(英语教程修订版2)Unit3TravelingPPT课件.pptVIP

;;Warming-up;Warming-up;Listening;Listening;Listening; Listening;Listening;Listening;Listening;;Traveling Men have traveled ever since they first appeared on their earth. In ancient times they do not travel for pleasure but to find new places where their herds could feed, or to escape from unfriendly neighbors, or to find better climates. They traveled on foot. Their journeys were long, tiring and often dangerous. They protected themselves with simple weapons, such as wooden sticks or stone clubs, by lighting fires at night and, above all, by keeping together.; Before long, they discovered easier ways of traveling, they rode on the backs of their horses; they cut open tree trunks and, by using bits of wood as paddles, were able to travel across water. Later they traveled, not from necessity, but for the joy and excitement of seeing and experiencing new things. This is still the main reason why we travel today. Traveling, of course, has now become a highly organized business. There are cars and beautiful roads, fast trains, huge ships and jet planes, all of which provide us with comforts and security. This sounds wonderful. But there are difficulties. If you want to go abroad, you need a passport and a visa, tickets, luggage, and a hundred and one other things. If you lose any of them, your journey may be ruined.; As I am not fond of meeting with people, I prefer doing my traveling from an armchair. I like thinking of all those journeys that man has never made and will never make. I should like, for example, to have arrived in the world by stork. I should like to travel faster than time and have a look at the year A.D. 3000 or go back into the past and talk to famous men. I should also like to travel like a shell across ocean floors where I could explore sunken ships and see the strange fish that men have never seen. Although we shall never make journeys such as these, there ar