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近来一些研究表明自美国内战以来,美国人生活中的一个最重要的主题已经变为“寻找社区”。研究进一步指出小城镇正是影响着这种寻求的重要象征之一。不论现实情况如何,很多美国人已经赋予小城镇等同于以下的特征:可靠的,容易亲近的,经验共享的,在日常生活中的平等参与,建立在朴实、诚实价值观上的自由和依赖,以及努力工作等。基于这些特征,人们对于这些小城镇记
Recent research shows that since the American Civil War, one of the most important topics in the lives of Americans has become “looking for a community.” The study further points out that small towns are one of the important symbols that influence this quest. Whatever the reality, many Americans have equated small towns with the following characteristics: credible, accessible, empirically shared, equal participation in everyday life, freedom and dependence based on simple, honest values, and Hard work and so on. Based on these characteristics, people remember these small towns