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A bad news is reported from America that a truck collided with a car at one o'clock this morning around a corner. The corner is an accident black spot, and many people died there. In this accident,one person died immediately, another one died several hours later for lack of instant rescue, and the truck driver and another person survived. It is the 11th traffic hazards in this year. The car was destroyed into flat shape and the front of the truck sunk. The reason was under investigation. Some experts estimated that possibly it was that the car driver along with his partners was in a hurry to go home after a party. They drove crazily and the darkness added a threat to this. The truck driver could not stop instantly when he noticed the car. We all know there is inertia after the braking. We should learn a lesson from the accident and be prudent when driving a car. Life is precious and we have only one life, so cherish it.
报道一则来自美国的不幸消息，一辆货车与一辆轿车今日凌晨1点在一个拐角处相撞。此拐角处是事故多发地段，很多人在此丧命。在这次交通事故中，一人当场丧命，一人在没有及时抢救的情况下数小时后死去，货车司机与另一个人从中生还。这是今年第11起交通事故。轿车被撞成扁形，货车前部凹陷进去。原因正在调查中。一些专家推测，可能是轿车司机及其同伴在聚会后匆忙往家赶时，开得太快，而天黑又增加了危险。货车司机在看到此情况时不能立即刹车，我们知道刹车后有惯性，车会再向前行驶。我们应当从事故中汲取教训，在开车时一定要谨慎小心。生命宝贵且仅有一次，应当珍视之。
like a bolt out of the blue
like a bolt out of the blue 意思是“晴天霹雳”，也就是出乎意外、没想到。人们也经常用此来形容车祸。
例句：
The old couple's only son died of the traffic accident. It was like a bolt out of the blue.
这对老夫妇唯一的儿子死于交通事故，说来真是晴天霹雳。
1. cautious [ˈkɔ:ʃəs] adj. 小心的，谨慎的
2. hazard ['hæzəd] n. 危险、公害
3. inertia [i'nə:ʃjə] n. 惯性
4. prudent ['pru:dnt] adj. 审慎的，有先见之明的，判断力强的
5. collide [kə'laid] v. 相撞、碰撞
6. traffic accident / hazar 交通事故
7. under investigation 调查中
8. threat to … ……的威胁
1 A lorry overturned on the road and blocked it, so all the traffic was held up.
一辆货车在路上翻车了，堵了路，所以交通被阻塞。
2 I was involved in a traffic accident. 我遭遇交通事故了。
3 The traffic police started to inquire into the events leading up to the accident.
交警开始对这起事故的肇事原因进行调查。
4 The runaway of the traffic accident is under arrest by the police.
交通事故的逃逸者被警方拘捕了。
5 The car driver owned up that he was responsible for the traffic accident.
轿车司机承认他对那起交通事故负有责任。
6 Many people were killed in this traffic accident. 许多人在这次交通事故中丧生。
7 The bus driver was not to be blamed for the traffic accident.
那次交通事故不应该责怪公交车司机。
8 Why did these young people like to drive so fast when they are drunken?
为什么这些年轻人就是喜欢醉酒后又开得很快呢？
9 He piled up his car in this serious traffic accident.
他在这次严重的交通事故中把自己的汽车撞毁了。
10 A newly married couple were killed in a crashed airplane accident.
一对新婚夫妇在飞机坠毁事件中丧生。