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ing.
8 Desks: dumping grounds for junk; bedrooms: best not to say.
9 Cars: old lolly sticks; chewing gum, carpets; 'Running In' - ten-year-
old vehicle.
10 Not nice people to know: irritable, inconsiderate, forgetful, slothful,
etc.
II Untidiness breeds these qualities; hardly surprising.
12 E.g. Irritable if you can only find one sock.
13 Inconsiderate if you leave litter at beauty spots.
14 Forgetful: can't find letter; stuck in book returned to library.
IS Slothful: live in self-imposed squalor, do nothing about it.
16 Tidy people delightful by comparison; monopoly of best qualities.
17 Clean, neat, patient, etc., reflected in homes, gardens, personal
appearance.
18 Radiant, welcoming people; long to meet them; value their esteem.
19 Tidy people: kind, generous. Untidy ones: mean, selfish.
.20 Tidy people usually marry untidy ones: another story.
The counter-argument: key words
I People obsessed with tidiness are not quite human.
2 Possess very bad qualities: nagging; mean; jealous; spoil-sports; old-
fashioned; narrow-minded; prudish; self-satisfied prigs.
3 E.g. house-proud housewife: family not allowed even to walk on
floors! Houses like museums.
4 Husbands: tidy desks on which work is never done; tidy shelves of
books never read.
5 Tidy people can't enjoy life; don't know how to live.
6 Slaves of material things. Hygienic lives: always polishing floors,
cleaning cars, etc.
7 Their children are insufferable: always dressed in best suits; not
allowed to play.
8 Tidy people: lack ideas, are uncreative.
9 Never have time to create anything; always pursued by things.
.10 Hypocrites: interested only in outward appearances.
II Unfriendly people: their way of life doesn't encourage friendship.
12 Usually introvert: always thinking about themselves and their pos-
sessions .
.I 3 Very often depressed, unhappy; mental hospitals are full oftidy people.
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19 'The way to travel is on foot'
The past ages of man have all been carefully labelled by anthropologists.
Descriptions like 'Palaeolithic Man', 'Neolithic Man', etc., neatly sum up
whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their
attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label
5 'Legless Man'. Histories of the time will go something like this: 'In the
twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women
moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were
lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking.
This situation was forced upon earth-dwellers ofthat time because oftheir
10 way of life. In those days, people thought nothing of travel-
ling hundreds ofmiles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn't
use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways,
ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots
on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks.'
15 The future history books might also record that we were deprived ofthe
use ofour eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to
see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird's-eye view ofthe world
- or even less ifthe wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When
you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly
20 smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with
the urge to go onand on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great
niotorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It
is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: 'I joined the navy to
see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.' The typical twentieth-
25 century traveller is the man who always says 'I've been there.' You mention
the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like EI Dorado,
Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say 'I've been there' - meaning,
'I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.'
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live
30 mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward
to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is
meaningless. You want to move on again. Bytravelling like this, you suspend
all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be
dead. The traveller on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the
35 present. For him travelling and arriving are one and the same thing: he
arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present
moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his
journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound,
satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.
The argument: key words
I Past ages carefully labelled by anthropologists: Palaeolithic Man, Neo-
lithic Man, etc.
2 Twentieth century: anthropologists' label: 'Legless Man'.
3 A history of this time might sound like this:
4 Twentieth century: people forgot use of legs; used cars, buses, trains
from early age.
Lifts, escalators in all buildings prevented them from walking.
6 Situation forced upon earth-dwellers: way of life; travelled long
distances.
7 Even on holiday: cable railways, ski-lifts, roads to tops of mountains.
8 Don't use our eyes any more: hurry to get from place to place.
9 Air travel: a bird's-eye view of the world, or less.
10 Car and train: a blurred image of the countryside.
I I Car drivers: urge to go on and on without stopping; motorways to
blame?
12 Sea travel: summed up in old song: 'I joined the " " .'
13 Typical twentieth-century traveller: 'I've been there'. El Dorado,
Kabul, Irkutsk: through at 100 miles an hour.
14 When travelling at high speeds present means nothing: life in future.
15 Actual arrival is meaningless; want to move on.
16 Suspend all experience; present no longer a reality; might as well be
dead;
17 Traveller on foot: lives constantly in present.
18 Travelling and arriving: the same thing; arrives with every step.
19 Experiences present moment: ears, eyes, whole body.
20 End of journey: weariness, satisfying sleep: just reward.
The counter-argument: key words
I Travelling at high speeds is a means not an end.
2 But it is also a pleasure in itself.
3 E.g. drivers experience great thrill, satisfaction, travelling long
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ing.
8 Desks: dumping grounds for junk; bedrooms: best not to say.
9 Cars: old lolly sticks; chewing gum, carpets; 'Running In' - ten-year-
old vehicle.
10 Not nice people to know: irritable, inconsiderate, forgetful, slothful,
etc.
II Untidiness breeds these qualities; hardly surprising.
