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情景对话 Dialogue
Steven meets traffic jam in the street. He decides to talk with a stranger to spend the rush hour time.
史蒂文在街上遇到了交通阻塞。他决定和一个陌生人聊天来度过这段交通高峰时段。
Steven: Excuse me, I've been waiting here for fifteen minutes. Do you know why the traffic i so heavy?
Stranger: A lorry overturned on the road and blocked it, so all the traffic was backed up.
Steven: Oh, what a terrible situation! This traffic is unbearable.
Stranger: Yeah, traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident. If we had gone early we would have avoided the traffic jam.
Steven: I agree with you. But now we have to wait. The sky is overcast, and it is very sultry. I fear a thunder storm is brewing.
Stranger: Don't worry. The traffic jam is said to be over soon.
Steven: I hope so. Thank you for telling me this.
Stranger: It's my pleasure.
史蒂文： 打扰了，我已经在这儿等了15分钟了。你知道交通为什么这么拥堵吗？
陌生人： 一辆货车在路上翻车了，堵了路，所以交通被阻塞了。
史蒂文： 哦，多糟糕啊！这交通真令人受不了。
陌生人： 是啊！出了事故以后，交通陷于停顿状态。我们早点走的话就能避开交通堵塞了。
史蒂文： 我同意你的说法，但是现在我们必须等。天空阴沉沉的，很是闷热。恐怕暴风雨要来了。
陌生人： 别担心。据说，这次交通拥堵很快会结束。
史蒂文： 但愿如此！谢谢你告诉我这些。
陌生人： 不客气。
单词短语Words and Phrases
overturn [ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn] v. 翻倒；推翻
unbearable [ʌnˈbeərəbl] adj. 无法忍受的
brew [bruː] v. 酝酿；策划
standstill [ˈstændstɪl] n. 停顿
sultry [ˈsʌltrɪ] adj. 闷热的
核心句型Key Sentences
1. The traffic is very heavy at the moment, and it's quite a long way to the railway station.
现在交通很拥挤，而到火车站又很远。
2. Traffic has virtually come to a dead stop.车辆无法前行，一动不动。
3. We sat bumper-to-bumper in the traffic jam.
我们遇到交通阻塞，汽车一辆辆首尾相接动弹不得。
4. Do you know what caused the traffice jam?你知道是什么引起了交通拥堵吗？
5. It was bumper-to-bumper all the way from downtown.
从市区开来，一路上都是车，汽车一辆辆首尾相接，动弹不得。
6. A traffic accident blocked the way.道路被一起交通事故给堵塞了。
7. Yesterday the traffic was backed up for hours by a terrible accident on this stretch of the freeway. 昨天一起惨重的交通事故给这一段高速公路造成了几个小时的交通阻塞。
8. Traffic was interrupted by a dense fog.交通因浓雾而受阻。
9. Heavy snow is blocking all roads into Scotland. 大雪阻塞了所有通往苏格兰的道路。
10. The accident blocked traffic in the town centre.事故阻塞了市中心的交通。
11. There is too much traffic on the road.这条路上交通太拥堵了。
12. The government will take measures to ease the traffic pressure soon.
政府不久将会采取措施缓解交通压力。
13. The newly-built subway will relieve the traffic congestion to some extent.
新建成的地铁将会在某种程度上缓解交通堵塞的状况。
14. In order to relieve the traffic congestion, the government decide to build another road.
为了缓解交通堵塞的状况，政府决定再修建一条公路。
15. It is necessary to build more flyovers to ease the traffic pressure.
有必要建更多的立交桥来缓解交通压力。
地道英语 Idiomatic English
1. The road was blocked by the accident. 道路由于事故而拥堵了。
注 表示 “处于停顿状态” ，也可以说be brought to a complete/dead stop。
2. We were stuck in heavy traffic for more than an hour.
我们在交通阻塞中被困了一个多小时了。
注 表示 “受困于” ，可以说be/get stuck in/on, be trapped/caught in。
3. Cars often pile up here in the rush hours. 在交通高峰期汽车往往在这里挤成一团。
注 rush表示 “高峰期；繁忙活动期” ，也可以用the Christmas rush表示 “圣诞抢购热潮” ，the rush for contracts表示“争先恐后签约”。
4. In the morning, traffic is tied up in knots.早上，车辆堵得水泄不通。
注 表示 “交通拥堵” ，也可以说bumper-to-bumper traffic/traffic tie-u。而be tied up with表示 “忙于做某事，不得闲” 。
5. It is really a snail-paced traffic.车辆简直在蠕动。
注 也可以说Traffic is moving at a crawl.
由此及彼Draw Inferences
1. The traffic jam is said to be over soon. 据说交通很快就不会拥挤了。
2. The traffic's always heavy at this time of day. 每天在这段时间往来车辆总是很多。
3. Most of the important cities of the world suffer from traffic jam.
世界上大多数大城市交通堵塞都很严重。
4. The road is closed to vehicular traffic. 此路不准车辆通行。
5. The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired. 我们的交通状况令人不满意。
6. Is the traffic in Beijing always in a state of confusion? 北京的交通情况是否总是很混乱？
7. If we had gone early, we would have avoided the rush hour.
要是我们早些走的话，就能避开交通高峰期了。
8. Heavy traffic poses a problem in many old towns. 交通拥挤是许多旧城镇的难题。
9. Hope there is no traffic jam. 希望没有交通堵塞。
10. Downtown traffic is stop-and-go. 在市区，车辆总是走走停停。