Traveling

People who like traveling have many reasons for doing so. One is that traveling provides opportunities for them to taste exotic food and to know foreign customs that they are unfamiliar with. The second reason is that travelers can make friends along the way. The most important reason is that by this instructive activity they can broaden their horizons, enrich their experience of life, and expand their scope of knowledge. Traveling enthusiasts, in fact, may convince you by listing more reasons.

Those who dislike traveling also have their reasons. They can list a number of the disadvantages of traveling, which may be summarized as follows: 1. Traveling wastes money and energy. 2. It causes a lot of inconvenience if you leave your home even for a day.

In practice, traveling does more good than harm. The so-called disadvantages described above can be regarded as good conditions in which the travelers can build up both physical strength and willpower. If your finances and health permit, you should do some traveling. Perhaps, an exotic atmosphere and some charming scenery will attract you so much that you may not want to return. It will at least help you get rid of tiredness after work.

Questions for Discussion:

1. Why do some people like traveling so much?

2. What are the reasons that some people do not like traveling?

3. What's the author's view towards traveling?

Suggested Answers:

1. First, because traveling provides opportunities for them to taste exotic food and to know foreign customs that they are unfamiliar with. The second reason is that travelers can make friends along the way. The most important reason is that by this instructive activity they can broaden their horizons, enrich their experience of life, and expand their scope of knowledge.

2. Traveling wastes money and energy. It causes a lot of inconvenience when you leave your home .

3. The author believes the traveling does more good than harm.

Traveling is helpful to increase people's knowledge and broaden their views, minds and experience. In the past, only few people could afford to travel to distant parts of the world. With the rapid development of modern transportation, more and more people go traveling in their spare time. Now traveling has become a popular leisure activity for the majority of people.