In this much-travelled world, there are still thousands of places which are inaccessible to tourists.

much-travelled ^{（复合形容词）much表示“很多人参与的、广为…”}

• much-loved  ^{深受爱戴的}
• much-respected  ^{广受尊敬的}
• much-admired  ^{广受钦佩的}
• much-discussed  ^{广为讨论的}
• much-criticized ^{备受批评的}
• much-acclaimed ^{备受赞扬的}

We always assume that villagers in remote places are friendly and hospitable.

assume ^{（含贬义，暗示错的）}

• Up to now, historians have assumed that calendars came into being with the advent of agriculture, for then man was faced with a real need to understand something about the seasons. 
• When lights fuse, furniture gets rickety, pipes get clogged, or vacuum cleaners fail to operate, some women assume that their husbands will somehow put things right.
• We'll assume that you have sorted out the basics -- like mortgages, pensions, insurance and access to sufficient cash reserves.

But people who are cut off not only from foreign tourists, but even from their own countrymen can be hostile to travellers.

cut … off from ... ^{to prevent sb./sth. from leaving or reaching a place or communicating with people outside a place 使……与……隔绝}

• Having a new baby can cut a young mother off from the adult world. 
• Accessible only by air, the town is cut off from the rest of the country.
• Except for one or two places such as Zermatt and Chamonix, which had rapidly become popular, Alpine villages tended to be impoverished settlements cut off from civilization by the high mountains.

one’s (fellow) countryman ^{某人的同胞} = one’s compatriot

• a hero much loved by his countrymen
• Didn’t he feel guilty about betraying his fellow countrymen?
• Chris Robertson of Australia beat his compatriot Chris Dittmar in the final. 

Visits to really remote villages are seldom enjoyable -- as my wife and I discovered during a tour through the Balkans.

as 引导的非限定性定语从句 与 which 引导的非限定性定语从句的区别。

1. as 作为关系代词指代整个主句，而 which 作为关系代词指代整个主句或先行词均可。
2. as 引导的非限定性定语从句位于主句前、中、后均可，而which 引导的非限定性定语从句不能位于主句之前。
• As a poet points out, life is but a dream. ^句首
• Children, as is always the case, love their mother. ^句中
• She became angry, as many could see. ^句尾
3. as 引导的非限定性定语从句含有“众所周知”的意思，常译为“正如……”，而which 引导的非限定性定语从句则未必有这个意思。
• The sun heats the earth, which makes it possible for plants to grow.^{（不能换成as，没有“正如”的含义）}
4. 在“as + is/was + done”结构中可省略“is/was”，而在 “which + is/was + done”可省略“which + is/was”，而不能只省略 be 动词。
• As (is) reported, a foreign delegation will visit the city. 
• a puma (which was) at large 

• Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
• As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!
• If, as has been reported, they have protected humans from sharks, it may have been because curiosity attracted them and because the scent of a possible meal attracted the sharks.
• As is so often pointed out, knowledge is a two-edged weapon which can be used equally for good or evil.