ng: I see you're reading travel brochures. Planning a holiday trip somewhere? Once the warms up I get itchy feet. I think about going places Qiang: Will this be a trip abroad or some excursion close to home? prefer going abroad. We' ve never visited a foreign country before Qiang: What countries are advertised in the brochure? Two overseas tours are offered during summer vacation one is to a nearby country like Korea or Japan, and the other is to European countries Qiang: Which tour do you prefer? Li: Id like to go and see Korea. It's close to china so that the tour is less Qiang: I prefer to spend our sav ings on the European tour. We can see very different people and architecture, enjoy different food, and appreciate different customs All right. You convince me. They say variety's the spice of life But shall we take a long tour or a whirlwind tour that allow us only a few hours in each Qiang: In a long tour we can look around and not feel rushed, but it's too expensive So let's take a whirlwind tour That's what we can afford Li: I agree. A whirlwind tour allows us to visit many important places we've heard and read so much about. Thats good enough for Qiang: Right on V. Let's talk Script The notion of a weekly rest is ancient. Christian religions celebrate a day of rest known as the Sabbath, also called the lords day. It is on Sunday. The weekend as a holiday is a rather modern invention. Before the industrial revolution the wage labor force was a small fraction of the population. The day of the Sabbath was viewed as one dedicated to god not one of relaxation The early industrial period in Europe saw a six-day work week with only Sunday off, but some workers had no days off at all. Only the workers' rights movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a five-day work week introduced as Saturday became a day of rest and relaxation This movement began in England In many ways this has been a great boon to the economy as it leads to a great increase in consumer spending on Saturdays as restaurant visits, motorcar journeys, or trips to the movies became common on Saturday. Many jurisdictions continued to enforce strict Lord's Day laws on Sunday, which meant that most places of recreation, such as stores and theaters, were forced to close on that day. These regulations began to7 Qiang: I see you’re reading travel brochures. Planning a holiday trip somewhere? Li: Once the warms up. I get itchy feet. I think about going places. Qiang: Will this be a trip abroad or some excursion close to home? Li: I prefer going abroad. We’ve never visited a foreign country before. Qiang: What countries are advertised in the brochure? Li: Two overseas tours are offered during summer vacation. One is to a nearby country like Korea or Japan, and the other is to European countries. Qiang: Which tour do you prefer? Li: I’d like to go and see Korea. It’s close to China so that the tour is less expensive. Qiang: I prefer to spend our savings on the European tour. We can see very different people and architecture, enjoy different food, and appreciate different customs. Li: All right. You convince me. They say variety’s the spice of life. But shall we take a long tour or a whirlwind tour that allow us only a few hours in each place? Qiang: In a long tour we can look around and not feel rushed, but it’s too expensive. So let’s take a whirlwind tour. That’s what we can afford. Li: I agree. A whirlwind tour allows us to visit many important places we’ve heard and read so much about. That’s good enough for us. Qiang: Right on. V. Let’s Talk Script The notion of a weekly rest is ancient. Christian religions celebrate a day of rest known as the Sabbath, also called the Lord’s Day. It is on Sunday. The weekend as a holiday is a rather modern invention. Before the industrial revolution the wage labor force was a small fraction of the population. The day of the Sabbath was viewed as one dedicated to God, not one of relaxation. The early industrial period in Europe saw a six-day work week with only Sunday off, but some workers had no days off at all. Only the workers’ rights movements in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century saw a five-day work week introduced as Saturday became a day of rest and relaxation. This movement began in England. In many ways this has been a great boon to the economy as it leads to a great increase in consumer spending on Saturdays as restaurant visits, motorcar journeys, or trips to the movies became common on Saturday. Many jurisdictions continued to enforce strict Lord’s Day laws on Sunday, which meant that most places of recreation, such as stores and theaters, were forced to close on that day. These regulations began to