二、观点态度题(2018·浙江,C)Asculturalsymbolsgo,theAmericancarisquiteyoung
TheModelTFordwasbuiltatthePiquettePlantinMichiganacenturyago,withthefirstrollingofftheassemblyline(装配线) onSeptember27,1908
Onlyelevencarswereproducedthenextmonth
ButeventuallyHenryFordwouldbuildfifteenmillionofthem
ModernAmericawasbornontheroad,behindawheel
ThecarshapedsomeofthemostlastingaspectsofAmericanculture:theroadsidediner,thebillboard,themotel,eventhehamburger
Formostofthelastcentury,thecarrepresentedwhatitmeanttobeAmerican—goingforwardathighspeedtofindnewworlds
Theroadnovel,theroadmovie,thesearethemosttypicalAmericanideas,bornofabundantpetrol,cheapcarsandanever-endinginterstatehighwaysystem,thelargestpublicworksprojectinhistory
In1928HerbertHooverimaginedanAmericawith“achickenineverypotandacarineverygarage
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