我第一次進(jìn)大城市高考英語(yǔ)作文

　　i vividly recall my first visit, as a boy of twelve, to a big town. i had hardly been outside the confines (邊緣) of the village where i was born and i had met and talked to no more than a few hundred people; but those few hundred i knew very well.

　　of course we did sometimes see a strange face, but visitors from the outside world, whose coming always aroused great excitement, were few and far between (稀少). when i reached the town that i mentioned i was first overcome by the striking change from the slow and quiet life i had been used to. surely those swiftly (迅速地) moving vehicles (車(chē)輛) must inevitably collide (必然碰撞) with each other----or with us----at any moment, and those tall building collapse (倒坍) and crush (壓碎) us all! but i soon forgot those fears and began to notice something even more amazing (令人驚奇的) ----the crowds of people on the pavements (人行道) who were hurrying past each other without a smile. it gradually dawned on me (我漸漸明白) that not only were they not interested in one another; they were strangers, and apparently (明顯地) quite content (滿(mǎn)意地) to remain so. it was the lack of friendliness among them which most deeply distressed (使痛苦)me.

　　i know that if we are to profit from the innumerable mechanical inventions (獲益于無(wú)數(shù)機(jī)械發(fā)明) of this scientific age it is necessary for us to live together in large communities (社區(qū)). we are thus enabled (使能夠) to provide and enjoy material benefits (利益) which are rarely available (少有的) in small villages----such amenities (令人愉快的事情) as good sanitation (環(huán)境衛(wèi)生), cheap transport (交通), well-stocked (貨物貯備充足的) shops----and in addition the very fact of our living together in large numbers makes it possible for us to live a richer social and cultural life. yet it seems to me that the mechanical inventions demand from ordinary men and women so much of their time and attention that they have none left for their fellow human beings.

　　when i think of those crowded pavements and of those thousands of people hurrying to and fro (來(lái)來(lái)往往) apparently with no thought for others i cannot help wondering whether the so-called (所謂的) benefits of civilization (文明) in a mechanical age are not being purchased (購(gòu)買(mǎi))at too high a price.

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