第十七期 7-1 (7/7)-英语听力

[00:00.75]The motel, or motor inn, is the latest kind of place in which people who are away from home can stay. [00:09.24]In the past, travellers found protection from the chill of the night by staying at a highway pub or inn. [00:17.38]Travelling by coach or horseback, they needed places to eat or sleep for themselves and their horses. [00:25.34]These pubs were scattered along principal roads between cities. [00:30.31]When the motor car became more than eccentricity, [00:34.30]other types or accommodations developed in the United States. [00:38.82]The first motel was called Askin's Cottage Camp. [00:42.94]Later it was known as Askin's Auto Camp, and motel is still in operation there. [00:49.90]Aside from the changes in name, there have been even more fundamental changes. [00:55.75]When the first roadside auto camp opened, travellers brought with them everything [01:01.53]but the bed — even their own sheets and bedding.