3. According to the passage, what was one disadvantage of residential expansion?
It was expensive.
It happened too slowly.
It was unplanned.
It created a demand for public transportation.
4. The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city,
that is large.
that is used as a model for land development.
where the development of land exceeded population growth.
with an excellent mass transportation system.
Vocabulary
1. revise 改变
2. fabric 结构
3. catalyze 催化,加速
4. sort out 把分门别类,拣选
5. omnibus 公共汽车/马车
6. trolley 有轨电车,无轨电车
7. periphery 周围,边缘
8. sprawl 建筑物无计划延伸,蔓延,四面八方散开
9. lot 小片土地
10. underscore 强调,在下面划横线
11. transit lines 运输线路
12. subdivision 小块土地,再划分小区
写作方法与文章大意
文章论述了公共交通从三方面改变了城市的社会和经济结构。采用分类写法。文章一开始就提出三方面:第一,促进城市实质性的扩展;第二,把人和土地分民别类加以利用;第三,加速了城市生活的不稳定性。然后就是三方面的具体内容。
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