旅行的意义 The Meaning Of Traveling
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="carefully">carefully</span> <span word="labelled">labelled</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="anthropologists">anthropologists</span>(人类学家). <span word="Descriptions">Descriptions</span> <span word="like">like</span> "<span word="Palaeolithic">Palaeolithic</span> <span word="Man">Man</span>". "<span word="Neolithic">Neolithic</span> <span word="Man">Man</span>", <span word="etc">etc</span>., <span word="neatly">neatly</span> <span word="sum">sum</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="whole">whole</span> <span word="periods">periods</span>. <span word="When">When</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="anthropologists">anthropologists</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="attention">attention</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="twentieth">twentieth</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="surely">surely</span> <span word="choose">choose</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="label">label</span> "<span word="Legless">Legless</span> <span word="Man">Man</span>". <span word="Histories">Histories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="something">something</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="this">this</span>:" <span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="twentieth">twentieth</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="people">people</span> <span word="forgot">forgot</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="legs">legs</span>. <span word="Men">Men</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="women">women</span> <span word="moved">moved</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="cars">cars</span>, <span word="buses">buses</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="trains">trains</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="age">age</span>. <span word="There">There</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="lifts">lifts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="escalators">escalators</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="building">building</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="walking">walking</span>. <span word="This">This</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="upon">upon</span> <span word="earth">earth</span>-<span word="dwellers">dwellers</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="extraordinary">extraordinary</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="life">life</span>. <span word="In">In</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="days">days</span>,<span word="people">people</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="nothing">nothing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="travelling">travelling</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="miles">miles</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="day">day</span>.<span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="surprising">surprising</span> <span word="thing">thing</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="didn">didn</span>'<span word="t">t</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="legs">legs</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="went">went</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="holiday">holiday</span>.<span word="They">They</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="cable">cable</span> <span word="railways">railways</span>, <span word="ski">ski</span>-<span word="lifts">lifts</span>(滑雪索道) <span word="and">and</span> <span word="roads">roads</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="mountain">mountain</span>.<span word="All">All</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="beauty">beauty</span> <span word="spots">spots</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="earth">earth</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="marred">marred</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="presence">presence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="parks">parks</span>."</p><p>人类学家小心翼翼地将人类以往的每一个时代都贴上标签。 例如：“旧石器时代人”、“新石器时代人”等说法就简洁地概括了 一个个完整的时代。当人类学家把他们的目光投向20世纪的时 候，他们肯定会选择“无腿人”这个标签。这段时期的历史大致会 这样记载：“在20世纪，人类忘记了如何使用他们的腿。男子和女子从很小的时候起就坐在小汽车、公共汽车和火车里来来去 去。所有的高层建筑里都装有电梯和自动扶梯，以避免人们步行。 这种状况强加在这个时期地球居民的身上，是由于他们非同寻常 的生活方式。那时，人们没有想到每天旅行几百英里这类事情。 但是，令人惊奇的是，他们即使去度假也不用他们的腿。他们建造缆索铁路，滑雪索道和道路通向每座大山的顶峰。地球上所有的风景区都被大型停车场糟蹋了。”</p>
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