高考英语阅读素材
With their worldly sophistication, cheap fisherman pants and penchant for being smiley all the time, tourists can be a much-hated group. 旅行者给人留下的特有印象，是世故圆滑老练、穿着廉价渔夫裤、脸上总挂着迷人的笑容，旅行者其实是一群蛮招人恨的群体。
But before you laugh too hard at the lost look in their eyes, or mock too much the clattering chaos of their attempts to board the roof of a minibus with five bags and three cameras swinging from their torsos, understand this: they don't care. 但在你会使劲笑话他们迷茫的表情前，也别急着嘲笑他们在小巴士里大呼小叫吵吵闹闹恨不得闹翻车顶，身上大包小包背着五个包，脖子上挎着三个相机晃来晃去的样子。其实大家心里都明白这点：他们对自己的形象满不在乎。
They're having the time of their life. And we all know why. Being a tour ……此处隐藏333个字……dinner. 近在眼前就有，用手指指着晚餐马上要烤的鱼拍照。
15. With minimal effort--such as sending a postcard -- you make your friends and relatives think you really care. 做些小事，例如，寄送一张明信片，让你的朋友和亲戚感受到你真的很在乎他们。
16. Those 1980s iPod playlists you compiled especially for the trip go down particularly well with others. 你精心挑选的80年代老歌组成的iPod播放列表，尤为适合和别人在旅途的路上一起听。
17. You get to wantonly fritter[/w] away money with the sudden knowledge that experiences are so much more valuable than things. 你会开始挥霍金钱，你会突然意识到：经历远比那些物品来得珍贵。
18. You can finally jettison your mobile phone and laptop without stress. Phileas Fogg wasn't online for hours at a stretch every day and neither should you be. 你终于可以毫无压力地把手机和笔记本电脑丢在一边了。《80天环游世界》里的冒险家斐利亚·福克不会每天都在线几小时，旅行中的你也不应该这样。
