Unit5Whatanadventure!导读:TravelingLight是一首很轻松的音乐,思绪在飘渺的旋律中尽情地遨游,往事在悠悠的曲子里隐现。TravelingLightWellIwasdoublingovertheload①on__my__shouldersWasaweightIcarriedwithmeeverydayCrossingmilesoffrustrationsandriversaraging②Picking__upstonesIfoundalongthewayIstaggeredandIstumbleddownPathwaysoftroubleIwashaulingthosesouvenirsofmiseryAndwitheachsteptakenmybackwasbreakingTillIfoundtheonewhotookitallfrommeDownbytheriversideDownbytheriversideIlaidmyburdensdown,NowI’mtravelinglightMyspiritliftedhighIfoundmyfreedomnow③I__found__my__freedomnowAndI’mtravelinglightThroughthedarkestalleysandloneliestvalleysIwasdraggingthoseheavychainsof④doubt__and__fearThenwiththeonewordspokenthelockswerebrokenNowhe’sleadingmetoplacesWhere⑤there__are__no__tears...轻装前行曾经在我肩头有千钧重担,让我不堪重负每天每日我都觉得沉重不堪难以解脱!穿过满路荆棘挫折,趟过无数狂怒激流不忘一路俯拾寻找圆润美丽的卵石!我一路蹒跚,坎坷前行走过这条烦恼不断的旅途!所有痛苦不幸的回忆让我步履蹒跚每一步都仿佛将要压弯我的脊梁直到遇到他,我如释重负漫步河畔漫步河畔我卸下满身重负如今我将轻装前行满心舒畅一身轻盈如今的我终于自由如今的我终于自由我将轻装前行走过晦暗无光的街巷,穿越幽暗深邃的幽谷所有不安和恐惧化作枷锁让我踉跄难行你一句简单的言语便破除了我全部枷锁如今他正引领我前往那永不伤心落泪的天堂……PartⅠStartingout&UnderstandingideasLastyear,hundredsofpeoplespentgoodmoneyonanexperience(1)thattheyknewwouldincludecrowds,discomfortanddanger.Manywouldbecomesick,duetotheextremecoldandlowairpressure,andafewwouldevenlosetheirlives.Yet,despiteallthis,bytheendofthetripmanywerealreadyplanningtoreturn.Forthesepeople,(2)climbingQomolangmaisanexperiencelikenoother,(3)makingsomefeelweakandothers,powerful.BritishmountainclimberGeorgeMallorywroteof(4)climbingQomolangma,“Whatwegetfromthisadventureisjustsheerjoy...Wedonotlive(5)toeatandmakemoney.Weeatandmakemoneytobeabletoenjoylife.Thatis(6)whatlifemeansandwhatlifeisfor.”Sadly,Mallorywoulddieonthemountainin1924,(7)althoughhisbodywouldnotbefounduntilmanyyearslater.Itisstillnotknown(8)ifhesucceededinreachingthetopofQomolangmabeforeittookhislife.In2011,wordssimilartothoseofMallorywerespokenbyAmericanmountainclimberAlanArnette,(9)whoclimbedQomolangmainthatyearandwasgoingtoclimbotherhighmountainsaroundtheworld.“Itbringsintofocuswhat’simportanttoyou.”Headded,“Thereareathousandreasons(10)toturnaroundandonlyonetokeepgoing.Youreallyhavetofocusontheonereason(11)that’smostimportantanduniquetoyou.Itforcesyoutolookdeepinsideyourselfandfigureout(12)ifyoureallyhavethephysical,aswellasmental,toughnesstopush(13)whenyouwanttostop.”WiththemajorityofattemptstoclimbQomolangmaresultingeitherintotalsuccessorfailure,istherealsoascientificreasonbehindthisrisk-taking?Recentstudiesindicate(14)thatrisk-takingmaybepartofhumannature,withsomeofusmorelikelytotakerisksthanothers.PsychologistFrankFarleyhasspentyearsstudyingpeople(15)whojumpoutofplanesanddrivefastcars,aswellasthose(16)whoclimbQomolangma.Hereferstothepersonalitiesofthesepeopleas“TypeT”,withthe“T”standingfor“thrill”.(17)SpeakingtotheLATimesaboutthe“TypeT”personalities,Farleysaid,“They’llsay,‘I’mnottakingrisks,I’manexpert...’Theydon’twanttodieandtheydon’texpecttodie.”Researchalsosuggeststhatourdesiretoseekriskscanbeconnectedto(18)howmuchweexpecttobenefitfromtheresult.Wit...