【正文】 s social life. This feature of tourism English can be approved by the passage below which is used to introduce a famous tourist spot in London, the House of Parliament, to tourists. (1)。anmen Gate is posed of a base, arch and tower. The base is meters high and the arch, made from stone blocks, with each weighing 420 kg, is meters in height. There are six small yellowtiled rooms with red walls and windows at the eastern and western sides of the gate tower, for soldiers guarding Tian39。s most spectacular destinations offering a unique holiday experience based on a strong and vibrant culture and distinctive traditions. With over 300 miles of coastline you can enjoy walking, beaches, water sports。d like a resort where I could go swimming. (2) Waitress: May I take you order? Tourist: Yes, please. Although being polite is one of the personalities of human beings and can easily achieve it, politeness or courtesy is a very important principle in tourism and is in turn a remarkable feature of tourism English. But this feature is mostly noticeable in oral munication instead of written material of tourism. D. Stylistic Feature of Tourism English Although tourism English is mostly posed by the mon core of English (the basic language elements of English), it has its own stylistic feature. In general, tourism English is plain and natural. Unlike literature works, tourism English tends to use simple language to describe or record the concrete stuff and facts just like taking a picture. This can be illustrated by the following example: (1) On the road leading from central Europe to Adriatic coast lays a small Slovenian town of Postojna. Its subterranean world holds some of Europe39。s all right now. Thank you . Tourist: You are wele. Thank you for your courtesy. The third way to express politeness is to often use interrogative sentences with modal verbs, such as can, could, may, might, would, etc. This way is indirect pared with the first two ways and needs listeners39。 respect and politeness towards the listeners as mentioned in the last section. The second way is to use “thank ... for...” pattern to show the gratitude from the speakers. For example: (1) Bellhop: Is there anything else you need or that I can do for you? Tourist: No, thank you. You39。 feelings or wishes. For instance, Your passport, please? Please gather in the lobby at 2 this afternoon. Let39。s have a look at modem Beijing. The passage is used to introduce the modern beauty of Beijing besides its historic sites. The writer uses active voice throughout the whole paragraph to describe Beijing39。s Beijing is not only famous for its long history, but also for its rapid economic and social development. Tian39。d like a dish of strawberry ice cream please. The sentence of tourism English is very simple pared with the technology English. The sentence structure of technology English is very long and plex. For example, It was understood that atoms were the smallest elements. It is known now those atoms are further divided into nuclear and electrons, neutrons and such as atoms, nuclear, electrons, neutrons, protons are included in it. 2. The Tenses As mentioned above, one of the language functions of tourism English is to deliver information. Since the information delivered is mostly told as the fact or truth, the present tense is often used in tourism English. For example: Mount Huangshan has 72 distinct peaks, among which the Lotus peaks, Brightness Top and Celestial capital peaks rise over 1,800 meters above sea level. Every peak has countless rocks of interesting contours. The three Yangtzi River Ges refer to Qutang Ge, Wu Xia Ge and Xiling Ge on the upper reaches. This 193 kilometerlong stretch of the Yangzte River starts from Baidi Town in Chongqing. Some time, past tense is also adopted to explain the cultural background information。d like some coffee, please. Waitress: Do you want cream and sugar? Tourist: No. I39。s tour. 2. The Proper Names Proper names can be seen almost everywhere in tourism and constitute a large part of tourism English vocabulary. Proper names in tourism range from the name of the destination of one39。s tourism bureau or simply the travel agencies. These anizations form the tourism industry as a whole, and tourism English is used by them to tell the tourists whatever the information they need before they start or go on a tour. For example, Forbidden City situated in the center of Beijing, the imperial palace was the home of the emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties, when it was known as the “Purple Forbidden City”. The palace has a building area of 150,000 square meters with more than 9,000 rooms. The palace is guarded by a tenmeterhigh wall, encircles by a 52metrewide moat and has four gates. In this passage, the detailed information of the tourist destination, Forbidden City of Beijing, What is Forbidden City? It was the home of emperors. How many rooms in the city? Such information is provided to tourists. B. The Directive Function Generally, tourism English is directed at helping tourists arrange their tours and make it effective. When they are informed the details of their tours, they receive the directions or guidance from the tourism anizations. As an effective medium, English performs a directive function in the process. In most cases, guides make full use of this language function of tourism English. Following passage is taken from a guidebook to introduce one of the famous resorts in Britain, Cornwall, in which specific directions are given to tourists for acmodation and the ways of how to get there. Cornwall Tourist Board has 1335 approved acmodation members, of whom 568 are serviced establishments including Hotels, Pubs/Inns and Farmhouses, 582 are selfcatering units, 190 are tent, touring and static caravan holiday parks. Full det