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1、Unit3OutofStepTheAuthor:BillBryson（1951-）Awell-knownAmericantravelwriterandhumoristBillBrysoncan'tdecidewheretolive--England,Australia,Iowa,NewHampshire--it'sreallyatoughdecision.But,ashepointsoutinhisbook,I'mAStrangerHereMyself,nomatterwhereBillis,Bill'sastranger.——MichaelFeldman
2、abouttheauthorBillBrysonwasborninIowain1951.Heisabest-sellingAmericanauthorofhumorousbooksontravel.Abackpackingexpeditionin1973broughthimtoEngland,wherehemethiswifeanddecidedtosettle.HewrotefortheEnglishnewspapersThetimesandTheindependentformanyyears,writingtravelarticlestosupplem
3、enthisincome.HelivedwithhisfamilyinNorthYorkshirebeforemovingbacktothestatesin1995,toHanover,NewHampshire,withhiswifeandfourchildren.In2003,heandhisfamilymovedbacktoEngland,wheretheycurrentlyreside.Culturalnote-theU.S.area;ideallivingenvironment;time-consciousness;travel1)USA,acou
4、ntryofvastterritory:9,375,720sq.kmover314millionpeople2)IdeallivingenvironmentformanyAmericans:toescapebothisolationandcrowds.Peoplehaveflockedtothesuburbs.Thereisnothingbutcarthatcanmakeitpossibleforthemtomovearoundeasilylivinginsuburbs.3).Foracountrythatmovesgenerallyaccordingto
5、schedules,beingpunctualishighlyvalued.4)peopleregardtravelasanindispensablepartoftheirlife;peoplevaluefreedommorethananythingelse.“IfyouareanAmerican,youtravelasmuchasyoucan;ifyouareanAmerican,youtravelinyourowncar.”ItisnotuncommonatallforAmericanpeopletodrivefor5ormorehourstohave
6、lunchordinnerwithafriendandthendrivebackfortheirfavoriteNBAgamesathome.——ZhouPingfromherpersonalexperience“Ihaven’ttakenthetrainfornearly20years.NoreasonwhyIshouldnow.”Iusedtohearpeoplesay.Indeed,formanypeoplelivingfarawayfromthetrainstation,caristheonlyvehiclethattakesthemfrompla
7、cetoplace.Besides,itismuchcheaperandquickertomovearoundbydrivingacarthantakingthetrain.Thatiswhymoreconsiderationsaregiventodriversthantopedestrianswhosevoiceishardlyaudible.NewEngland-thebirthplaceofAmerica-isfilledwithrichhistory,culturalattractions,fascinatingcities,scenicvilla
8、ges,andoutdooradventuresateverytu
