Motorcar-a-Boon-or-a-Menace-(汽车-是福还是祸-)

MotorcaraBoonoraMenace?(汽车——是福还是祸?)MotorcaraBoonoraMenace?

Theuseofthemotorcar

isbecomingmoreandmorewidespreadinthe21stcentury.Possessingacargivesamuchgreaterdegreeofmobility,enablingthedrivertomovearoundfreely.Thecarownerisnolongerforcedtorelyonpublictransporttogetabout.Withthebuildingofgood,fastmotorwayslongdistancescanbecoveredrapidlyandpleasantly.Andmanypeoplearenowabletoenjoytheirleisuretimetothefullbymakingtripstothecountryorseasideatweekends,insteadofbeingconfinedtotheirimmediateneighborhood.

When,however,consideringthedrawbacks,perhapspoilutionisofprimeproblems.Asmoreandmorecarsareproducedandused,sotheemissionfromtheirexhaustpipescontainsaneverlargervolumeofpoisonousgas,whichnotonlypollutestheatmospherebutcausesactualharmtothehealthofpeople.Anotherseriousproblemistrafficcongestion,endlessqueuseofcarscrawlingbumpertobumperthroughallthemainstreets.Difficultiesinfindingparkinglots,andthecostofpetrolandroadtaxalladdtothedriver'sworries.

Withbothoftheseadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftheuseofacarinmind,I,personally,prefertohavemyowncarforworkandplay.IcanhaveawiderchoiceofjobsasInolongerhavetoworklocally,andIcanmakebetteruseofmyfreetimebydrivingoutatweekends.Thefeelingofindependence,andthefreedomtogowhereIplease,iswhatIenjoymost.

汽车——是福还是祸?

21世纪汽车的应用越来越广泛了。有了汽车人们活动范围扩大了，可以自由地到处漫游。

出行时可以不必再依赖公共交通。随着质量好、速度快的高速公路的建成，人们可以迅速愉快地完成长距离的行程，充分享受闲暇时光，在周末做一次乡村旅行或海滨旅游，不必只局限在附近地区转游。

然而说到汽车的缺点，也许污染问题是第一位的。

由于与日俱增地生产和使用汽车，致使有毒气体的排放量比以往任何时候都多，这不仅污染了空气，也危害人类健康。另一个严重问题是交通堵塞，在所有的主要街道上