寫作范文背誦

1、1TheonlywaytotravelisonfootThepastagesofmanhaveallbeencarefullylabelledbyanthropologists.Deionslike‘PaleolithicMan’‘NeolithicMan’etc.neatlysumupwholeperiods.Whenthetimecomesfanthropologiststoturntheirattentiontothetwenti

2、ethcenturytheywillsurelychoosethelabel‘LeglessMan’.Histiesofthetimewillgosomethinglikethis:‘inthetwentiethcenturypeoplefgothowtousetheirlegs.Menwomenmovedaboutincarsbusestrainsfromaveryearlyage.Therewereliftsescalatsinal

3、llargebuildingstopreventpeoplefromwalking.Thissituationwasfceduponearthdwellersofthattimebecauseoftheirextradinarywayoflife.Inthosedayspeoplethoughtnothingoftravellinghundredsofmileseachday.Butthesurprisingthingisthatthe

4、ydidn’tusetheirlegsevenwhentheywentonholiday.Theybuiltcablerailwaysskiliftsroadstothetopofeveryhugemountain.Allthebeautyspotsonearthweremarredbythepresenceoflargecarparks.’Thefuturehistybooksmightalsorecdthatweweredepriv

5、edoftheuseofoureyes.Inourhurrytogetfromoneplacetoanotherwefailedtoseeanythingontheway.Airtravelgivesyouabird’seyeviewofthewld–evenlessifthewingoftheaircrafthappenstogetinyourway.Whenyoutravelbycartrainablurredimageofthec

6、ountrysideconstantlysmearsthewindows.Cardriversinparticulararefeverobsessedwiththeurgetogoonon:theyneverwanttostop.Isitthelureofthegreatmotwayswhatasfseatravelithardlydeservesmention.Itisperfectlysummedupinthewdsoftheold

7、song:‘IjoinedthenavytoseethewldwhatdidIseeIsawthesea.’Thetypicaltwentiethcenturytraveleristhemanwhoalwayssays‘I’vebeenthere.’YoumentiontheremotestmostevocativeplacenamesinthewldlikeElDadoKabulIrkutsksomeoneisboundtosay‘I

8、’vebeenthere’–meaning‘Idrovethroughitat100milesanhouronthewaytosomewhereelse.’Whenyoutravelathighspeedsthepresentmeansnothing:youlivemainlyinthefuturebecauseyouspendmostofyourtimelookingfwardtoarrivingatsomeotherplace.Bu

9、tactualarrivalwhenitisachievedismeaningless.Youwanttomoveonagain.Bytravelinglikethisyoususpendallexperiencethepresentceasestobeareality:youmightjustaswellbedead.Thetraveleronfootontheotherhlivesconstantlyinthepresent.Fhi

10、mtravellingarrivingareonethesamething:hearrivessomewherewitheverystephemakes.Heexperiencesthepresentmomentwithhiseyeshisearsthewholeofhisbody.Attheendofhisjourneyhefeelsadeliciousphysicalweariness.Heknowsthatsoundsatisfy

11、ingsleepwillbehis:thejustrewardofalltruetravelers.3ItshightimemenceasedtoregardwomenassecondclasscitizensThisissupposedtobeanenlightenedagebutyouwouldn’tthinksoifyoucouldhearwhattheaveragemanthinksoftheaveragewoman.Women

12、wontheirindependenceyearsago.Afteralongbitterstruggletheynowenjoythesameeducationalopptunitiesasmeninmostpartsofthewld.Theyhaveprovedrepeatedlythattheyareequaloftensuperitomeninalmosteveryfield.Thehardfoughtbattlefrecogn

13、itionhasbeenwonbutitisbynomeansover.Itismennotwomenwhostillcarryonthesexwarbecausetheirattituderemainsbasicallyhostile.Eveninthemostprogressivesocietieswomencontinuetoberegardedassecondratecitizens.Tohearsomementalkyou’d

14、thinkthatwomenbelongedtoadifferentspecies!Onthesurfacethecommentsmadebymenaboutwomen’sabilitiesseemlighthearted.Thesametiredjokesaboutwomendriversarerepeateddayindayout.Thisapparentlightheartednessdosenotconcealtherealco

15、ntemptthatmenfeelfwomen.Howevermuchmensneeratwomentheirclaimstosuperiityarenotbneoutbystatistics.Let’sconsiderthematterofdrivingfinstance.Weallknowthatwomencausefarfeweraccidentsthanmen.Theyaretooconscientiousresponsible

16、todrivelikemaniacs.Butthisisaminquibble.Womenhavesucceededinanyjobyoucaretoname.Aspoliticianssoldiersdoctsfactyhsuniversityprofesssfarmerscompanydirectslawyersbusconductsscientistspresidentsofcountriestheyhaveoftenputmen

17、toshame.wemustrememberthattheyfrequentlysucceedbrilliantlyinallthesefieldsinadditiontobearingrearingchildren.Yetmengoonmaintainingthefictionthattherearemanyjobswomencan’tdo.Toplevelpoliticalnegotiationbetweencountriesbus

18、inessbankingarealmostentirelycontrolledbymenwhojealouslyguardtheirsocalled‘rights’.EveninotherwiseenlightenedplaceslikeSwitzerlwomenhaven’tevenbeengiventhevote.Thissituationispreposterous!Theargumentsthatmenputfwardtoexc

19、ludewomenfromthesefieldsarealltoofamiliar.Womentheysayareunreliableirrational.Theydependtoolittleoncoolreasoningtoomuchonintuitioninstincttoarriveatdecisions.Theyarenotevencapableofthinkingclearly.Yetwhenwomenprovetheira

20、bilitiesmenrefusetoacknowledgethemgivethemtheirdue.Somuchfaman’sabilitytothinkclearly!Thetruthisthatmenclingtotheirsupremacybecauseoftheirbasicinferiitycomplex.Theyshunrealcompetition.Theyknowintheirheartsthatwomenaresup

21、eritheyareafraidofbeingbeatenattheirowngame.Oneofthemostimptanttasksinthewldistoachievepeacebetweenthenations.Youcanbesurethatifwomenwereallowedtositroundtheconferencetabletheywouldsucceedbrilliantlyastheyalwaysdowhereme