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【正文】 twenty miles an hour so as not to crowd the horses and horse carriages on their way to market. 在縣城的博物館里，我們欣賞了玩具火車和老式汽車；在工廠的直銷商店里（購物），省了七成的錢。 We admired toy trains and antique cars in county museums and saved 70 percent in factory outlets. 在農(nóng)戶的自助餐廳里，我們飽飽地吃了一頓香料沙拉和家庭自制面包，而后便在外邊閑逛，享受著陽光，欣賞著臥在陽光里的成群奶?！@時(shí)可不是小黑點(diǎn)了。 We stuffed ourselves with spicy salads and homemade bread in an allyoucaneat farmhouse restaurant, then wandered outside to enjoy the sunshine and the herds of cows—no little dots this time — lying in it. 我們回到家里，恢復(fù)了精力，也恢復(fù)了活力，還又一次受到教育。這回到那兒的確是快樂啊。 And We returned home refreshed, revitalized, and reeducated. This time, getting there had been the fun. 毫無特色的收費(fèi)高速公路和州際公路成了我們?cè)S多人的專門選擇，這是為什么呢？ Why is it that the featureless turnpikes and interstates are the routes of choice for so many of us? 大家為什么不試著放慢速度，去考察一下農(nóng)村呢？ Why doesn39。t everybody try slowing down and exploring the countryside? 可是，越來越多的情況是，快車道看來成了我們要走的唯一道路。 But more and more, the fast lane seems to be the only way for us to go. 實(shí)際上，大多數(shù)美國人總是匆匆忙忙——而且不光是在從甲地趕到乙地這樣的事上。 In fact, most Americans are constantly in a hurry—and not just to get from Point A to Point B. 我們的國家已經(jīng)變成了一個(gè)追求速戰(zhàn)速?zèng)Q的國家——不止在一個(gè)方面。 Our country has bee a nation in search of the quick fix—in more ways than one. 不要將來，只求現(xiàn)在：從前，美國人明白“好事多磨”的道理。我們從每次的收入里拿出一小部分，以備不時(shí)之需。Now instead of later: Americans understood the principle of deferred gratification (被推遲的滿足). We put a little of each paycheck away for a rainy day. 如果我們想要一個(gè)新沙發(fā)，或者在湖邊的小屋里過上一周，我們就為此攢些錢。銀行則會(huì)提供特別的圣誕購物儲(chǔ)蓄賬戶和度假儲(chǔ)蓄賬戶幫我們渡過難關(guān)。 If we wanted a new sofa or a week at a lakeside cabin, we saved up for it, and the banks helped us out by providing special Christmas Club and Vacation Club accounts. 如果我們住在鄉(xiāng)下，地方合適，就種下玉米和豆子，耐心地等待著收獲。 If we lived in the right part of the country, we planted corn and beans and waited patiently for the harvest. 如果我們想要瘦一些，我們就少吃一些最喜愛的食物，耐心地等著磅秤降下來，一次降一磅。 If we wanted to be thinner, we si
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