unit3outofstep課文翻譯綜合教程三(完整版)
【正文】 ided to skip coffee and head over.16 Although the bookshop was no more than 70 or 80 feet away, I discovered that there was no way to cross on foot without dodging over six lanes of swiftly moving traffic. In the end, I had to get in our car and drive across.17 At the time, it seemed ridiculous and exasperating, but afterward I realized that I was possibly the only person ever to have entertained the notion of negotiating that intersection on foot.18 The fact is, we not only don’t walk anywhere anymore in this country, we won’t walk anywhere, and woe to anyone who tries to make us, as the city of Laconia, ., discovered. In the early 1970s, Laconia spent millions on a prehensive urban renewal project, which included building a pedestrian mall to make shopping more pleasant. Esthetically it was a triumph— urban planners came from all over to coo and take photosbut mercially it was a disaster. Forced to walk one whole block from a parking garage, shoppers abandoned downtown Laconia for suburban malls.19 In 1994 Laconia dug up its pretty paving blocks, took away the tubs of geraniums and decorative trees, and brought back the cars. Now people can park right in front of the stores again, and downtown Laconia thrives anew.20 And if that isn’t sad. I don’t know what is.不合拍比爾不過據(jù)我所知，實(shí)際上沒有什么人這樣做?！? 6．“哦，那隨你吧，”他們這么說著然后不情愿地離開了，甚至帶著點(diǎn)負(fù)罪感，就好像離開了
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