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Encourage Young Americans See the Would Atoroad The good old days of Arthur Frommer’s "Europe on $ 5 a Day" are long gone. W

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问题               Encourage Young Americans See the Would Atoroad
    The good old days of Arthur Frommer’s "Europe on $ 5 a Day" are long gone. With exchange rates this month reaching a high of $ 1. 59 to the euro, American travelers are paying more than 50 Percent more for hotels, food and other expenses throughout Europe. That’s if they can even afford to get there. Depending on the destination, intenational travel tickets are as much as $ 350 more expensive than last year, according rick Seaney, Ceo of FareCompare. com, a discount travel site. The reason for the rising ticket prices: fuel surcharges and interna- tional travel taxes, both of which have increased this year.
    That may explain why STA Travel—the largest student and youth travel organization in the world—has seen an initial 20 percent decrease in students traveling to Europe. "There is no doubt that the impact of the economy, fuel prices and exchange rates have affected travel," says Kristen Celko,vice president of marketing and e-commerce for STA Travel North America.
    Not all would-be backpackers are staying home. "The interesting thing about the student market, though, is that they have a finite time to travel before they have to work," says Celko. "So they’re usually resilient in traveling anyway. " So where are kids going? WTA Travel has seen a modest increase in students traveling to Latin and South America, Asia and Australia. According to Celko, while it’s not necessarily cheaper to get those destinations, the dollar goes much farther once they arrive. Still, it’s far from free. "I’ve heard about little deals here and there, but that doesn’t even begin to cover the expenses once you get there," said 23-year-old nursing student Maggie Payne, referring to the costs of food, souvenirs and other miscellaneous expenses. " And then there’s entertainment, which is the point of traveling," she says. "That all really adds up, as well."
    Of course, not going has its own, intangible cost. The college years are when most people are embracing the world around them, says David Diamond, the president and co-founder of Global Student Experience, a study abroad program. "As nationalization and globalization increases, it’s more important that the U. S. citizens are able to develop a sense of cultural awareness," says Diamond. "This awareness comes to life when you’re able to live in the culture, even if it’s for a short time. It truly opens your eyes to what you don’t realize, know or understand. "
What does David Diamond say about American college students?
选项 A、They should not be going on traveling because of the high cost.
B、They are at the time to get to know the world around them.
C、They should travel to other countries to entertain themselves.
D、They should go traveling regardless of the expenses they will have to pay.
答案B
解析 推理判断题。根据题干中的David Diamond定位到文章的最后一段。David Diamond认为，“大学期间是大部分人开始拥抱周围世界的时候”，由此可推断出“大学生们处于接触、了解周围世界的时期”，故[B]正确。本段中，David Diamond明显是支持大学生出游的，因此排除[A]；David Diamond非常明确地表明了对于大学生出游的意义的看法：to develop a sense of cultural awareness，而不是to entertain themselves，故排除[C]；同时他并没有鼓励大学生不考虑自己的经济状况盲目出行，排除[D]。
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