With the open countryside everywhere at hand, city dwellers naturally shared in some of the rural diversions. Favored recreations included fishing, hunting, skating, and swimming. But city dwellers also developed other pleasures, which only compact communities made possible.
重点单词：
across : ad. 横过,交叉,到另一边,在对面,成十字;prep. 横过,穿过,交叉,在...的对面
Atlantic : n. 大西洋;a. 大西洋的
abandon : vt. 放弃,抛弃,遗弃,使屈从,放纵 n. 放任,狂热,沉溺,无拘束
diversion : n. 转移
relieve : vt. 减轻,救济,解除,使免除,调剂,使显著,换...的班,衬托,使不单调;vi. 救济,换防,成浮雕
tedium : n. 厌烦,沉闷
harshness : n. 粗糙的事物,刺耳,严肃
scatter : n. 消散,分散,散播,散布,酒馆,散射;vi. 散布,散播,消散;vt. 使消散,使分散,撒,散射,散播,散布
disapproval : n. 不赞成
clergy : n. 圣职者,牧师,僧侣,神职人员
majority : n. 多数,大半
pursuit : n. 追踪,追捕,追求,追赶,工作,职业
dweller : n. 居民
conduct : n. 行为,举动,指导;vt. 引导,指挥,管理,实施;vi. 引导,传导,指挥
isolation : n. 隔绝,孤立,隔离
unending : a. 无穷尽的,无止境的,不停的
felt : n. 毛毯,毡;vt. 制毡,使粘结;vi. 粘结;vbl. feel的过去式和过去分词
necessary : n. 必需品,日用品;a. 必需的,必要的,必然的
expression : n. 表达,语法,措辞