How to travel freely abroad

1, do your homework in advance and get ready.

When traveling abroad, these suggestions can help you even if you don't know the language! Do your homework before you leave. It is best to write down some key words (such as street name, station name, scenic spot name). When you ask purposeful questions (such as ordering food and asking for directions), use simple English, and then show the name of the place you want to go.

2. Storing photos may come in handy at critical moments.

Pictures are more vivid than words, so it is very important to prepare photos in advance. Visiting scenic spots, restaurants, hotels and restaurants is absolutely helpful. In foreign countries, if a photo of lunch is stored in the mobile phone in advance, you can point to the photo and say "I want this", "I want this" and "have a beer" in Chinese ..... and the chance of eating the wrong food is very low. You can also take a pen and notebook with you. At the critical moment, painting may also make communication more efficient!

3. Smartphone software can solve some communication problems.

Map software: Google searches for pictures, enters Chinese names, searches for pictures, and then shows them to local people. There is a translator that provides translation between China, Britain, Japan and South Korea, and provides examples of daily conversations of keywords, which is more practical than Google translation.

4. Books may also solve communication problems.

Click it, known as the artifact of overseas self-help tour, all pictures, not a word. Everything, even a room dedicated to solving language problems needs a big bed/double bed. You can point out to the boss whether there is breakfast. It can also solve the problem of what taboos there are and where there are things to sell.

5. Learn some simple local languages.

It is a good way to remember the pronunciation of some local place names, or to print out the names of the places you want to go in the local language. It is very practical and effective to show others when asking for directions. For example, when traveling in Thailand, Indonesia and other places, it is also very useful to learn some local daily expressions and English daily expressions in advance.

6. Carefully collect the necessary information and take it with you.

If you stay in a hotel, you must remember to take a business card of the hotel. If you get lost, take out your business card and ask for directions. Some people with a heart will also take pictures of important buildings around them with cameras or mobile phones and ask for directions with photos.

7, the calculator turned into a bargaining artifact

When shopping, calculator is the best tongue. All you have to do is take the goods and ask, "How much is it?" The clerk will answer you with a calculator. You can also shop around and ask based on the lowest local price, then take out the same or slightly lower bills, point to the money in your hand and then point to the goods with a very enthusiastic expression and ask, "ok? Ok? " Don't care about each other's expressions. If the other party doesn't sell, he will leave and go to the next store, and there will be a store to accept your price.

8. Body language of images

Many people think that they will understand immediately by gesturing to each other. In fact, this kind of cognition is wrong. Why did Bian Xiao put body language last? Because of the differences between customs and language habits, there may be mistakes in understanding. Of course, if your performance is vivid enough and the other person's understanding ability is high, the error is still very small, which also confirms a sentence: life is like a play, it all depends on acting!