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1、概要写作Whether youre looking for a quick hotel in the city or an isolated resort in the tropics, where you choose to stay can make or break your vacation experience. But even the most seasoned travelers may not know the difference between the two main types of homes-away-from-home. Besides their first
2、letter, is there any real difference between hotels and motels?These two types of lodging(宾馆) have the same basic purposea place for travelers to sleepbut there are plenty of features that set them apart. For instance, they came to be for different reasons, and at very different times. The word “hot
3、el” dates back to the 1600s and comes from a French word, htel. That word, just like the English one, referred to a place that provides lodging, meals, entertainment, and other services to travelers.Motels, on the other hand, are a much more recentand pretty much exclusively Americanlodging option.
4、This word dates back to the 1920s and combines the words “hotel” and “motor.” As Americas major highway system developed, so did motels, filling the need for roadside stops for motorists traveling cross-country. There are also some smaller differences that can help you figure out which type of place
5、 youre in. Hotels tend to be built for longer stays, while motels are geared more for one- or two-night stops along a journey. Because of this, hotels are much more likely to have offerings like lounges, gyms, and entertainment.So, in the end, it comes down to what you want from your trip and from y
6、our lodging. Want the place you stay to be just as much a part of your travel experience as anything else? Opt for a hotel. Just need a place to pop in and out of to shower and sleep? A motel might be the better choice.读后续写On Friday evening, Emmett and I went to a movie as scheduled. After purchasin
7、g the tickets and drinks, we entered the cinema with delight beforehand, waiting for the beginning of the movie. When I got up in the middle of the movie, Emmett whispered, “ Carter, where are you going?” “I forgot to call my mom to tell her what time to pick us up.” I whispered back, leaving my jac
8、ket on the seat. I squeezed past the people in my row, trying not to step on any feet while still watching the screen. I didnt want to miss a thing. Balfour, the good guy in the movie, was trapped in an underground cave. When I came back, Balfours flashlight almost went out. An enormous snake was mo
9、ving toward him, twisting its body. Balfour struggled to loosen the chains around his hands and feet to reach his magic cape (魔法斗篷). With the cape around him, he could completely disappear. I crawled (缓慢行进) back across eight people (I counted on the way out), never taking my eyes off the screen. I s
10、at down in my seat slowly, then picked up my drink, and swallowed it quickly. But suddenly my brain said, “Thats not coke. Thats lemonade.” I looked down at the cup, just as the girl next to me shouted, “He drank my lemonade!”“Shhhh!” the people around us said, making quiet complaints.“Wheres Emmett
11、?” I asked, as if the girl had hidden him under her seat.“Carter, down here,” Emmett answered in a low voice. He was two rows ahead of me. I was in the wrong row! Everyone was turning around to look at me.“Here,” I said, handing the girl her drink.“Eww,” she said. “You have had a drink of it, so you
12、 owe me a lemonade.”“Shhhh!” everyone said again.“OK, OK,” I said, starting my crawl across eight sets of feet again. Everybody were complaining as I inched out.“Dont come back,” the boy on the end said.Paragraph 1But the problem was that I had to come back to bring this girl a new lemonade._Paragraph 2I thought about crawling out of this row and back into Emmetts row, but I couldnt. _