Cars bring freedom of movement (at least until the roads are full of them) and symbolise personal aspiration: both were frowned on in the Soviet Union.

汽车为人们的行动带来自由(至少在公路上车满为患前是如此)，同时也体现了个人的志向。而在当时的苏联，这两者都是不被提倡的。

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Mr Hamilton also said the construction would bring "a considerable amount of high, heavy vehicle traffic movements on to the island on what are particularly narrow roads, unsuitable for this type of traffic movement, over a three to four year period".

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Indeed, thick layers of caked mud carved up the streets on Saturday, evidence of the rushing water's movement down the hill and into Lake Superior, and some roads were simply missing.

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