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The Interstate Highway System
州际公路系统
The Interstate Highway System in the US has almost 70,000 kilometers of roads.
美国州际公路系统全长近70000公里，
The highway passes through different areas that are wetlands, mountains and deserts.
公路穿越湿地，山地和沙漠等不同的地方。
The interstate system links every major city in the United States.
州际公路除连接美国各主要城市外，
It also links the United States with Canada and Mexico.
也把美国与加拿大，墨西哥连接了起来。
The Interstate Highway System has been an important part of the nation's economic growth during the past 40 years.
去过去40年间，州际公路系统对美国经济增长起着重要的作用。
Experts believe that trucks using the system carry about 75 percent of all products that are sold.
专家认为，在该公路系统上运行的卡车，运载着美国销售商品总量的75%左右。
Jobs and new businesses have been created near the busy interstate highways all across the United States.
繁忙的公路为全美州际公路附近的地区创造了新的就业岗位和商机，
These include hotels, motels, eating places, gasoline stations and shopping centers.
这些商机包括:酒店，汽车旅馆，餐厅，加油站和购物中心。
The highway system has made it possible for people to work in a city and live outside it.
公路使人们可以在一个城市工作，而在另一个地方生活；
And it has made it possible for people to travel easily and quickly from one part of the country to another.
还可以使人们轻松便捷地在全国各地旅行。
