今年寒假怎么過？

Now that final exams are history, you seem to have that extra bounce. After all, winter vacation awaits you. Get off that couch and begin the more productive life you should be living with our help.

期末考試已經成為過去式，你們看起來格外有活力。畢竟，寒假在等著你們。別犯懶了，快來聽聽我們的建議，你的寒假生活可以更加豐富多彩。

1.Love in the air 譜寫羅曼史

Spring Festival is a great time to test the bonds of romance, say, with a trip to France. This idea came to Su Enlu and his girlfriend one day. They were talking about the possibility of a weekend trip when Su said, half-jokingly, that they might just go to France.

春節(jié)是考驗戀人關系的最佳時機，比如說，去法國旅行。某天這個念頭出現在蘇恩路和他女朋友的腦海里。當時他們正在談論周末出游是否可行，蘇恩路半開玩笑地表示，他們可以去法國。

After doing some online research and talking with people who'd been there, they decided to take the plunge. To prepare for it, they read French history and tested each other in basic French language.

他們先在網上做了一些研究，并且同身在那里的人交談，之后他們決定冒險一試。為了準備出行，他們參閱法國歷史書籍，并用基本的法語對話來做訓練。

"This has been one of the happiest seasons in our three-year relationship," said Su, a 22-year-old English major at the University of International Business and Economics.

“這是我們在一起三年來最開心的時光之一，”就讀于對外經貿大學英語專業(yè)，現年22歲的蘇恩路表示。

Su saw no problem with asking his parents to fund the trip for about 10,000 yuan from each side. "I'm seizing the day," he said. "Later, when I have that much money, I might not have time to enjoy it."

蘇恩路認為，向自己父母各申請約1萬元的資金支持是可行的。“我要捉住這次出行機會，”他表示。“今后有錢的時候，我可能沒有時間去享受這樣的旅行了。”

The couple haven't been to foreign countries. But in order to secure a visa, they went for travel agency to take care of their application. Moreover, they asked friends who study in France to be their contact person and arrange some cheap accomendations during their stay abroad to save money as much as they can.

盡管他們二人之前沒有出過國。但為了確保拿到簽證，他們找到旅行社來處理他們的申請。除此之外，他們請求在法國留學的朋友做為聯絡人；為了盡可能節(jié)省在國外期間的開銷，他們還安排了便宜的住處。