大一下学期英语习题内容.docVIP

Unit1 He was driving home one evening, on a two-lane country road. Work, in this small Midwestern community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac,1 but he never quit looking. Ever since the factory closed, he’d been unemployed, and with winter raging on, the chill had finally hit home2. 一天傍晚，他在双车道的乡村公路上驱车回家。工作在中西部这个小社区清淡得几乎就像他那辆破旧的庞蒂亚克车慢悠悠的，可是他从没放弃过寻找工作。工厂倒闭后，他就一直失业，偏又赶上严冬肆虐，寒气逼人。 It was a lonely road. Not many people had a reason to be on it, unless they were leaving. Most of his friends had already left. They had families to feed and dreams to fulfill, but he stayed on. After all, th