美国生活方式之交通篇.pptVIP

The way of American life--About the transportation 10Industry Design Class1 Yao na Backround The U.S. is situated almost entirely in the Western Hemisphere.After Russia and Canada, the U.S. is the worlds third or fourth largest nation by total area, ranking just above or below China.However,it has only 311.6 million,less than a quarter of China.Thus,every several miles can you see a house standing there. The environment is quite empty, so ti is nessary for each family to have a car going around. Once there is a joke,said that Americans will drive a care even when they just want to buy a bottle of soy. The United States is known as “driving on the wheels ” country, cars as the most common transport is the essential article in every household. Because of there are too many private cars, many city buses and taxi industry are quite cold and cheerless, for those who travel to the United States or are on a business trip, renting a car became their ideal choice. It is simple and cheap to rent a care. The expenses of American car renting is calculateed by day, small cars charge only about $30 a day, if you rent in advance, it even can offer 20% as a discount, It wil cost you 150 dollars in total including your rates and insurance premium a week. In United States ,guys who are 16 years old can take an examination to get the 1 card and person with 1 card cant drive alone, if he or she want to drive he or she should be accompanied. Then ,a year later person with 1card can take an examination to get the official drivering license, with official drivering license ,he or she can drive alone. 5 years later, he or she can take an examination for lifelong drivering license. Because of car driving、 little public transportation and using air conditions in summer ,using heating installation in winter, the problem of carbon emission is increasingly serious, in order to solving this problem, such two wheels car mey put in to use. Thank you for listening~