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1、CountryDrivingAJourneyThroughChinafromFarmtoFactoryPeterHesslerforLeslieContentsBookITheWallITHEREARESTILLEMPTYROADSINCHINA,ESPECIALLYonthe…IIAFTERTHATFIRSTLONGTRIPINEVERWORRIEDABOUTwhere…BookIITheVillageITHEYEARTHATIRECEIVEDMYDRIVER’SLICENSE,IBEGAN…IIWINTERISTHEQUIETESTSEASONINS
2、ANCHA.THEREAREno…IIIWEIZIQI’SBUSINESSLEDHIMTOJOINTHEPARTY,AND…BookIIITheFactoryIINTHECITYOFWENZHOUTHEYRENTEDOUTCARSWITH…IIAFTERTHEFIFTEEN-YEAR-OLDGIRLCAMETOWORKATthebra…IIIFORMORETHANAYEARIHADTRAVELEDREGULARLYto…IVMYCHINESEDRIVER’SLICENSEEXPIREDINTHESUMMERof2007.AcknowledgmentsSo
3、urcesAbouttheAuthorOtherBooksbyPeterHesslerCreditsCopyrightAboutthePublisherBOOKITHEWALLITHEREARESTILLEMPTYROADSINCHINA,ESPECIALLYonthewesternsteppes,wherethehighwaystotheHimalayascarrylittletrafficotherthandustandwind.Eventheboomtownsofthecoasthavetheirshareofvacantstreets.Theyl
4、eadtohalf-builtfactorydistrictsandplannedapartmentcomplexes;theywindthroughterracedfieldsthataredestinedtobecomethesuburbsoftomorrow.Theyconnectvillageswhoseresidentstraveledbyfootlessthanagenerationago.Itwasthethoughtofallthatfleetingopenspace—thenewroadstooldplaces,thelandscape
5、sonthevergeofchange—thatfinallyinspiredmetogetaChinesedriver’slicense.Bythesummerof2001,whenIappliedtotheBeijingPublicSafetyTrafficBureau,IhadlivedinChinaforfiveyears.DuringthattimeIhadtraveledpassivelybybusandplane,boatandtrain;Idozedacrossprovincesandsleptthroughtowns.Butsittin
6、gbehindthewheelwokemeup.Thatwashappeningeverywhere:inBeijingalone,almostathousandnewdriversregisteredonaverageeachday,thepioneersofanationwideautoboom.Mostofthemcamefromthegrowingmiddleclass,forwhomacarrepresentedmobility,prosperity,modernity.Forme,itmeantadventure.Thequestionsof
7、thewrittendriver’sexamsuggestedaworldwherenothingcouldbetakenforgranted:223.Ifyoucometoaroadthathasbeenflooded,youshoulda)accelerate,sothemotordoesn’tflood.b)stop,examinethewatertomakesureit’sshallow,anddriveacrossslowly.c)findapedestrianandmakehimcrossaheadofyou.282.Whenapproach
8、ingarailroadcrossing,youshoulda)accelera
