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Cadzao Posted 19 years ago
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0 Walter Lippmann wrote: 02 br
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00 "There are few Americans who have not moved at least since their childhood, and even if they have stayed where they were born, the old landmarks themselves have been carted away to make room for progress. That, perhaps, is one reason why we have so much more Americanism than love of America. It takes time to learn to love the new gas station which stands where the wild honeysuckle grew. Moreover, the great majority of Americans have risen in the world. 01 b 01 font 00 They have move out of their class, lifting the old folks along with them perhaps, so that together they may sit by the steam pipes, and listen to the crooning of the radio 02 font 02 b 00 . But more and more of them have moved not only out of their class, but out of their culture; and then leave the old folks behind, and the continuity of life is broken." 02 br
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00 Could you please help me to understand what the author mean by the blue sentence? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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00 "There are few Americans who have not moved at least since their childhood, and even if they have stayed where they were born, the old landmarks themselves have been carted away to make room for progress. That, perhaps, is one reason why we have so much more Americanism than love of America. It takes time to learn to love the new gas station which stands where the wild honeysuckle grew. Moreover, the great majority of Americans have risen in the world. 01 b 01 font 00 They have move out of their class, lifting the old folks along with them perhaps, so that together they may sit by the steam pipes, and listen to the crooning of the radio 02 font 02 b 00 . But more and more of them have moved not only out of their class, but out of their culture; and then leave the old folks behind, and the continuity of life is broken." 02 br
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00 Could you please help me to understand what the author mean by the blue sentence? 02 br
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00 Thank you. 02 br
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0 They have 01 b 00 advanced socially 02 b 00 (read: made more money, got better jobs) and have perhaps taken their parents to this better status. Both generations 01 b 00 can enjoy life 02 b 00 , including whatever the writer mentions in the rest of the sentence. 0-
- 0 They have 01 b 00 advanced socially 02 b 00 (read: made more money, got better jobs) and have perhaps taken their parents to this better status.
- Both generations 01 b 00 can enjoy life 02 b 00 , including whatever the writer mentions in the rest of the sentence.
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0 They have 01 b 00 advanced socially 02 b 00 (read: made more money, got better jobs) and have perhaps taken their parents to this better status. Both generations 01 b 00 can enjoy life 02 b 00 , including whatever the writer mentions in the rest of the sentence. 0-
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