Couch Surfing Starting Questions Do you know how

Couch. Surfing

Starting Questions �Do you know how to travel on a limited budget? �What would you do if you find all the hotels/hostels are fully booked when planning traveling? 2

Original meaning of couch surfing 1. A cheap form of lodging used mainly by college-students or recent college-grads, where one stays on acquaintance's couches rather than a hotel. 2. What someone who can't afford rent on their own and/or can't find roommates quick enough does when they are "between" places 3

About Couch. Surfing. com is a service that helps you find free places to stay and great people to hang out with when you are traveling. � Couch. Surfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit. Couch. Surfing isn't about the furniture- it's not just about finding free accommodations around the world- it's about participating in creating a better world. � Mission: "Couch. Surfing seeks to internationally network people and places, create educational exchanges, raise collective consciousness, spread tolerance, and facilitate cultural understanding. " � 4

Vocabularies � Budget/預算 out/出遊; 聚在一起 � Communities/社區 � Accommodations/住宿 � Participate/參加 � Raise/提升 � Collective consciousness/集 體意識 � Spread/傳播 � Tolerance/容忍 � Facilitate/促進 � Understanding/了解 � Hang 5

Become a Couch. Surfer 6

Further Discussion �What would be your concerns when considering Couch. Surfing? �What do you think about the comment, “Where the Hospitality Is Priceless? ” 7

References �Couch. Surfing http: //www. couchsurfing. com/ �Urban Dictionary http: //www. urbandictionary. com/define. php? term=couch+surfing 8