restaurant. 他的朋友住在富士山附近，开了一家很棒的餐馆。
This was one thing Paul didn’t want to miss. 这是保罗不想错过的一件事。
As a result, he extended his stay in Japan. 因此，他延长了在日本的逗留时间
Instead of staying for just a week, he decided to stay for 10 days.他决定待十天而不是一周As a result, he had to change the dates for his stay in China. 因此，他不得不改变在中国逗留的日期。
The meetings in China were delayed by three days. 在中国的会议推迟了三天。
Instead of arriving on the first of the month, he arrived on the fourth. 他没有在第一个月到达，而是在第四个月到达。
Fortunately, there were no problems with his new schedule in China. 幸运的是，他在中国的新行程没有问题。
However, there were fewer meetings than he expected. 然而，会议比他预期的要少。
There wasn’t much interest in opening new Italian restaurants. 开一家新的意大利餐馆的兴趣不大。
Still, he had one very good meeting. 但是，他有一个很好的会议。
He met a young Chinese restaurant owner who was interested. 他遇到了一个很感兴趣的中餐老板。
The young man already has a restaurant, but he wants to improve it. 这个年轻人已经有了一家餐馆，但他想改进它。
He and Paul liked each other right away. 他和保罗立刻就喜欢上了对方。
They met twice in Beijing and are planning to meet again. 他们在北京见过两次面，正计划再见面。
The young Chinese man’s name is Yi. 那个年轻的中国男子叫易。
He is planning to come to see Paul. 他打算来看保罗。
They are going to meet late next week in Toronto. 他们下周将在多伦多见面。
Together they will work on a business plan. 他们将一起制定一个商业计划
Paul is glad that he took the trip. 保罗很高兴他去旅行了。
He thinks it was a successful and enjoyable trip.他认为这是一次成功而愉快的旅行。
