Unit 3 Travel journalAround the world in 80 waysHow can you travel around the world without ever leaving the earth's surface?For many of us ， it sounds like an impossible mission( 任 务 ) ， but an eco －friendly British couple has done just that.They have travelled around the world for 297 days without getting on a single plane.“It feels like a historic achievement ， following in the footsteps of great travellers before the plane was invented，”said the couple.Tom Fewins，32，and Lara Lockwood，30，used 78 buses，61 trains，34 cars，18 boats ， six bicycles ， two mopeds( 电 动 自 行 车 )and one elephant.They wanted to prove that tourists can see the world without producing a large carbon footprint(碳足迹)．So they spent 10 months travelling 44，609 miles through 18 countries on land and seA．They believed that they used less than 3，000 kg of carbon dioxide(二氧 化 碳 ) ， compared with six times that amount if they had used planes.“We proved you can still be well travelled without damaging the environment，”said Fewins.The pair ， who returned home to England two weeks ago ， travelled very slowly，taking time to enjoy what was happening around them.The most difficult part of the trip was when they had to persuade the captain of a 100，000－ton cargo ship(货船)to take them from Hong Kong to Long Beach in CaliforniA．Tom proposed(求婚)to Lara when they crossed the International Date Line(国际日界 线 )in the Pacific.Lara was over the moon ( 欣 喜 若 狂 ) ： “ It was very romantic( 浪 漫 的 ) ． He got down on one knee and I had no hesitation( 犹 豫 )in saying yes.”【词海拾贝】1．surface n．表面2．invent vt.发明；编造3．prove vt.证明；证实4．compare vt.比较；对照5．damage n. & v．损害...
