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During my year's stay in New Jersey I let my appetite flower into full Americanism except for one thing. I did not possess an automobile. This self-elected deprivationwas a way into the nastier side of the consumer society. Where private ownership prevails, public amenities decay or are prevented from coming into being. The rundown rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget. The nightmare of filth, outside and in, that enfolds the trip from Springfield, Mass., to Grand Central Station would not be accepted in backward Europe. But far worse is the nightmare of travel in and around Los Angeles, where public transport does not exist and people are literally choking to death in their exhaust fumes . This is part of the price of individual ownership. 

1. During my year's stay in New Jersey I let my appetite flower into full Americanism except for one thing. I did not possess an automobile. 

在新泽西州的一年中，我听任自己的胃口充分发展成了美国式的，除了一个例外：我没有汽车。

I let my appetite flower into full Americanism

Paraphrase: America made me develop new appetites，so I take my American food eagerly and  I am used to the food here.

2.This self-elected deprivation was a way into the nastier side of the consumer society. 我自己选择了不享用私人汽车，是了解消费社会令人不快的一面的一个途径。

a way into：Your money can’t buy me a way into older and better

families than ours.

你的钱没法儿给我买条路，让我进到历史比咱们家更悠久，家世

比咱们家更好的人家里。

a way:

But for Bob Sugg, that was too unint‎erest‎ing a way of learn‎ing the news. 但对于鲍勃‎•萨格来说，这样获得消‎息太没意思‎了。

I staye‎d there‎ at that job for about‎ five or six weeks‎ and I learn‎ed from him a way to study‎,我在那家餐‎馆干了约五‎、六周，从那里学会‎了学习的方‎法。

side of

Always  ready to see the good side of people’;s characters! 总是看到人们性格中好的一面

we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square， so we went to have a look at him. 我们注意到广场的那一边有一个带着两个大筐的耍蛇人

Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞。

But the boy took care to sit on the far side of the room, away from the purse‎, where‎ he thoug‎ht she could‎ easil‎y see him out of the corne‎r of her eye. He did not trust‎ the woman‎ not to trust‎ him. 但是少年还‎是谨慎地坐‎到了房间的‎另一头，既远离挎包‎，又在她的眼‎皮下，让她用眼角‎的余光很容‎易地看见他‎。

I drew one side of the lette‎r我画了字母‎“A”的一边.

deprivation: a state of extreme poverty 极度贫困的状态

sleep deprivation睡眠不足

deprivation of civil right 剥夺公民权

the nastier side of the consumer society.

Paraphrase: an automobile has a  bad side of the consumer society.

3. Where private ownership prevails, public amenities decay or are prevented from coming into being. 在私有制占优势的地方，公共性便利设施不是衰败就是受到阻挠无法存在。 

prevail：prove more powerful than opposing forces; be victorious证明比对立势力更加强大；获胜

Microsoft could still prevail, in court and in the market, but it will not escape unscathed.

在法庭与市场上，微软都可能占上风，但无论如何都不可能毫发无损，全身而退。

Peace must and will prevail no matter the cost.无论付出多大代价，和平必将实现。

It seems that the jeans will prevail forever.牛仔裤似乎永远流行。

private ownership prevails,

Paraphrase: private ownership is in a strong position

public amenities decay

Paraphrase: public amenities  grow‎ weake‎

are prevented from coming into being

Paraphrase: private ownership stops public amenities growing strong

4. The rundown rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget. The nightmare of filth, outside and in, that enfolds the trip from Springfield, Mass., to Grand Central Station would not be accepted in backward Europe. 美国铁路交通破落是一件我想忘也忘不了的事。从马萨诸塞州的斯普林菲尔德到纽约中央车站的旅程，一路上车里车外肮脏得像噩梦般可怕。这种情况在落后的欧洲也是无法接受的。

The rundown rail services of America are something I try, vainly, to forget

Paraphrase: It is useless that I try to forget the rundown rail services of America

vainly: 白费力地,徒劳地，没用地

He sought vainly for the answer.

     , 但找不到答案.

We tried vainly to discover what had happened.我们设法想要弄清楚发生了什么事,但却徒劳.

filth：any very dirty and unpleasant substance，disgusting dirt污秽；污物

stagnant pools of filth.肮脏的死水池塘The floor was covered in grease and filth.

地板上满是油垢和污物。

The nightmare of filth, outside and in, that enfolds the trip

Paraphrase:I looked round at the untidy rundown rail and I had an uncomfortable trip like terrible dreams.

5.But far worse is the nightmare of travel in and around Los Angeles, where public transport does not exist and people are literally choking to death in their exhaust fumes . 但比这更糟得多的是在洛杉机市内或周围噩梦般的旅行，那儿根本没有公共交通工具，毫不夸张地说，人们正被自己汽车排出的废气呛死。 

literally: 单词来源于拉丁语的littera（意思是letter），其最基础的一个含义是“按照字面意思，按照原义”,比如：

The name of the cheese is Dolcelatte, literally meaning 'sweet milk'. 这种奶酪名叫Dolcelatte，字面意思是“甜牛奶”

单词还可以用来表示“确实地，不加夸张地”，比如：The Olympic Games were watched by literally billions of people. 奥运会确实有几十亿人观看。

但单词在使用过程中还出现了一个新的用法：它可以用于加强语气。Literally这一新含义比较微妙，意思相当于中文里的“简直”。

英语解释就是：

(informal) used to emphasize a word or phrase, even if it is not actually true in a literal sense （用于加强语气，虽然并非词语的字面意义）简直。

She is literally the woman I love the most in my life.

 她真的是我这辈子最爱的人。

choke:to be unable to breath because the passage to your lungs is blocked or you cannot get enough air; to make sb unable to breath

She almost choked to death in the thick fumes.她几乎被浓烟呛死。

He was choking on a piece of toast.他被一块烤面包噎得透不过气来。

Beijing chokes on yellow dust during biggest sandstorm in almost a decade (近十年来最大的沙尘暴来袭, 北京被黄尘笼罩)

She would rather choke him to death than give him money.

她宁愿掐死他也不想给他钱。

people are literally choking to death in their exhaust fumes

Paraphrase: people  frankly have difficulty in breathing because of their exhaust fumes

6.This is part of the price of individual ownership. 这是私有制要付出的部分代价。

Paraphrase: This is partly due to individual ownership and people pay the pice for it.