旅游英语阅读及答案(可编辑修改word版) .pdfVIP

A For those who make journeys across the world ，the speed of travel today has turned the countries into a series of villages.Distances between them appear no greater to a modern traveler than those which once faced men as they walked from village to village.Jet planes fly people from one end of the earth to the other ， allowing them a freedom of movement undreamt of a hundred years ago. Yet some people wonder if the revolution in travel has gone too far.A price has been paid ， they say ， for the conquest ( 征 服 ) of time and distance.Travel_is_something_to_be_enjoyed ，not_endured(忍受) ．The boat offers leisure and time enough to appreciate the ever-changing sights and sounds of a journey.A journey by train also has a special charm about it.Lakes and forests and wild ，open plains sweeping past your carriage window create a grand view in which time and distance mean nothing.On board a plane ，however ，there is just the blank blue of the sky filling the narrow windows of the airplane.The soft lighting ， in-flight films and gentle music make up the only world you know ，and the hours progress slowly. Then there is the time spent being “processed” at a modern airport.People are conveyed like robots along walkways ；baggage is weighed ，tickets produced ， examined and produced yet again before the passengers move to another waiting area.Journeys by rail and sea take longer ，yes ， but the hours devoted to being “processed”at departure and arrival in airports are luckily absent.No wonder ， then ，that the modern high-speed trains are winning back passengers from the airlines. Man ，however ，is now a world traveler and cannot turn his back on the airplane.The working lives of too many people depend upon it ；whole new industries have been built around its design and operation.The h