高中英語作文范文：Dirt Roads 土路
在那條鄉(xiāng)間的土路上,我嗅到了泥土的氣息,眼前浮現(xiàn)出的是深深的車轍,還有行走中的路人與淳樸的農(nóng)夫的身影。
What's mainly wrong with society today is that too many Dirt Roads have been paved.
There's not a problem in America today, crime, drugs, education, divorce, delinquency that wouldn't be remedied, if we just had more Dirt Roads, because Dirt Roads give character.
That it can jar1) you right down to your teeth sometimes, but it's worth it, if at the end is home...a loving spouse, happy kids and a dog.
People that live at the end of Dirt Roads learn early on that life is a bumpy2) ride.
We wouldn't have near the trouble with our educational system if our kids got their exercise walking a Dirt Road with other kids, from whom they learn how to get along.
There was less crime in our streets before they were paved.
Criminals didn't walk two dusty miles to rob or rape, if they knew they'd be welcomed by 5 barking dogs and a double barrel shotgun.
People did not worship their cars more than their kids, and motorists were more courteous, they didn't tailgate3) by riding the bumper4) or the guy in front would choke you with dust and bust your windshield5) with rocks. Our values were better when our roads were worse!
Dirt Roads taught patience.
Dirt Roads were environmentally friendly, you didn't hop in6) your car for a quart of milk you walked to the barn for your milk. For your mail, you walked to the mail box.
What if it rained and the Dirt Road got washed out? That was the best part, then you stayed home and had some family time, roasted marshmallows7) and popped popcorn and pony rode on Daddy's shoulders and learned how to make prettier quilts than anybody.
Most paved roads lead to trouble, Dirt Roads more likely lead to a fishing creek or a swimming hole.
At the end of a Dirt Road, the only time we even locked our car was in August, because if we didn't some neighbor would fill it with too much zucchini8).
At the end of a Dirt Road, there was always extra springtime income, from when city dudes9) would get stuck, you'd have to hitch up10) a team and pull them out.
Usually you got a dollar...always you got a new friend...at the end of a Dirt Road!
當(dāng)今社會(huì)的主要問題都出在太多的土路被鋪成了公路這上面。
在現(xiàn)今的美國(guó),所有涉及犯罪、毒品、教育、離婚或其他過失的問題都可以解決。前提是只要我們能有更多的土路,因?yàn)橥谅酚兴奶厥庑浴?/p>
可能它有時(shí)會(huì)顛簸得讓你牙齒打顫,但是只要它的終點(diǎn)是你的家,在那里有你的愛人、可愛的孩子還有一條狗在等著你的話,這一切就都值得。
在土路的盡頭居住的人們懂得生活就是顛簸旅程的道理。
有了土路,我們就不會(huì)再為教育體系而大傷腦筋。和其他的小伙伴們一道,我們的孩子在土路上學(xué)會(huì)了如何跋涉,如何與人相處。
而我們的街道在被鋪設(shè)前也沒有那么多的犯罪。
罪犯?jìng)內(nèi)绻孪染椭?在滿是灰塵的土路上行走兩英里之后,最終等待他們的是五只狂吠的大狗和雙管獵槍的話,就絕對(duì)不會(huì)去搶劫或者了。
我們的價(jià)值觀在道路的狀況不是很好的時(shí)候會(huì)更加高尚。
人們不會(huì)把車子看得比孩子還重要,而駕車人也更加小心,他們不會(huì)緊隨前車行駛而造成追尾,因?yàn)榍懊娴能嚀P(yáng)起的灰塵足夠讓你窒息,飛起得小石塊也會(huì)讓你車子的擋風(fēng)玻璃吃不消的。
土路讓人懂得忍耐。
而土路也是環(huán)保的,你不會(huì)驅(qū)車到畜棚就為了一壺牛奶,而頂多是步行而已。到郵筒取信你自然也會(huì)步行。
那么要是碰上了下雨的天氣而土路被沖沒了怎么辦?這其實(shí)是最好不過了呢!你就會(huì)呆在家里真正地享受家庭生活,有美味的蜜餞和爆米花,還有可以騎在爸爸的背上或者學(xué)著怎么把被褥疊得比其他人都整齊。
大多數(shù)的公路帶來的都是麻煩,而土路引領(lǐng)你去的是可以垂釣的小溪或可以游泳的池塘。
在土路上,我們惟一要鎖車的時(shí)間是八月,因?yàn)?在那個(gè)收獲的季節(jié))鄰居們會(huì)把整個(gè)車?yán)锶麧M南瓜的。
在土路上,總會(huì)有些額外的收獲,那些城里來的有錢人們遇到麻煩就會(huì)要搭你的車,還要請(qǐng)你找一幫子人幫他們把車從泥潭里拽出來。
通常你能得到一美元的報(bào)償