RomehadtheForum.LondonhasSpeaker'sCorner.Nowalways-on-the-goNewYorkershaveLizandBill.

LizandBilltwocollegegraduatesintheirearly2Oshavespentawholeyeartryingtohavethousandsofpeopletalktotheminsubwaystationsandonbusystreetcorners.Justtalk.

Usinga2-foot-tallsignthatsays"TalktoMe"theyattractconversationalistswhooneeveningincludedamentalpatientandmeninbusinesssuits.

Theydon'tcollectmoney.Theydon'tpushreligion(宗教).Sowhat'sthepoint?

"Toseewhathappens"saidLiz."Wesimplyenjoylifewithopencommunication(交流)."

ShortlyaftertheSeptember112001attackstheydecidedtowalkfromNewYorkCitytoWashingtona270-miletrip.Theyfoundtheylovedtalkingtopeoplealongthewayandwantedtocontinuetalkingwithstrangersaftertheirreturn.

"Itstartedasacrazyidea"Lizsaid."Weweresocuriousaboutallthestrangerswalkingbywiththeirlifestories.Peoplewilltalktousaboutanything:theirjobstheirclothestheirchildhoodexperiencesanything."

Denisewantedtotalkaboutanexamshewasabouttotake.Shehadstoppedbyforthesecondtimeintwodaystoletthetwolistenersknowhowitwent.

Marciahadlostherhusbandtoaseriousdisease."Thatwasveryheavyonmymind”Marciasaid."Tobeabletotalkaboutittototalstrangerswasverygood"sheexplained.

Tocelebrateayearoftalkingthetwoheldaget-togetherinacityparkforallthepeopletheyhadmetoverthepastyear.Afewhundredpeopleshowedupaswellassometelevisioncameramenandreporters.

Theymayplanmorepartiesortrytoattractmorepeopletojointheirinformaltalks.Somepublishershaveexpressedinterestinabooksomethingtheysaythey'llconsider.

【小题1】WhatdidLizandBillstartdoingafterSeptember2001?

A．Chattingwithpeople.B．Settingupstreetsigns.C．Tellingstoriestostrangers.D．Organizingaspeaker'scorner.【小题2】Whattheyhavebeendoingcanbedescribedas______. A．pointlessB．normalC．crazyD．successful【小题3】Whyare