今年寒假怎么过？

Now that final exams are history, you seem to have that extra bounce. After all, winter vacation awaits you. Get off that couch and begin the more productive life you should be living with our help.

期末考试已经成为过去式，你们看起来格外有活力。毕竟，寒假在等着你们。别犯懒了，快来听听我们的建议，你的寒假生活可以更加丰富多彩。

1.Love in the air 谱写罗曼史

Spring Festival is a great time to test the bonds of romance, say, with a trip to France. This idea came to Su Enlu and his girlfriend one day. They were talking about the possibility of a weekend trip when Su said, half-jokingly, that they might just go to France.

春节是考验恋人关系的最佳时机，比如说，去法国旅行。某天这个念头出现在苏恩路和他女朋友的脑海里。当时他们正在谈论周末出游是否可行，苏恩路半开玩笑地表示，他们可以去法国。

After doing some online research and talking with people who'd been there, they decided to take the plunge. To prepare for it, they read French history and tested each other in basic French language.

他们先在网上做了一些研究，并且同身在那里的人交谈，之后他们决定冒险一试。为了准备出行，他们参阅法国历史书籍，并用基本的法语对话来做训练。

"This has been one of the happiest seasons in our three-year relationship," said Su, a 22-year-old English major at the University of International Business and Economics.

“这是我们在一起三年来最开心的时光之一，”就读于对外经贸大学英语专业，现年22岁的苏恩路表示。

Su saw no problem with asking his parents to fund the trip for about 10,000 yuan from each side. "I'm seizing the day," he said. "Later, when I have that much money, I might not have time to enjoy it."

苏恩路认为，向自己父母各申请约1万元的资金支持是可行的。“我要捉住这次出行机会，”他表示。“今后有钱的时候，我可能没有时间去享受这样的旅行了。”

The couple haven't been to foreign countries. But in order to secure a visa, they went for travel agency to take care of their application. Moreover, they asked friends who study in France to be their contact person and arrange some cheap accomendations during their stay abroad to save money as much as they can.

尽管他们二人之前没有出过国。但为了确保拿到签证，他们找到旅行社来处理他们的申请。除此之外，他们请求在法国留学的朋友做为联络人；为了尽可能节省在国外期间的开销，他们还安排了便宜的住处。