新视野大学英语第3版读写教程第3册Unit4A.docxVIP

The?surprising?purpose?of?travel 令人惊奇的旅行目的 Its?4:15?in?the?morning,?and?my?alarm?clock?has?juststolen?away?a?lovely?dream.?I?almost?return?back?tosleep?before?my?eye?catches?my?packed?suitcaseand?I?groan,?remembering?that?Im?going?to?theairport.?The?taxi?is?late?and?then?lost,?and?Im?gettingincreasingly?nervous?that?Ill?miss?my?flight.?I?run?inwhen?we?arrive,?stagger?through?security?and?finallyget?to?my?gate.?After?all?the?trouble?of?this?morning,my?flight?is?canceled?and?Im?stuck?in?this?terminalfor?the?next?218?minutes,?and?my?only?consolation?is?a?cup?of?complimentary?airport?coffee.This?is?traveling,?a?burdensome?series?of?running?and?waiting,?and?after?countless?hours,?finallygetting?there. 早晨四点一刻，闹钟把我从美梦中惊醒，要不是突然看见早已收拾好的行李箱，我几乎又要睡着。想起来还要去机场，我叹了口气。出租车来晚了，并且在途中迷了路，我越来越担心会赶不上飞机。出租车一到机场我就冲进去，跌跌撞撞通过安检处，终于，我来到了登机口。经历这一早所有的麻烦事，我乘坐的航班却被取消了。在接下来的 218 分钟里，我被困在了机场，唯一觉得安慰的是机场提供的一杯免费咖啡。这就是旅行，让人心烦的跑跑停停。最终，在不知经过多少小时之后，终于到达要去的地方。 Why?do?we?travel??I?dont?mind?the?actual?flying,?the?wonder?of?being?airborne?in?a?dense?metalbird.?The?rest?of?the?journey,?however,?can?feel?like?a?tedious?lesson?in?the?ills?of?modernity,from?the?predawn?x-ray?screening?to?the?sad?airport?malls?selling?clusters?of?keepsakes.?Its?theresult?of?a?globalized?world,?and?it?sucks. 我们为什么要旅行？其实，我并不介意飞行本身，在这样一个密实的金属大鸟中飞行，让我感到很奇妙。然而，旅程其余的部分，从一大早?X?光检查到出售大堆纪念品的糟糕的机场商场，感觉就像是关于现代社会弊病的乏味课程。这是全球化的结果，它糟糕透了。 Sometimes,?of?course,?we?travel?because?we?need?to.?Because?in?this?digital?age,?there?is?stillsomething?important?about?the?handshake?at?a?business?luncheon.?Or?eating?moms?specialfood?on?Thanksgiving.?Or?seeing?your?girlfriend?on?your?2-year?anniversary. 当然，有时候我们旅行是因为我们需要去旅行。因为即使在这个数字化时代，我们仍然有一些很重要的事情要去做，比如在商务午餐中与生意伙伴握手，或是在感恩节这天吃上妈妈特别准备的食物，或是在你和你女朋友的两周年纪念日这天去看她。 But?most?travel?is?decidedly?optional.?Only?corporate?travel,?about?30%?of?trips?over?50?miles,is?truly?compulsory.?Instead,?we?travel?because?we?want?to,?because?the?annoyances?of?theairport?are?offset?by?the?thrill?of?being?someplace?new.?Because