Exercise Three
Henry Ford probably didn’t know how many the car was going to affect
American culture. And it helped make the United States that it is today.
There are three reasons which the car became so popular in the
United States. First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move
around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of
transportation. With a car people can go where without spending a lot of money.
The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never
really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of private transportation.
Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are
in another parts of the world. Nowadays there is a good system of air-service
provided by planes. But it is too expensive to use frequently.
The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of
dependence is what really made cars popular. Americans don’t like to have
followed an exact schedule. A car gives them the freedom to schedule their own
time. And this is the freedom what Americans want most to have.
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