12 E.g. Irritable if you can only find one sock.
13 Inconsiderate if you leave litter at beauty spots.
14 Forgetful: can't find letter; stuck in book returned to library.
IS Slothful: live in self-imposed squalor, do nothing about it.
16 Tidy people delightful by comparison; monopoly of best qualities.
17 Clean, neat, patient, etc., reflected in homes, gardens, personal
appearance.
18 Radiant, welcoming people; long to meet them; value their esteem.
19 Tidy people: kind, generous. Untidy ones: mean, selfish.
.20 Tidy people usually marry untidy ones: another story.
The counter-argument: key words
I People obsessed with tidiness are not quite human.
2 Possess very bad qualities: nagging; mean; jealous; spoil-sports; old-
fashioned; narrow-minded; prudish; self-satisfied prigs.
3 E.g. house-proud housewife: family not allowed even to walk on
floors! Houses like museums.
4 Husbands: tidy desks on which work is never done; tidy shelves of
books never read.
5 Tidy people can't enjoy life; don't know how to live.
6 Slaves of material things. Hygienic lives: always polishing floors,
cleaning cars, etc.
7 Their children are insufferable: always dressed in best suits; not
allowed to play.
8 Tidy people: lack ideas, are uncreative.
9 Never have time to create anything; always pursued by things.
.10 Hypocrites: interested only in outward appearances.
II Unfriendly people: their way of life doesn't encourage friendship.
12 Usually introvert: always thinking about themselves and their pos-
sessions .
.I 3 Very often depressed, unhappy; mental hospitals are full oftidy people.
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19 'The way to travel is on foot'
The past ages of man have all been carefully labelled by anthropologists.
Descriptions like 'Palaeolithic Man', 'Neolithic Man', etc., neatly sum up
whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their
attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label
5 'Legless Man'. Histories of the time will go something like this: 'In the
twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women
moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were
lifts and escalators in all large buildings to prevent people from walking.
This situation was forced upon earth-dwellers ofthat time because oftheir
10 way of life. In those days, people thought nothing of travel-
ling hundreds ofmiles each day. But the surprising thing is that they didn't
use their legs even when they went on holiday. They built cable railways,
ski-lifts and roads to the top of every huge mountain. All the beauty spots
on earth were marred by the presence of large car parks.'
15 The future history books might also record that we were deprived ofthe
use ofour eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to
see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird's-eye view ofthe world
- or even less ifthe wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When
you travel by car or train a blurred image of the countryside constantly
20 smears the windows. Car drivers, in particular, are forever obsessed with
the urge to go onand on: they never want to stop. Is it the lure of the great
niotorways, or what? And as for sea travel, it hardly deserves mention. It
is perfectly summed up in the words of the old song: 'I joined the navy to
see the world, and what did I see? I saw the sea.' The typical twentieth-
25 century traveller is the man who always says 'I've been there.' You mention
the remotest, most evocative place-names in the world like EI Dorado,
Kabul, Irkutsk and someone is bound to say 'I've been there' - meaning,
'I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.'
When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live
30 mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward
to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is
meaningless. You want to move on again. Bytravelling like this, you suspend
all experience; the present ceases to be a reality: you might just as well be
dead. The traveller on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the
35 present. For him travelling and arriving are one and the same thing: he
arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present
moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his body. At the end of his
journey he feels a delicious physical weariness. He knows that sound,
satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travellers.
The argument: key words
I Past ages carefully labelled by anthropologists: Palaeolithic Man, Neo-
lithic Man, etc.
2 Twentieth century: anthropologists' label: 'Legless Man'.
3 A history of this time might sound like this:
4 Twentieth century: people forgot use of legs; used cars, buses, trains
from early age.
Lifts, escalators in all buildings prevented them from walking.
6 Situation forced upon earth-dwellers: way of life; travelled long
distances.
7 Even on holiday: cable railways, ski-lifts, roads to tops of mountains.
8 Don't use our eyes any more: hurry to get from place to place.
9 Air travel: a bird's-eye view of the world, or less.
10 Car and train: a blurred image of the countryside.
I I Car drivers: urge to go on and on without stopping; motorways to
blame?
12 Sea travel: summed up in old song: 'I joined the " " .'
13 Typical twentieth-century traveller: 'I've been there'. El Dorado,
Kabul, Irkutsk: through at 100 miles an hour.
14 When travelling at high speeds present means nothing: life in future.
15 Actual arrival is meaningless; want to move on.
16 Suspend all experience; present no longer a reality; might as well be
dead;
17 Traveller on foot: lives constantly in present.
18 Travelling and arriving: the same thing; arrives with every step.
19 Experiences present moment: ears, eyes, whole body.
20 End of journey: weariness, satisfying sleep: just reward.
The counter-argument: key words
I Travelling at high speeds is a means not an end.
2 But it is also a pleasure in itself.
3 E.g. drivers experience great thrill, satisfaction, travelling long
distances. [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]