您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语听力 > 赖世雄英语 > 赖世雄中级美国英语 正文 75. The Amish p.1 2007-03-21来源: In the heart of America, in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana, live some people who are not your typical Americans. In order to lead simple lives, they don't use cars. Instead, they drive horse-drawn buggies. They don't use electric lights, either, not to mention telephones. They make their own clothing, which looks ancient. And, to make matters worse, they don't speak English but G.mp3an among themselves. These people are the Amish. They settled in America almost 300 years ago. Most of them are f.mp3ers who stay away from the temptations of the city. As modern life becomes more and more complicated, the Amish way of life seems to make more and more sense. By the door stood a boy who was a Peter. In the room is a girl, who... lead a rich life = live a complicated lifeInstead,... = On the contrary,...wagon 马车I can't afford a Ford, not to mention a Benz.clothing 单数 clothes 复数To make matters worse,... = What's worse,... 更糟的是 What's better,...stay away from = keep away from 避开make (no, a lot of) sense 有意义 make sense of = understand 了解 本栏目更多同类内容 上一篇 74. Get with It, Bob p.512 下一篇 76. Live and Let Live p.12 相关文章 147 Let Experience Be the Teacher 146 Doing It in the Pants 139 The Dancing Cop 137 Going to the Barber's 135 The Roaring Englishman 132 What's in the Bag? p.412 121 Kick the Habit 119 Where's the toilet? 103.The Tallest Building in the World p.203 101.A Red-hot Cure p.188.