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新概念英语第三册lesson 41 Illusions of Pastoral peace
Lesson 41： Illusions of Pastoral peace 宁静田园生活的遐想
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What particular anxiety spoils the country dweller's visit to the theatre?
The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me. City born and city
bred. I have always regarded the country as something you look at through a
train window, or something you occasionally visit during the weekend. Most of
my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of
the country. Though they extol the virtues of the peaceful life, only one of them
has ever gone to live in the country and he was back in town within six months.
Even he still lives under the illusion that country life is somehow superior to town
life. He is forever talking about the friendly people, the clean atmosphere, the
closeness to nature and the gentle pace of living. Nothing can be compared, he
maintains, with the first cock crow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the
rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures. This idyllic pastoral scene is only
part of the picture. My friend fails to mention the long and friendless winter
evenings in front of the TV -- virtually the only form of entertainment. He says
nothing about the poor selection of goods in the shops, or about those
unfortunate people who have to travel from the country to the city every day to
get to work. Why people are prepared to tolerate a four-hour journey each day
for the dubious privilege of living in the country is beyond me. They could be
saved so much misery and expense if they chose to live in the city where they
rightly belong.
If you can do without the few pastoral pleasures of the country, you will find
the city can provide you with the best that life can offer. You never have to travel
miles to see your friends. They invariably live nearby and are always available for
an informal chat or an evening's entertainment. Some of my acquaintances in the
country come up to town once or twice a year to visit the theatre as a special
treat. For them this is a major operation which involves considerable planning. As
the play draws to its close, they wonder whether they will ever catch that last
train home. The city dweller never experiences anxieties of this sort. The latest
exhibitions, films, or plays are only a short bus ride away. Shopping, too, is always
a pleasure. There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second
best. Country people run wild when they go shopping in the city and stagger
home loaded with as many of the exotic items as they can carry. Nor is the city
without its moments of beauty. There is something comforting about the warm
glow shed by advertisements on cold wet winter nights. Few things could be
more impressive than the peace that descends on deserted city streets at
weekends when the thousands that travel to work every day are tucked away in
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