托福写作高分素材：Travel旅行的意义

 　　We never know what will happen when we get there. It is cliché, but it is said often for a reason. Maybe we will spend many years rationalizing how we are not missing that much by not going, how we don’t want to risk not having fun there, or that we don’t know what to do there. However, the truth is we have no point of reference. I believe if we decide that we are actually going, everything else has a tendency to fall into place. The amount of incredible things that you could happen on our trip is literally¹ unimaginable. For example, I can navigate² a foreign city by myself and get around with a language book full of only useful phrase. I can use my limited skills to get good food, accommodation, and meet many new friends. It is an incredible important and affirming thing to know about myself.

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。