《21世纪大学英语 读写教程 第三册 Unit1-B,B3》.pptVIP

21st Century College English: Book 3;Unit 1: Text B;Warm-up Activity;Extensive Reading;《读写教程 III》 Text B, P. 18;Question;2 It had all started two years earlier: Soon after my 16th birthday, my parents retired the old red family car and passed it on to me. Before long, that car and I had become the best of friends. We gave rides to just about anyone who asked, anytime, anywhere, and had all sorts of adventures. ;Question;Question;6 That summer, once school was out, I found my freedom expanded hugely. On days when my friends and I would once have ridden bikes to the public pool, we drove my car along the river road to explore an old abandoned train station. Instead of riding to baseball games in the coach’s van like little kids, we now rode in my car as sophisticated adults. We wore sunglasses, and spit sunflower seeds out the window, and felt as good as if we’d already won the game. ;7 One night while I was washing dishes at the restaurant where I worked, my friends removed the wheels from my car and left it standing disabled and awkward on concrete blocks in the parking lot. Deciding the best reaction to their trick was to ignore it, I walked home. The next morning I found the car in front of my house, covered with a two-inch layer of shaving cream. 8 One by one, my friends got driver’s licenses and brought different automotive options to our fold. But after a few days trying out whoever was the newest, we always wound up back in my old car. Even then, I wondered why. It wasn’t flashy — except for those multi-colored parts, it looked just like the sensible family car it had once been. It wasn’t fast — 55 miles an hour was a stretch. And it certainly wasn’t comfortable — there was no air conditioning, and on hot days our bare legs stuck to the seats.;9 Not until its engine died did I realize what had made the car so special. While most of my friends invested in car stereos that could rattle windows a block away, I stuck with the old original radio that barely picke