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1、Unit3OutofStepBillBryson1AfterlivinginEnglandfor20years,mywifeandIdecidedtomovebacktotheUnitedStates.Wewantedtoliveinatownsmallenoughthatwecouldwalktothebusinessdistrict,andsettledonHanover,N.H.,atypicalNewEnglandtown—pleasant,sedateandcompact.Ithasabroa
2、dcentralgreensurroundedbythevenerablebuildingsofDartmouthCollege,anold-fashionedMainStreetandleafyresidentialneighborhoods.2Itis,inshort,anagreeable,easyplacetogoaboutone’sbusinessonfoot,andyetasfarasIcantell,virtuallynoonedoes.3Nearlyeveryday,Iwalktothe
3、postofficeorlibraryorbookstore,andsometimes,ifIamfeelingparticularlydebonair,IstopatRoseyJekesCaféforacappuccino.Occasionally,intheevenings,mywifeandIstrolluptotheNuggetTheatreforamovieortoMurphy’sontheGreenforabeer,Iwouldn’tdreamofgoingtoanyoftheseplace
4、sbycar.Peoplehavegottenusedtomyeccentricbehavior,butintheearlydaysacquaintanceswouldoftenpulluptothecurbandaskifIwantedaride.4“I’mgoingyourway,”theywouldinsistwhenIpolitelydeclined.“Really,it’snobother.”5“Honestly,Ienjoywalking.”6“Well,ifyou’resure,”they
5、wouldsayanddepartreluctantly,evenguiltily,asifleavingthesceneofanaccidentwithoutgivingtheirname.7IntheUnitedStateswehavebecomesohabituatedtousingthecarforeverythingthatitdoesn’toccurtoustounfurlourlegsandseewhatthoselowerlimbscando.Wehavereachedanagewher
6、ecollegestudentsexpecttodrivebetweenclasses,whereparentswilldrivethreeblockstopickuptheirchildrenfromafriend’shouse,wherethelettercarriertakeshisvanupanddowneverydrivewayonastreet.8Wewillgothroughthemostextraordinarycontortionstosaveourselvesfromwalking.
7、Sometimesit’salmostludicrous.TheotherdayIwaswaitingtobringhomeoneofmychildrenfromapianolessonwhenacarstoppedoutsideapostoffice,andamanaboutmyagepoppedoutanddashedinside.Hewasinthepostofficeforaboutthreeorfourminutes,andthencameout,gotinthecaranddroveexac
8、tly16feet(Ihadnothingbettertodo,soIpaceditoff)tothegeneralstore6nextdoor.9Andthethingis,thismanlookedreallyfit.I’msurehejogsextravagantdistancesandplayssquashanddoesallkindsofhealthfulthings,butIamjustassurethathedrivestoe