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1、Passageone(Theonlywaytotravelisonfoot)Thepastagesofmanhaveallbeencarefullylabeledbyanthropologists.Descriptionslike4PalaeolithicMan：'NeolithicMan：etc.,neatlysumupwholeperiods.Whenthetimecomesforanthropologiststotumtheirattentiontothetwentiethcentury,the
2、ywillsurelychoosethelabel'LeglessManHistoriesofthetimewillgosomethinglikethis:'inthetwentiethcentury,peopleforgothowtousetheirlegs?Menandwomenmovedaboutincars,busesandtrainsfromaveryearlyage.Therewereliftsandescalatorsinalllargebuildingstopreventpeople
3、fromwalking.Thissituationwasforceduponearthdwellersofthattimebecauseofmileseachday.Butthesurprisingthingisthattheydicingusetheirlegsevenwhentheywentonholiday.Theybuiltcablerailways,ski-liftsandroadstothetopofeveryhugemountain.Allthebeautyspotsonearthwer
4、emarredbythepresenceoflargecarparks.5Thefuturehistorybooksmightalsorecordthatweweredeprivedoftheuseofoureyes?Inourhurrytogetfromoneplacetoanother,wefailedtoseeanythingontheway.Airtravelgivesyouabird's-eyeviewoftheworld-orevenlessifthewingoftheaircraftha
5、ppenstogetinyourway.Whenyoutravelbycarortrainablurredimageofthecountrysideconstantlysmearsthewindows?Cardrivers,inparticular,areforeverobsessedwiththeurgetogoonandon:theyneverwanttostop.Isitthelureofthegreatmotorways,orwhat?Andasforseatravel,ithardlydes
6、ervesmention.Itisperfectlysummedupinthewordsoftheoldsong:‘Ijoinedthenavytoseetheworld,andwhatdid1see?Isawthesea/Thetypicaltwentieth-centurytraveleristhemanwhoalwayssaysTvebeenthere?'Youmentiontheremotest,mostevocativeplace-namesintheworldlikeElDorado,Ka
7、bul,IrkutskandsomeoneisboundtosayTvebeenthere9一meaning,'1drovethroughitat100milesanhouronthewaytosomewhereelse.'Whenyoutravelathighspeeds,thepresentmeansnothing:youlivemainlyinthefuturebecauseyouspendmostofyourtimelookingforwardtoarrivingatsomeotherplac
8、e.Butactualarrival,whenitisachieved,ismeaningless?Youwanttomoveonagain?Bytravelinglikethis,yoususpendallexperience;thepresentceasestobeareality:youmightjustaswellbedead?Thetraveleronfoot,ontheotherhand,livesconstantlyinthepresent
