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1、UnitOneAWorkingCommunityPreparingtoreadBeforeyoureadtheessay,takeafewminutestothinkaboutyourviewsontheconceptofcommunity：1.WhatdoescommunitymeantoyouinChina?2.Howdoyoudefinecommunityinyourlife?3.Inwhatwaysarecommunitiesimportanttosociety?neighborhoodvs.communityTextAWorkin
2、gCommunitybyEllenGoodmanEllenGoodmanisanationallysyndicatedcolumnistandassociateeditoroftheBostonGlobe.Herreputationasafirst-ratejournalistwasconfirmedyvhenshewasawardedthePulitzerPrizefordistinguishedcommentaryin1980.ThefollowingessayAforkingCommunity^originallywrittenfor
3、theWashingtonPost,proposesanewdefinitionofucommunity^.Ihaveafriendwhoisamemberofthemedicalcommunity.Itdoesnotsaythat,ofcourse,onthestationerythatbearsherhomeaddress.Thismembershipcomesfromherhospitalwork.Ihaveanotherfriendwhoisamemberofthecomputercommunity.Thisisafairlynew
4、subdivisionofoureconomy，andyethefindshissenseofplaceinitOtherfriendsandacquaintancesofminearemembersoftheacademiccommunity^orthebusinesscommunity,orthejournalisticcommunity.Thoughyoucannotfindtheseonanymap9weknowwherewebelong.Noneofus,mindyou,wasbornintothesecommunities.No
5、rdidwemoveintothem,Hauling1ourpossessionsalongwithus.Nonehaspaperstoprovewearecard-carryingmembersofonesuchgrouporanother.Yetitseemsthatmoreandmoreofusareidentifiedbyworkthesedays,ratherthanbystreet.Inthepast,mostAmericanslivedinneighborhoods-Weweremembersofprecinctsorpari
6、shesorschooldistricts.Mydictionarystilldefinescommunity,firstofallingeographicterms,as“abodyofpeoplewholiveinoneplace•”Buttodayfewerofusdoourlivinginthatoneplace;moreofusjustuseitforsleeping.Nowwecallourtowns"bedroomsuburbs/^andmanyofus9withoutsmallchildrenasicebreakers,wo
7、uldhavetroublenamingallthepeopleonourstreetIfsnotthatwearemoreisolatedtoday.Ifsthatmanyofushavetransferredachunkofourfriendships,amajorportionofoureverydaysociallives,fromhometooffice.Asmoreofourneighborsworkawayfromhome,theworkplacebecomesourneighborhood*Thekaffeeklatschk
8、affeeklatsch:anafternoongatheringforfriendstohaveacasualconversationandtosipcoffee咖啡聚会oft
