tailieunhanh - Modes of traveling

Tham khảo tài liệu 'modes of traveling', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Modes of traveling People travel for various reasons - for business pleasure and discovery in different elements - land water and air and by divers methods from walking to riding in train ships and aeroplanes. The simplest way of traveling by land is on Shank s mare - that is on foot. This is the only mode of travel for the poor man but some who could afford to tour by train or motor car prefer when traveling for pleasure to walk. From the most ancient times men have trained animals such as the camel the elephant the donkey and especially the horse to carry them or to draw wheeled vehicles in which the could rest in comfort and in the days before railways were introduced most travelers rode on horseback or in chariots carts carriages and coaches. But in these days mechanical carriages steam - or petrol-driven have largely taken the place of horse carriages. Even the poor can now travel quickly and comfortably in the railway trains and the well-to-do tour allover the country in their motor-cars. The humble bicycle too is a great help to men of moderate means. The boat propelled by oars and the sailing-ship are very old inventions and most of the famous explorers made their discoveries in wooden sailing-vessels. But the sailing-ship has now been almost driven from the ocean by the great steamers which enable travelers to accomplish sea voyages in weeks which formerly took months and even .