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1、Unit4 MakingthenewsⅠ.阅读AKristenAdamczyk,20,doesn’thaveadriver’slicense.Infact,shegrewupinaneighborhoodintheUSwhereshedidn’tneedacartogetaround.Inhighschool,Adamczyktookthebusandsubway.Now,asanincominguniversityjunior,sheusuallytravelsbysubwayoronfoot.“Idon’treallyfeell
2、ikeIneed(alicense),”Adamczyksaid.“WhenI’mtravelingaroundthecity,it’smoreconvenientnottohaveacar.”Adamczykrepresentsatrend(趋势)amongyoungadultsintheUSwhodelay(推迟)—orchoosetoforgo(放弃)—gettingtheirdriver’slicense.Thepercentageof16-year-oldswithalicenseintheUSdecreasedfrom4
3、6.2percentin1983to24.5percentin2014,accordingtoa2016studybytheUniversityofMichigan.Someyoungpeoplesaytheyjustdon’tneedacar,whileothersworryaboutaccidents.Fornewdrivers,safetyisareasonableconcern.Thefatal(致命的)crashratepermileforteenagedriversisnearlythreetimestheratefor
4、driversaged20andover,andtheratefor16-and17-year-oldsisalmosttwicetheratefordriversaged18and19yearsold.“Older(people)tendtobemorematureandhaveotherexperiencesthattheycanbringtothedrivingcontextthatallowthemtolearnmorequickly,”saidBruceGordonSimons-Morton,aninvestigator(
5、调查人)attheNationalInstituteofChildHealthandHumanDevelopment.Feardidn’tstopRubyGarden,18,whocouldn’twaittogetherlearner’spermitwhensheturned16.Afterfailingherdriver’stesttwice,shepassedonthethirdtryandgotherlicenseafewmonthsbeforeher17thbirthday.Gardendoesn’tdriveoften,b
6、utshesawgettingherlicenseas“thenextstepinensuringtheindependenceIwantedatthetime.”Sheadmittedshesometimesfeelsnervousbehindthewheelwhensheis8carryingalotofpassengers.Indeed,somestatesevenlimitthenumberofpassengersyoungdriverscantransportwhentheyfirstgettheirlicenses,re
7、cognizingtheaddeddistractionthatpassengerscancause.Tohelpteenagersgetovertheirfears,CamiWinkelspecht,directorofpsychologyattheNemours/AlfredI.duPontHospitalforChildren,recommendsgradualexposuretodriving.“Ithinkhavingaplan,talkingaboutit,andunderstandingwhatyourchild’sf
8、earsandthoughtsabout(driving)areisimportant,”Winkelspechtsaid.1.WhydidtheauthormentionAdamczyk’sexperience?A.Toexplai
