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1、UnitThreeTextITheSubwayPre-readingBrainstormingShareyourexperiencesofvisitingsubway(s)andpresentyourcommentaryononeofthesubwaysthatimpressedyoumost.ThomasKennerlyWolfe,Jr.TomWolfe(ThomasKennerlyWolfe,Jr.),1931-,Americanjournalistandnovelist,b.Richmond,Va.Wolfefirstgainedfameforhisstu
2、diesofcontemporaryAmericancultureinastyleknownasNewJournalism,whichcombinedpersonalimpressionsandopinions,reconstructeddialogue,slang,andacademicjargon.HisjournalisticworksincludeTheKandy-KoloredTangerine-FlakeStreamlineBaby(1965),TheElectricKool-AidAcidTest(1968),RadicalChicandMau-m
3、auingtheFlakCatchers(1970),TheRightStuff(1975),FromBauhaustoOurHouse(1981),andtheanthologyHookingUp...NewYorkCitySubwayTheNewYorkCitySubwayisarapidtransitsystemownedbytheCityofNewYorkandleasedtotheNewYorkCityTransitAuthority,[3]asubsidiaryagencyoftheMetropolitanTransportationAuthorit
4、yandalsoknownasMTANewYorkCityTransit.Itisoneofthemostextensivepublictransportationsystemsintheworld,with468reportedpassengerstations,[2](or422ifstationsconnectedbytransfersarecountedasone),[4][5]229 miles(369 km)ofroutes,[6]translatinginto656miles(1056km)ofrevenuetrack,andatotalof842
5、miles(1355km)includingnon-revenuetrackage.[7]Thesubwayisalsonotableforbeingamongthefewrapidtransitsystemsintheworldtorun24hoursaday,365daysayear.[8]Itistheonlysystemtoholdthatdistinctionamongthetenbusiestsystemsintheworldintermsofannualpassengertraffic.Thesystemitselfhasmoreannualboa
6、rdingsthanthoseincitiessuchasLondon,Paris,andMexicoCity.[9]IthasnearlytwiceasmanydailyridersaseveryotherrapidtransitsystemintheUnitedStatescombined.Thoughitisknownas"thesubway",implyingundergroundoperations,about40%ofthesystemrunsonabove-groundright-of-way(thesystemisalmostentirelyun
7、dergroundinManhattan,aswellasportionsintheotherboroughs),includingsteelorcastironelevatedstructures,concreteviaducts,embankments,opencutsandsurfaceroutes.Alloftheseconstructionmethodsarecompletelygrade-separatedfromroadandpedestriancrossings,andmostcrossingsoftwosubwaytracksaregrade-
8、separatedwit
