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1、精品文档，仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除Aa》》》(一)AmericanstravelbyairinmuchthesamewayasEuropeansandtheJapanesetravelbytrain.Thereare,infact,notmanyrailroadstationsleftintheUSA,althoughthetrackisstillbeingused,sincemostofAmerica'sfreightisstillcarriedbytrain.Asforpass

2、engers,theseisavastnetworkofairlinesandairportsineasyreachofalmosteveryAmericantown.Airports,nowthetravelcentersoftheUSA,arecomfortableplaceswithcoffeeshopsandbarsandcleanrestrooms.FlyinginAmericaislessexpensivethaninmanyothercountries,becausethegove

3、rnmentsubsidized(补助)airfares.Yetthedifferentairlinesarenotstate-ownedandcompetewithoneanotherforpassengers.ThosewhocannotaffordeithertrainorplanetaketheGreyhoundbus.Notransportsystemintheworldcarriessomanypassengersbynightandbyday.Driversarehighlyaid

4、andhaveawonderfulsafetyrecord.Europeanstendtolovetheircars.ButAmericanstreattheircarsonlyasvehicleswhichareimportanttotheirlives-totakethemtowork,toshoppingplaces,topicnics-ortotheirfriends.Exceptwhentheytakeavacationtheyrarelydrivelongdistances.Ther

5、eisanother.formoftravelwhichiswidelyusedintheUSA,-therentedcar.Everycityandtownhasatleastonecarrentedfirm,someofthemarenationwideandhavebranchesabroadaswell.Ii》》》(一)Itwasanearlymorninginsummer．Inthestreets，sleepy—eyed睡眼腥松的peopleweremovingquickly，head

6、ingtowardstheir（1jobs）.Thiswasthebeginningofanother（2ordinary）dayinNewYorkCity.（3But）thisdaywastobedifferent．Waiting(4above)thecrowdedstreets，ontopofa(5building)110storieshigh，wasPhilippePetit．Thisdaring大胆的Frenchmanwasaboutto正打算(6walk)tightrope(绷索)be

7、tweenthetwotowersoftheWorldTradeCenter．Philippetookhisfirst(7step)withgreatcare小心翼翼地．Thewireheld．Nowhewas(8sure)hecoulddoit,(9with)onlyabalancingpole平衡杆，Philippewalkedhiswayacross，a(10distance)of131feet．Soontherush-hour高峰时期(11crowds)begantonotice．Wha

8、ta(12wonder)!There，1350feetabovethestreet，a(13tiny)figure角色waswalkingonair.Philippemadeseven(14trips)，backandforth(来回)．Hewasn’tsatisfied满意withjust(15walking)．Attimes，hewouldturn，sitdown，and(16even)goonhisknees跪着．Oncehehadtheastonishing(17courage)toli