网站大量收购独家精品文档,联系QQ:2885784924

新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析.pdf

新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析.pdf

  1. 1、本文档共7页,可阅读全部内容。
  2. 2、原创力文档(book118)网站文档一经付费(服务费),不意味着购买了该文档的版权,仅供个人/单位学习、研究之用,不得用于商业用途,未经授权,严禁复制、发行、汇编、翻译或者网络传播等,侵权必究。
  3. 3、本站所有内容均由合作方或网友上传,本站不对文档的完整性、权威性及其观点立场正确性做任何保证或承诺!文档内容仅供研究参考,付费前请自行鉴别。如您付费,意味着您自己接受本站规则且自行承担风险,本站不退款、不进行额外附加服务;查看《如何避免下载的几个坑》。如果您已付费下载过本站文档,您可以点击 这里二次下载
  4. 4、如文档侵犯商业秘密、侵犯著作权、侵犯人身权等,请点击“版权申诉”(推荐),也可以打举报电话:400-050-0827(电话支持时间:9:00-18:30)。
查看更多
新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析

官网网站: ________________________________________________________________ 新SAT官方指南阅读第十二篇全解析 ThispassageisadaptedfromTarasGrescoe,Straphanger:SavingOurCitiesandOurselves fromtheAutomobile.©2012byTarasGrescoe. Thoughthereare600millioncarsontheplanet,andcounting,therearealsosevenbillion people,whichmeansthatforthevastmajorityofusgettingaroundinvolvestakingbuses, ferryboats,commutertrains,streetcars,andsubways.Inotherwords,travelingtowork,school,or themarketmeansbeingastraphanger:somebodywho,bychoiceornecessity,reliesonpublic 5 transport,ratherthanaprivatelyownedautomobile. HalfthepopulationofNewYork,Toronto,andLondondonotowncars.Publictransportis howmostofthepeopleofAsiaandAfrica,theworld’smostpopulouscontinents,travel.Every day,subwaysystemscarry155millionpassengers,thirty-fourtimesthenumbercarriedbyallthe world’sairplanes,andtheglobalpublictransportmarketisnowvaluedat$428billionannually.A 10 centuryandahalfaftertheinventionoftheinternalcombustionengine,privatecarownershipis stillananomaly. Andyetpublictransportation,inmanyminds,istheoppositeofglamour—asqualidlast resortforthosewithonetoomanyimpaireddrivingcharges,toopoortoaffordinsurance,ortoo decrepittogetbehindthewheelofacar.InmuchofNorthAmerica,theyareright:takingtransit 15 isadepressingexperience.Anybodywhohaswaitedfartoolongonastreetcornerforthe privilegeofboardingalurching,overcrowdedbus,orwrestledluggageontosubwaysandshuttles 1 官网网站: ________________________________________________________________ togettoabigcityairport,knowsthattransitonthiscontinenttendstobeunderfunded, ill-maintained,andill-planned.Giventheopportunity,whowouldn’tdrive?Hoppinginacar almostalwaysge

文档评论(0)

tazhiq2 + 关注
实名认证
内容提供者

该用户很懒,什么也没介绍

1亿VIP精品文档

相关文档