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first two ways and needs listeners' full understanding of the whole sentence, even the discourse. For instance: 1) Travel agent: What would you like to do? Would you like to see different places? Tourist: Would you prefer to stay at a resort and just relax in the sun? I think I'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 communication instead of written material of tourism. D. Stylistic Feature of Tourism English Although tourism English is mostly composed by the "common 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 Europe's most magnificent underground galleries. Time loses all meanings in the formation of these underground wonders. The dripstone-stalactites, columns, pillars and translucent curtains, conjure up unforgettable images... This passage is the main part of introduction of Postojna Cave in Slovenia. The cave is famous in Europe for its spectacular view of dripstones, but the writer uses simple words to describe it without any exaggeration. The pronoun “you” is often used to produce a plain style in tourism English, which can also make the tourists feel relaxed and arouse their desire to visit that place. The following passage can best explain it. (2) Cornwall is one of Britain'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; a range of visitor attractions from Neolithic stone circles, castles built by Henry VIII, family fun parks to state-of-the-art satellite telecommunications centers. In order to make the views more concrete and specified to the visitors, numbers are used in tourism material to express the amount, size or even weight of the tourist spots. For example: (3) The 34.7-meter-high Tian'anmen Gate is composed of a base, arch and tower. The base is 1.59 meters high and the arch, made from stone blocks, with each weighing 420 kg, is 14.6 meters in height. There are six small yellow-tiled rooms with red walls and windows at the eastern and western sides of the gate tower, for soldiers guarding Tian'anmen Gate. Sometimes, although the simple style is preferable in tourism English, rhetorical devices are also adopted to add aesthetic effect on it. For example, simile or metaphor is most frequently used. For instance: Tiny islands are strung around the edge of the Peninsula like a pearl necklace. Hunks of coral reef, coconut palms and fine white sand... E. Culture Feature of Tourism English When language studying is concerned with, culture should be inevitably considered since both are closely tied up with each other. “Since culture is defined succinctly as the totality of beliefs and practice