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1、星期1MondayWhatmakeslifedrearyisthewantofmotive.没有了原动力，生活便会沉郁无光。学习内容题材词数建议时间错误统计做题备忘TextA日常生活类3777分钟/6TextB体育人物类5396分钟/4TextC语言探索类4626分钟/5TextD社会制度类4186分钟/5今日练习TextAInAmerica,themovementofhousingawayfromthehigh-risebuildingsoftheinnercitiesoriginatedinthe1920s,

2、butwasstalledbytheGreatDepressionofthe1930sandbyWorldWarII.Afterthewaratremendoussurgeoccurredintherealestatemarketwiththeadventofsingle-familyhomesonrelativelysmalllots—typicallylessthanone-tenthofanacre.Duringthe1950s,manylargetractdevelopmentsinvadeformerf

3、armlandsnearmetropolitanareas.ThemostdramaticinstancesofthissprawlingeffectwerewitnessedinwesternmunicipalitiessuchasSanJoesandSanDiegowhosecitychartersdefinedtheirboundariesoverseveralhundredsquarekilometers.Theselargeparcelsoflandwereoverrunbystandardthreeb

4、edrooms,twobaths,and“ranch-style”homeinafewshortdecades.Bythe1960sconstructionhaddieddownsignificantlyanddevelopersbeganbuildingdifferentkindsofplanstotryandaccommodatethechangesinthemarket.Thosewhohadtakenadvantageofthesuburbanizationtrendinthepost-waryearsh

5、adseenthevalueoftheirrealestateincreasedramaticallyandmanywereanxioustoreinvesttheirassets.Inanefforttoreapthisaffluence,certaincontractorsmovedawayfromthestandardmodelsandbegandesigninglargerbuildingsonincreasinglyspaciousparcelsevenfartherfromcitycenters.Ot

6、herbuildersbeganworkingonhomestomeettheneedsofyoungcouplesstartingnewfamilies.Thetownhouse,atwo-to-three-storeybrickandframestructurecontainingmorethan4butlessthan30unitsperstructure,wasseenasthesolution.Theseapartmentsweresuccessfulinluringmanyyoungadultcity

7、dwellersouttothesuburbs.Insubsequentdevelopment,traditionalsinglefamilyranch-styledesignscontinuedtobeembraced,butnewformswerealsointroduced:thecondominium,asingle-familyattacheddwelling,suchasthetriplexandfourplex,three-and-four-familystructures;andprefabs,w

8、hichhavebecomesignificantlymorepopularduringthelast20yearsowingtotheirlowcostandeaseofconstruction.Theprefabshavetheadditionaldistinctionofbeingmobile.Itisnotuncommontoseesemi-trailershau