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1、The country on the wheelsPeople often say that America lives on the wheels. When Americans go out, they seldom use public transportation. The USA doesn, t have as advanced （先进的）rail system as Europe and Japan. Railways are only used for freight transport （货物运 输）Many Americans never go out by train.W

2、ithout cars, Americans can t go out. Automobiles （汽车）are as important as butter and bread to Americans. You can hardly see any pedestrians（行人）in the streets. Instead, you can only see cars. You can also see some people riding bikes sometimes for exercise. There are very few public buses in America. There is usually only one bus per half an hour in the main streets. And there are usually only two or three passengers in the bus which can hold（容纳）sixty or seventy people.