英文Unit-3-Out-of-Step知识讲稿.pptVIP

Unit4 1. The United States is said to be a nation on wheels. How important do you think is the car to an ordinary American? 2. Do you want to buy a car in the future? 3. What problems will we meet if there are too many cars in use? Structural analysis 1 Text Analysis Structural Analysis The writer introduces his idea with an anecdote. The Americans are used to going everywhere in their cars, no matter how near the destination may be. The pedestrian facilities are neglected or discarded. After living in England for 20 years, my wife and I decided to move back to the United States. We wanted to live in a town small enough that we could walk to the business district, and settled on Hanover, N.H., a typical New England town — pleasant, sedate and compact. It has a broad central green surrounded by the venerable buildings of Dartmouth College, an old-fashioned Main Street and leafy residential neighborhoods. It is, in short, an agreeable, easy place to go about one’s business on foot, and yet as far as I can tell, virtually no one does. Bill Bryson Out of Step Detailed reading1 Detailed Reading 1 2 Detailed reading2 Nearly every day, I walk to the post office or library or bookstore, and sometimes, if I am feeling particularly debonair, I stop at Rosey Jekes Café for a cappuccino. Occasionally, in the evenings, my wife and I stroll up to the Nugget Theatre for a movie or to Murphy’s on the Green for a beer, I wouldn’t dream of going to any of these places by car. People have gotten used to my eccentric behavior, but in the early days acquaintances would often pull up to the curb and ask if I wanted a ride. “I’m going your way,” they would insist when I politely declined. “Really, it’s no bother.” Detailed Reading 3 4 Detailed reading3 “Honestly, I enjoy walking.” “Well, if you’re sure,” they would say and depart reluctantly, even guiltily, as if leaving the scene of an accident without giving their name. In the U