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1、Unit3OutofStepBillBryson1AfterlivinginEnglf20yearsmywifeIdecidedtomovebacktotheUnitedStates.WewantedtoliveinatownsmallenoughthatwecouldwalktothebusinessdistrictsettledonHanoverN.H.atypicalNewEngltown—pleasantsedatecompac

2、t.IthasabroadcentralgreensurroundedbythevenerablebuildingsofDartmouthCollegeanoldfashionedMainStreetleafyresidentialneighbhoods.2Itisinshtanagreeableeasyplacetogoaboutone’sbusinessonfootyetasfarasIcantellvirtuallynoonedo

3、es.3NearlyeverydayIwalktothepostofficelibrarybookstesometimesifIamfeelingparticularlydebonairIstopatRoseyJekesCaffacappuccino.OccasionallyintheeveningsmywifeIstrolluptotheNuggetTheatrefamovietoMurphy’sontheGreenfabeerIwo

4、uldn’tdreamofgoingtoanyoftheseplacesbycar.PeoplehavegottenusedtomyeccentricbehavibutintheearlydaysacquaintanceswouldoftenpulluptothecurbaskifIwantedaride.4“I’mgoingyourway”theywouldinsistwhenIpolitelydeclined.“Reallyit’s

5、nobother.”5“HonestlyIenjoywalking.”6“Wellifyou’resure”theywouldsaydepartreluctantlyevenguiltilyasifleavingthesceneofanaccidentwithoutgivingtheirname.7IntheUnitedStateswehavebecomesohabituatedtousingthecarfeverythingthati

6、tdoesn’toccurtoustounfurlourlegsseewhatthoselowerlimbscando.Wehavereachedanagewherecollegestudentsexpecttodrivebetweenclasseswhereparentswilldrivethreeblockstopickuptheirchildrenfromafriend’shousewherethelettercarriertak

7、eshisvanupdowneverydrivewayonastreet.8Wewillgothroughthemostextradinaryconttionstosaveourselvesfromwalking.Sometimesit’salmostludicrous.TheotherdayIwaswaitingtobringhomeoneofmychildrenfromapiano17Atthetimeitseemedridicul

8、ousexasperatingbutafterwardIrealizedthatIwaspossiblytheonlypersonevertohaveentertainedthenotionofnegotiatingthatintersectiononfoot.18Thefactiswenotonlydon’twalkanywhereanymeinthiscountrywewon’twalkanywherewoetoanyonewhot

9、riestomakeusasthecityofLaconiaN.H.discovered.Intheearly1970sLaconiaspentmillionsonacomprehensiveurbanrenewalprojectwhichincludedbuildingapedestrianmalltomakeshoppingmepleasant.Estheticallyitwasatriumph—urbanplannerscamef

10、romallovertocootakephotosbutcommerciallyitwasadisaster.FcedtowalkonewholeblockfromaparkinggarageshoppersaboneddowntownLaconiafsuburbanmalls.19In1994Laconiadugupitsprettypavingblockstookawaythetubsofgeraniumsdecativetrees

11、broughtbackthecars.NowpeoplecanparkrightinfrontofthestesagaindowntownLaconiathrivesanew.20ifthatisn’tsad.Idon’tknowwhatis.不合拍比爾布里森1在英格蘭住了20年之后，我和妻子決定搬回美國。因?yàn)橄胱≡诙€可以步行到商業(yè)區(qū)的小城鎮(zhèn)，所以我們決定定居在新罕布什爾州的漢諾威，一個典型的新英格蘭城鎮(zhèn)，令人愉快、寧靜而緊湊。城鎮(zhèn)中

12、心有一大塊寬闊的綠地，周圍是達(dá)特茅斯學(xué)院那莊嚴(yán)的建筑、一條老式的主干道和綠樹成蔭的住宅區(qū)。2總之，這是一個怡人、舒適的地方，適合步行去上班。不過據(jù)我所知，實(shí)際上沒有什么人這樣做。3我?guī)缀趺刻於疾叫腥ム]局、圖書館或書店，有時，如果心情極好，我會在羅斯杰克斯咖啡店喝上一杯卡布奇諾咖啡。有時，我會和妻子在晚上漫步到納吉特劇院看上一場電影，或是到格林街的莫菲店喝杯啤酒。我做夢都沒想過開車去這些地方。人們對我的古怪行為已經(jīng)習(xí)以為常，但是開始的時候