英语导读1000句（六十六）
<p> <span word="Section">Section</span> 66 <span word="Travel">Travel</span> <span word="Guides">Guides</span></p><p> <span word="Can">Can</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="imagine">imagine</span> <span word="trying">trying</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="place">place</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="guide">guide</span>?到一个陌生的地方去而没有旅行指南，这你能想像吗?</p><p> <span word="Hundreds">Hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span>, <span word="explorers">explorers</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="things">things</span>.对几百年前的开拓者们来说，没有旅行指南这类的东西。</p><p> <span word="As">As</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="opened">opened</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="areas">areas</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="us">us</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="wrote">wrote</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="them">them</span>.当他们开发出新的地区后，他们作了记录。</p><p> <span word="These">These</span> <span word="writings">writings</span> <span word="formed">formed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="genre">genre</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="literature">literature</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="writing">writing</span>.这些记录形成了一种新的文学形式――旅游文学。</p><p> <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="guides">guides</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="pure">pure</span> <span word="factual">factual</span> <span word="data">data</span>, <span word="others">others</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="entertaining">entertaining</span>.有些旅行指南只作事实上的描述，有些则比较有趣。</p><p> <span word="Perhaps">Perhaps</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="train">train</span>, <span word="plane">plane</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="schedules">schedules</span> <span word="travel">travel</span> <span word="guides">guides</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="interesting">interesting</span>.也许我们可以称火车、飞机和公共汽车时刻表为旅游指南，但是它们不是很有趣。</p><p> <span word="So">So</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="buy">buy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="read">read</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="guides">guides</span>?那么，人们购买这类指南资料时，他们希望看到什么呢?</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="details">details</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="interested">interested</span> <span word="in">in</span>.他们希望看到他们感兴趣地方的详细资料。</p><p> <span word="They">They</span> <span word="want">want</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="know">know</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="there">there</span>, <span word="climate">climate</span>, <span word="food">food</span>, <span word="customs">customs</span>.他们希望知道那里的气候、饮食、风俗。</p>
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