【AmericansSpendTheirFreeTimeInVariousWaysAmericaisacountryofsports—ofhunting,fishingandswimming,andofteamsportslikebaseballandfootball.MillionsofAmericanswatchtheirfavoritesportsontelevision.Theyalsol】
AmericansSpendTheirFreeTimeInVariousWays
Americaisacountryofsports—ofhunting,fishingandswimming,andofteamsportslikebaseballandfootball.MillionsofAmericanswatchtheirfavoritesportsontelevision.Theyalsoliketoplayincommunityorchestras(管弦乐队),maketheirownfilmsorrecordings,gocamping,visitmuseums,attendlectures,travel,garden,read,andjoininhundredsofotheractivities.Thepeoplealsoenjoybuildingthingsfortheirhomes,sewingtheirownclothes,evenmakingtheirownphotographs.Theydothesethingsforfunaswellasforeconomy.
ButasmuchasAmericansenjoytheirfreetime,thecountryisatthesametimea“self-improvement”country.Morethan25millionadultscontinuetheireducation,chieflybygoingtoschoolintheevening,duringtheirownfreetime,attheirownexpense.Addedtothetimespentonpersonalactivities,Americansa1sodevoteagreatamountoftheirtimetothevariedneedsoftheircommunities.Manyhospitals,schools,libraries,museums,parks,communitycenters,andorganizationsthatassistthepoordependonthemanyhourscitizensdevotetotheseactivities,oftenwithoutanypay.Whydotheydoit?
Thereareseveralanswers.Theideaofcooperatingandsharingresponsibilitywithoneanotherforthebenefitofallisasoldasthecountryitself.
Whenthecountrywasfirstfoundedin1776,itwasnecessaryforthesettlerstoworktogethertolive.Theyhadcrosseddangerousseasandriskedalltheyhadintheirstruggleforpoliticalandreligiousfreedom.ThereremainsamongmanyAmericansadistrustofcentralgovernment.Peoplestillprefertodothingsthemselveswithintheircommunities,ratherthangivethegovernmentmorecontrol.
Sometimespeopleoffertheirtimebecausetheywishtoaccomplishsomethingforwhichnomoneyispaid,todosomethingthatwillbeofbenefittotheentirecommunity.Itistruethatsomepeopleusetheirleisurebecausetheyaretrulyinterestedinthework;ortheyarelearningfromtheexperience.
Nomatterwhatthereasonis,hundredsofthousandsofso-calledleisurehoursareputintohard,unpaidworkononeoranothercommunityneed.
小题1:Thewritermentionsthefoundationofthecountryinordertoindicate____.A.