2020秋九年级英语全册 Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms are拓展阅读素材（二）（新版）人教新目标版.doc

Unit 3 Could you please tell me where the restrooms areTravel on FootThe past ages of man have all been carefully labelled by anthropologists(人类学家). Descriptions like "Palaeolithic(旧石器时代的) Man". "Neolithic (新石器时代的)Man", etc.,neatlysum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label "Legless Man". Histories of the time will go something like this:" In the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and escalators(自动扶梯) in all large building to prevent people from walking. This situation was forced upon earth-dwellers of that time because of their extraordinary way of life. In those days, people thought nothing of travelling hundreds of miles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were marred(损毁)by the presence of large car parks."When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By travelling like this, you suspend all experience; the present ceased(停止) to be a reality: you might just as well be dead.。