九年级英语全册Unit3Couldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsare拓展阅读素材二.docx

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1、Unit3CouldyoupleasetellmewheretherestroomsareTravelonFootThepastagesofmanhaveallbeencarefullylabelledbyanthropologists(人类学家).Descriptionslike"Palaeolithic(旧石器时代的)Man"."Neolithic(新石器时代的) Man",etc., neatly sumupwholeperiods.Whenthetimecomesforanthropologiststoturntheirattentiontothetwenti

2、ethcentury,theywillsurelychoosethelabel"LeglessMan".Historiesofthetimewillgosomethinglikethis:"Inthetwentiethcentury,peopleforgothowtousetheirlegs.Menandwomenmovedaboutincars,busesandtrainsfromaveryearlyage.Therewereliftsandescalators(自动扶梯)inalllargebuildingtopreventpeoplefromwalking.Th

3、issituationwasforceduponearth-dwellersofthattimebecauseoftheirextraordinarywayoflife.Inthosedays,peoplethoughtnothingoftravellinghundredsofmileseachday.Butthesurprisingthingisthattheydidn'tusetheirlegsevenwhentheywentonholiday.Theybuiltcablerailways,ski-liftsandroadstothetopofeveryhugem

4、ountain.Allthebeautyspotsonearthweremarred(损毁) bythepresenceoflargecarparks." Whenyoutravelathighspeeds,thepresentmeansnothing:youlivemainlyinthefuturebecauseyouspendmostofyourtimelookingforwardtoarrivingatsomeotherplace.Butactualarrival,whenitisachieved,ismeaningless.Youwanttomoveonaga

5、in.Bytravellinglikethis,yoususpendallexperience;thepresentceased(停止)tobeareality:youmightjustaswellbedead.