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4. In the year ahead one focus will be accommodation. There are few decent mid-range places to stay between fancy ryokan and run-down business hotels. A clumsy law on home-sharing in 2018 led to a drop in offerings by the likes of Airbnb, an American platform that matches hosts and guests. Making sure infrastructure is well equipped to cope is another area that needs work. More immigration officers are required immediately. With an eye to the future, plans for new runways, including one at Tokyo's Narita airport, will move ahead. More businesses need to accept credit cards in the cash-based country.
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5. Just as some things are made easier for tourists in 2019, other obstacles are likely to become more apparent. One is that few tourist businesses can get enough staff, let alone ones with the skills they need. Japan has a dire labour shortage, with 1.6 posts available for every person looking for a job. Some hotels are employing pensioners or lobbying for more immigration to fill the gaps. But that is not enough. Local media fret that even the Olympics will not be able to attract the 80,000 volunteers it needs to act as marshals at the event.
6. Yet perhaps the biggest challenge in 2019 to the government's push will be preventing a backlash from the Japanese towards the tourism boom. Grumbles have started as, along with cash, visitors bring noise and changes to the country's atmosphere and cultural norms. Residents of Kyoto have long complained that in parts of the city temples are obscured by endless shops selling sesame or matcha soft-serve ice cream and cheap souvenirs. The government needs to persuade visitors that there are delights outside the big three stars of Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka, while making sure its citizens see the benefits of tourist bucks.
1.ahead
in the future
I wish you would have a glittering career ahead of you.
Problems may lie ahead.
years / months / days ahead
未來(lái)幾年/幾個(gè)月/幾天
2.fancy
swanky，top-of-the-range
3.run-down
a run-down inner-city area
4.clumsy
The matter was handled clumsily.
A clumsy law on home-sharing
5.offering
something that is produced for other people to use, watch, enjoy etc.
The dish is very good, far better than vegetarian offerings in many a posh restaurant.
He also talks of expanding into shoes as well as dresses and skirts, where UNIQLO currently has only slim offerings.
6.the likes of...
…的一類人/物
by the likes of Airbnb
7.match
Didi is a Chinese ride-hailing firm that matches drivers and passengers.
8.equip
裝備好:well / fully equipped
裝備不好：poorly equipped
9.move ahead / on
to make progress
進(jìn)步塑崖，取得進(jìn)展
Plans for...will move ahead
將推進(jìn)...的計(jì)劃
Plans for Xiong’an New Area are moving ahead.
with an eye to the future
著眼于未來(lái)
in the future
X國(guó)正在實(shí)現(xiàn)電子支付
As X goes cashless.
Obstacle：
Barrier, hurdle, stumbling block, hindrance, difficulty, problem
Apparent：
Evident, obvious, clear, crystal clear, manifest, visible, noticeable.
10.let alone
更不用說(shuō)
1. 前面肯定了旗们，后面再進(jìn)一步肯定，可以說(shuō)even more so, still more, much more, most of all尘应，盡管形式上仍然是副詞短語(yǔ)，實(shí)際上已經(jīng)使起著連詞的作用吼虎。
This is something that will be enjoyed by younger audiences, but even more so with older audiences.
This strategy makes a great deal of sense, even more so when considered from a long-term perspective.
2. 前面否定了犬钢，后面進(jìn)一步否定，可以說(shuō)still less或much less, least of all思灰，也是作為連詞短語(yǔ)來(lái)用玷犹。通常后面接上的是一個(gè)名詞成分或狀語(yǔ)成分，甚至可以是謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞成分洒疚。如果是個(gè)句子歹颓，要主謂顛倒。
It is far from my thought to cast a veil over these misdeeds, which are such as to make the conscience of mankind shudder with horror for ever; still less will I endeavour to minimise the degree of guilt of the actors in the great drama. (British Prime Minister David Lloyd George) 這些惡行油湖，足以使得人類的良知永遠(yuǎn)為之震驚發(fā)抖巍扛，我絕不打算拿一塊紗巾加以掩蓋；對(duì)于那些參與這場(chǎng)大規(guī)模慘劇的操作者乏德，我更不會(huì)設(shè)法減輕他們的罪責(zé)（后接整句撤奸，倒裝）
The cloud of treason hanging over him was enough to guarantee that no one ever trusted, much less listened to him ever again. 懸在他頭上的背叛烏云吠昭，已足以保證誰(shuí)也不會(huì)再信任他，更不會(huì)再聽(tīng)他的（后接謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞）胧瓜。
3. 不分“前面肯定了矢棚，后面進(jìn)一步肯定”或是“前面否定了，后面進(jìn)一步否定”府喳，都可以用let alone蒲肋。后面可以是名詞成分，也可以是副詞成分钝满，甚至可以插入謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞詞群之中
