今天的句子：
Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning. But the destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building. Of course planners, including the developers with fabulous sums of money and enormous powers at their disposal, are at a loss to make automobiles and cities compatible with one another.
思考题：
According to the author, the automobile is__.
A. the root cause for the rampant city ills
B. the most convenient transportation means
C. scapegoats of incompetent city planners
D. the reason of real estate developers’ wealth
词汇突破：
Automobiles 汽车
conveniently 方便地
tag 贴标签
villains 反面人物
responsible for 造成
ills of cities 城市病
futility 无效
city planning 城市规划
the destructive effects 破坏性的影响
incompetence 失职
city building 城市建设
planners 规划者
developers 开发商
disposal 支配
at a loss 迷茫
compatible 兼容
句子解析：
第一句：
Automobiles are often conveniently tagged as the villains responsible for the ills of cities and the disappointments and futilities of city planning.
参考译文：汽车经常被顺手贴上反派的标签，为城市弊病和城市规划的失策和徒劳背锅。
第二句：
But the destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building.
参考译文：但是，汽车的破坏性影响，与其说是因，不如说是城市建设失职的症候。
第三句：
Of course planners, including the developers with fabulous sums of money and enormous powers at their disposal, are at a loss to make automobiles and cities compatible with one another.
参考译文：当然，规划者们——包括拥有巨额资金和巨大权力的“开发商们”——在让汽车和城市和谐共存方面也不知所措。
思考题解析：
A. the root cause for the deep rooted city ills
（城市弊病猖獗的根本原因）
作者没有这样认为，这是作者反驳的说法。
所以这是错的。
B. the most convenient transportation means
（最方便的交通方式）
作者也没有这样认为，所以错误。
C. scapegoats of incompetent city planners
（不称职的城市规划者的替罪羊）
第一句就是答案来源。
汽车经常被便宜地贴上反派的标签，为城市弊病和城市规划的失策和徒劳背锅。
不过你估计读不太懂。
再看：
最后一句，这些规划者们都感到迷茫。
也就是这些规划者们就是不称职的。
C选项正确。
D. the reason of real estate developers’ wealth
（房地产开发商致富的原因）
D选项错误。
文章来源背景和来源：
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
美国大城市的死与生
背景：1961年，简·雅各布斯在城市规划经典著作《美国大城市的死与生》一书中指出，脑满肠肥的资本正在不断追逐扩大的过程中降低社区的多样性，而失去多样性的城市也慢慢丧失了活力，美国的各大主要城市开始千城一面，大手笔大开发不断推高房价，赶走了本地人，背离了“城市让生活更美好”这个初衷。她在书中旗帜鲜明地反对传统的城市规划理论，指出现代的许多城市病都源于短视的建筑规划；老城的没落和新城的堕落都不是经济和社会角度的必然，问题出在资本和政府规划的合谋。
