那些不好拒绝的“尽责之旅”
<p> 每年我们都会受邀参加各种各样的聚会或庆祝活动，比如婚礼、满月酒以及同学会等等。参加这类活动似乎是我们的职责所在，所以出门参加这样的活动就叫<span word="obligation">obligation</span> <span word="trips">trips</span>；而且参加活动不但要出时间，还要送红包。这样一来，想自己出去真正度个假的时候却发现既没有时间也没有闲钱了。</p><p> </p><p> <span word="Obligation">Obligation</span> <span word="trips">trips</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="trips">trips</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="witness">witness</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="people">people</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="milestones">milestones</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="weddings">weddings</span>, <span word="college">college</span> <span word="graduations">graduations</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="various">various</span> <span word="kinds">kinds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="reunions">reunions</span>. <span word="They">They</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="supposed">supposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="invitations">invitations</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="trips">trips</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="filling">filling</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="calendars">calendars</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="invading">invading</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="savings">savings</span>.</p><p> <span word="Obligation">Obligation</span> <span word="trips">trips</span>（尽责之旅）指人们受邀出席的那些重要聚会活动，如婚礼、大学毕业典礼或各类聚会。他们一般无法拒绝这样的邀请，而这一类活动占据了他们大部分的出行计划，同时也让他们的钱包被掏空不少。</p><p> <span word="Forty">Forty</span>-<span word="one">one</span> <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="travelers">travelers</span> <span word="spend">spend</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="majority">majority</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="vacation">vacation</span> <span word="budgets">budgets</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="obligation">obligation</span> <span word="trips">trips</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="data">data</span> <span word="recently">recently</span> <span word="released">released</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="Hotwire">Hotwire</span>.<span word="com">com</span>. <span word="As">As</span> <span word="travelers">travelers</span> <span word="jet">jet</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="people">people</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="milestones">milestones</span>, <span word="many">many</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="wishing">wishing</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="getaway">getaway</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="own">own</span>. <span word="Hotwire">Hotwire</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="survey">survey</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> 89 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="adults">adults</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="leisure">leisure</span> <span word="trips">trips</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="don">don</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="money">money</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="vacations">vacations</span>. (<span word="Source">Source</span>: <span word="huffingtonpost">huffingtonpost</span>.<span word="com">com</span>)</p><p> 据一家名为<span word="Hotwire">Hotwire</span>的网站调查显示，出行的美国人中有41%将大部分的度假预算都花在了这一类尽责之旅上。这些人在飞来飞去见证别人重要时刻的同时，也希望能够有时间自己出门度个假。<span word="Hotwire">Hotwire</span>的调查显示，89%的成年人希望多出去度假散心，但苦于没有时间或金钱来实现。</p>
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