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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 alm
ost return back tosleep before my eye catches my packed and I , remem
suitcase groan
groan
bering that Im going to theairport. The taxi is late and then lost, and Im gettingincrea
singly nervous that I miss my . I run inwhen we arrive, stagger through
flight securit
and fina yget to my gate. After a the trouble of this morning,my is canceled
y flight
and Im stuck in this for the next 218 , and my only is a
terminal minutes consolation
cup of airport coffee.This is traveling, a series of runni
complimentary burdensome
complimentary
ng and waiting, and after countless hours, fina ygetting 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。我越来越担心会赶不上飞机。出租车一到机场我就冲进去,出租车一到机场我就冲进去,跌跌撞撞通跌跌撞撞通
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,
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 de
nse metalbird. The rest of the journey, however, can feel like a lesson in the i
tedious
s of modernity,from the predawn xray screening to the sad airport ma s se ing cluste
rs 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
X
飞行,让我感到很奇妙。然而,旅程其余的部分,从一大早 光检查到出售大
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