英語口語每天說上半小時 070

1. How could we avoid traffic jam? 我們?nèi)绾尾拍鼙苊饨煌〒矶?

2. How about the traffic there? 那里的交通怎么樣?

3. Are there any traffic problems in that city? 那個城市有沒有交通問他?

4. How can we solve the traffic problem? 我們要如何解決交通問題?

5. What your bus services like? 你們的公車服務(wù)怎么樣?

6. The flight 736 has been delayed because of air traffic, is that right?

736航班因為空中交通大亂而延誤，對嗎?

7. Is the road ahead blocked? 前面的路堵塞了嗎?

8. Would you please drive slowly? 你可以開慢點嗎?

9. When will be the railway open to traffic? 鐵路什么時候通車?

10. What are the traffic rules there? 那里有交通規(guī)則嗎?

Dialogue 1

M: Taxi! Taxi!

計程車!計程車!

W: Where to, sir?

先生，去哪里?

M: I’d like to go to the railway station please.

我想去火車站。

W: Please hop in.

請上車。

M: Is it a long run to the station?

去火車站久嗎?

W: It’ll take about 20 minutes.

大概要20分鐘。

M: The streets are heavy with traffic at this time of a day, are they?

每天的這個時候街上交通繁忙，是嗎?

W: Yes, they are.

是的，它們是。

M: Is it the rush hour?

現(xiàn)在是上下班高峰時間嗎?

W: Yes, it is. Are you in a hurry sir?

是的，它是。先生，你趕時間嗎?

M: No, I’m not. Would you please drive slowly and carefully?

不，我不趕。你可以開得慢一點，小心一點嗎?

W: Yes, sir.

是的，先生。

Dialogue 2

W: How far do we have to go?

我們要走多遠?

M: About 50 miles.

大概50英里。

W: The traffic is not very heavy on this high way, is it? So I’m sure we’ll make it.

這段高速路交通不是很繁忙，是嗎?所以我肯定我們能到達的。

M: No, but we’ve got a hurry. It will be the rush hour soon.

不，但是我們很急。很快就是上下班高峰時間了。

W: Don’t worry. There’s plenty of time yet.

別著急。還有很多時間。

M: But it’s Friday today. This road is always jam packed during the weekend, isn’t it?

但是今天是周五。周末道路總是堵塞，是嗎?

W: Right.

沒錯。

Dialogue 3

W: Hi, John. What brings you to town?

你好，約翰。什么風(fēng)把你帶到鎮(zhèn)上來了?

M: Hi, Mary. Lily wanted me to buy her some things for the party.

你好，瑪麗。莉莉要我給她買一些派對用的東西。

W: What do you think of the traffic today?

今天的交通怎么樣?

M: It’s pretty bad.

相當(dāng)糟糕。

W: Yeah. You can say that again. It’s noisy too.

是的。你說得對。也很吵。

M: I am glad I did not drive a car.

我很慶幸我沒有開車。

When John and Marry first arrived in China from America, they were not used to the traffic. They found streets were so busy, the traffic was heavy and really noisy. That was not really a problem to them in New York where the traffic is also noisy and heavy. The main problem facing John and Mary was the different traffic rules in China. They were used to crossing the street at the crossing while the traffic stopped for the pedestrians. Now, they had to learn how to dodge the traffic not only when they crossed the road but sometimes even on the sidewalks.

當(dāng)約翰和瑪麗第一次從美國來到中國時，他們不習(xí)慣中國的交通情況。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)街上很熱鬧，交通繁忙，很吵。這對他們來說不是問題，因為紐約的交通業(yè)很繁忙、擁堵。約翰和瑪麗面臨的主要問題是中國不同的交通規(guī)則。他們習(xí)慣了在十字路口穿過馬路，車輛為行人讓路。現(xiàn)在，他們不得不學(xué)習(xí)在穿過馬路甚至有時在人行道上如何躲避車輛。

1. There’s a lot of traffic on the roads. 馬路上交通擁擠。

2. We can ease traffic problems by building more roads.

我們可以通過建更多的道路來緩解交通問題。

3. There’re traffic jams everywhere. 處處都有交通堵塞。

4. The traffic is very heavy now. 現(xiàn)在的交通非常擁堵。

5. We can go this way to avoid a traffic jam. 我們可以走這條路以避免塞車。

6. The road ahead is blocked. 前面的路被堵住了。

7. We should be able to make it unless we get car in the traffic jam or something.

出發(fā)我們的車遇上交通堵塞或其它事，否則我們應(yīng)該可以到達的。

8. We’ll be alright if there’re no hold-ups. 如果沒有塞車，我們會沒問題的。

9. I think we can make it if we can get a move on. 我想如果沒有塞車，我們能到達的。

10. It’s always the rush hour at this time of a day. 每天這個時候是上下班高峰時間。

Dialogue 1

M: There’re traffic jams everywhere.

到處都塞車。

W: I think something must be done.

我們應(yīng)該做些什么。

M: Yeah. We should have more roads built.

是的。我們應(yīng)該開更多的路。

W: I agree with you. Only in this way can we ease the traffic problems.

我同意的意見。只有這樣我們才能緩解交通問題。

Dialogue 2

W: This is the rush hour.

現(xiàn)在是上下班高峰時間。

M: I noticed there’s a jam a few blocks away.

我看到前面幾個街區(qū)出現(xiàn)塞車。

W: Let’s drive off this road.

我們駛離這條路吧。

M: I’m afraid I’ll be late.

我怕會遲到。

Dialogue 3

M: Do you like traveling, Kathy?

你喜歡旅游嗎，凱西?

W: I like traveling for pleasure to get places for vacation for instance. But I don’t like traveling to work, waiting for buses, or…

我喜歡去一些地方旅游度假，例如。但是我們不喜歡出差去工作，等巴士，或者…

M: Or getting stuck in traffic jams when you’re driving.

或者當(dāng)你開車的時候遇上交通堵塞。

W: Exactly.

沒錯。

Every day as I leave my hotel room for work I feel like I am holding my life in my hands. In the UK, there’re generally 2 lanes for traffic, one in either direction. But here in Beijing, there seem to be 2 or 3 lanes each way on most of the roads. Drivers swarm in or out of the lanes and make it difficult to me to feel safe when I cross the road. Not only this, but in major cities in the UK, it is illegal in many residential areas for cars to drive at more than 30 miles per hour. In Beijing, it seems to be a lot faster. Cars must also stop at zebra crossings if a pedestrian is waiting. So I stand at the road waiting for cars to stop for me only to find that not one single driver does this. My feeling of safety is not increased even when I am in a car. Taxi drivers here seem more willing to risk moving into another lane full of speeding traffic if they see even the smallest gap.

每天當(dāng)我離開酒店的房間出去工作，我感覺我的生命就握在自己手上。英國通常有兩條交通車道，每個方向一條。但是北京這里，很多道路都有2或3條車道。司機涌進車道涌出車道，使我在過馬路時很難覺得安全。不僅僅是這樣，而且在英國很多主要城市，在很多居民區(qū)開車時速超過30英里/小時是違法的。在北京，似乎快很多。如果有行人在等待，汽車必須在斑馬線那里停下來。所以我在路上站在等車為我停下來，只是為了知道沒有一個司機會這樣做。即使在車里，我的安全感也不會增加。如果看到有一個更小的空隙，這里的計程車司機似乎更樂意開進擠滿超速行駛的車輛的車道。