白葡萄汽酒是廉价的香槟。

Sparkling white wine is the poor man's champagne.

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作为一名终年在外的商务旅行者，白先生喜欢光顾“如家”——遍及这个国家新兴的廉价品牌连锁酒店之一。

A frequent business traveler, Mr. Bai has taken a shine to Home Inn, one of many new budget brands now open across the country.

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而正当我们有些人幻想自己就是冒险家时，我们却很大程度地堕落为打着廉价机票的旅游者—凡斯科•达•伽马(Vasco da Gama)与伊本•白图泰(Ibn Battuta)不再被我们记起了。

And while some of us might fancy ourselves as adventurers, we have for the most part degenerated into cheap-flight-enabled tourists-vasco da Gama and Ibn Battuta would not be impressed.

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