吴咏麟阅读100篇——基础篇2004版.docVIP

PAGE 23 - 吴咏麟阅读100篇——基础篇（2004版）Passage one（The only way to travel is on foot）The past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists. Descriptions like ‘ Palaeolithic Man’, ‘Neolithic Man’, etc., neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label ‘Legless Man’. Histories of the time will go something like this: ‘in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts and esca