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 The Superpower 1. The Interstate Highway 2. Set Off For The Moon 3. The Baby Boom And The House Production Line Introduction to British and American Culture 1. The Interstate Highway 1.3 words and phrases Introduction to British and American Culture Words and Phrases: turbo发动机 innovation创新 bind连接 sheer完全的 bottleneck 瓶颈 interstate洲际的 wrap盘绕 1.2 Reading And Comprehension Skill The USA has ended World War Ⅱa superpower. Its economy turbo charged. The greatest generation is ready for peace time. The average American family already earns 15 times more than they do in Europe. Invention and innovation have always been the things that bind its people together. But America’s sheer size threatens to pull it apart. Introduction to British and American Culture32-55 1.2 Reading And Comprehension Skill The older highways, the white shield highways would go across the country and when it came to town it became the main street of every town. And there is always bottlenecks. It’s almost impossible to get around by car. Only half of the roads are even field. Eisenhower, the new President has seen it for himself. As a young soldier, he drove across the nation. It took 62 days. Introduction to British and American Culture1.33 1.2 Reading And Comprehension Skill Now it’s time to get America’s roads working . And President Eisenhower makes it his mission to get the job done. The Interstate Highway connected the cities in a way that no one had seen before. Today there are 46,876 miles of Interstate Highways. Enough to wrap nearly twice around the world. And the journey that once took Eisenhower 62 days now it can be done in 4. The road help people or goods or ideas travel more freely. The towns bypassed by the interstates died . Good roads bring the age of the automobile. Questions questions: 1. Why did President Eisenhower build the interstate highway ? 2. What was the effect caused