练习材料：

L48-1: The silent village

In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists. We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable. But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers. Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable -- as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans. We had spent several days in a small town and visited a number of old churches in the vicinity. These attracted many visitors, for they were not only of great architectural interest, but contained a large number of beautifully preserved frescoes as well. On the day before our departure, several bus loads of tourists descended on the town. This was more than we could bear, so we decided to spend our last day exploring the countryside.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

much-travelled adj.常在国外旅行的，常云游四方的 A much-travelled person has travelled a lot in foreign countries.

thousands of 许多，无数，数以千计的

inaccessible adj.难以达到的 difficult or impossible to reach

tourist m.游客

hospitable adj.好客的

countryman n.同胞

hostile adj.有敌意的

Balkan n.巴尔半岛人

vicinity n.在（...）附近

architectural adj.建筑学 connected with architecture

freso n.湿壁画 frescoes(pl.)

cut off from... 切断与......的联系

练习感悟：

Never leave the things until tomorrow you can do today.