高中英語作文範文：Dirt Roads 土路
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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 ys you got a new the end of a Dirt Road!
當今社會的主要問題都出在太多的土路被鋪成了公路這上面。
在現今的美國,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。前提是隻要我們能有更多的土路,因爲土路有它的特殊性。
可能它有時會顛簸得讓你牙齒打顫,但是隻要它的終點是你的家,在那裏有你的愛人、可愛的孩子還有一條狗在等着你的話,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,我們就不會再爲教育體系而大傷腦筋。和其他的小夥伴們一道,我們的孩子在土路上學會了如何跋涉,如何與人相處。
而我們的街道在被鋪設前也沒有那麼多的犯罪。
罪犯們如果事先就知道,在滿是灰塵的土路上行走兩英里之後,最終等待他們的是五隻狂吠的大狗和雙管獵槍的話,就絕對不會去搶劫或者強姦了。
我們的價值觀在道路的狀況不是很好的時候會更加高尚。
人們不會把車子看得比孩子還重要,而駕車人也更加小心,他們不會緊隨前車行駛而造成追尾,因爲前面的車揚起的灰塵足夠讓你窒息,飛起得小石塊也會讓你車子的擋風玻璃吃不消的。
土路讓人懂得忍耐。
而土路也是環保的,你不會驅車到畜棚就爲了一壺牛奶,而頂多是步行而已。到郵筒取信你自然也會步行。
那麼要是碰上了下雨的天氣而土路被衝沒了怎麼辦?這其實是最好不過了呢!你就會呆在家裏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着怎麼把被褥疊得比其他人都整齊。
大多數的公路帶來的都是麻煩,而土路引領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間是八月,因爲(在那個收穫的季節)鄰居們會把整個車裏塞滿南瓜的。
在土路上,總會有些額外的收穫,那些城裏來的有錢人們遇到麻煩就會要搭你的車,還要請你找一幫子人幫他們把車從泥潭裏拽出來。
通常你能得到一美元的報償
