新視野大學英語第三版讀寫教程第三冊-Unit4A課文及翻譯

1、Its4:15inthemorning,andmyalarmclockhasjuststolenawayalovelydream.IalmostreturnbacktosleepbeforemyeyecatchesmypaaseandIgroan,rememberingthatImgoingtotheairport.Thetaxiislateandthenlost,andImgettingincreasinglynervousthatIllmissmflight.Iruninwhenwearrive,staggerthrouserityliisrminalforthenext218inutes

2、,andmyonlyconsolationisangandwaiting,andaftercountlesshours,finallygettingthere.早晨四點一刻，鬧鐘把我從美夢中驚醒，要不是突然看見早已收拾好的行李箱，我?guī)缀跤忠Ｏ肫饋磉€要去機場，我嘆了口氣。出租車來晚了，并且在途中過安檢處，終于，我來到了登機口。經(jīng)歷這一早所有的麻煩事，我乘坐的航班卻被取消了。在接下來的 218分鐘里，我被困在了機場，唯一覺得安慰的是機場Whydowetravel?Idontmindtheactualflying,thewonderofbeingairborneinadensemetalbir

3、d.Therestofthejourney,however,canfeelikslessonintheillSometimes,ofcourse,wetravelbecauseweneedto.Becauseinthisdigitalage,thereButmosttravelisdecidedltional.Onlycorporatetravel,about30%oftripsover50miles,istrulycompulsory.Instead,wetravelbecausewewantto,becausetheannoyancesoftheairportareffsetbytheth

4、rillofbeingsomeplacenew.Becauseworkistressfulandourblooistoohighandweneedavacationsomewcalsoring.Becausetheflightsareonsale.BecauseParisisParis.但是大多數(shù)旅行是可去可不去的，在超過 50英里的旅行中，只有 30%屬于真?zhèn)円釒У貐^(qū)度假是巴黎。Thankstomodernaviation,wecannowmovethroughspaceataninhumanspeed.Forthefirsttimeinhumanhistory,wecanoutrunt

5、hesunandmovefroemospeheretoanotherinasingleday.Ofcourse,itsnotenoughtosimplygbenefitsoftravel,thenwehavetorethinktsrallpurpose.Mostpeople,afterallcapetoParissotheydonthavetothinkaboutthosetroublestheyleftbehind.Butheresth:OurmindismostlikelyveourmosttubbornproblemswhilewearesittinguryinaLeftBankcafe

6、.So,insteadofcontemplatingthatbutterydessert,weshouldsciousofthoseomesticissueswejustcantsolve.多虧了現(xiàn)代航空技術，我們現(xiàn)在可以以非凡的速度在空中穿梭。在人類歷史中，這是我們第一次超過太陽在短短一天中從一個半球到達另一個半球。當然，家里解決不了的問題，而不是琢磨那些奶油甜點。Thelargerlesson,though,isthatourthoughtssaeratedwiththefamiliar.Thebrainisaspaceofneainrfinitepossibility,whichmean

7、sthatitspendsalotoftimeandenergychoosingwhatnottonotice.Asarest,tivityistradedawayfoficiencywethinkininite,literal ,notsymbolic verse.Abitofdistance,however,helpsloosenthecognitivechainsthatimprisonus,makingiteasiertominglethenewwithdedness,makingiteasiertorealizethateventrialeultiplemeanings.Consid

8、ertheactofleavingfoodontheplate:InChina,thisisoftenseasaliment,asignalthatthehosthasprovidedenoughtoeat.ButinAmericathesameactisasubtle insult,anindicationthatthefoodwasntgoodenoughtofinish.能性的空間此而讓他們擴大了“認知輸入”O(jiān)fcourse,thisental flexibilitydoesntcomefrommeredistance,asimplechangeinlatitudenaissanceof

9、creativityappearstobeasideeffectofdifference:Weneedtochangecultures,toexperiencethedisorieinsityofhumantraditions.Thesamefacetsofforeigntravelthataing(DoItiptinimpact,makingusmorecreativebecausewerelesinssular.Wereremindedofallthatwedontknow,whichisnearlyeverythingweresurprisedbythcoenstant streamof

10、surprises.Eveninthisglobalizedage,wecanstillbeamazedataththelythingsthatwerentincludedintheLetsGoguidebookandthatcertainlydontexistbackhome.當然，這種思維的靈活性不僅僅來自純粹的距離變化，即簡單的經(jīng)緯度的變化。使在這個全球化的時代，我們?nèi)匀粫λ形窗ㄔ诼眯兄改现械?、平常的東西感到驚奇，而這些東西在自己家中也不存在。So,letsnotretendthattraveldoesnthaveitsdrawbacks,orthatrejetlagforpleasure.Wedontspend10hourslostintheLouvrebecausewelikeit,andtheviewfromthetopofMachuPicchuprobablydoesntmakeupforthetroublelufostge.(Moreoftenthannot,Ineedavacationaftermyvacation.)Wetravelbecauseweneedto,be