8 堵車

Dialogue　對話　MP3 04-08

Steven meets traffic jam in the street. He decides to talk with a stranger to spend the rush hour time.

Steven:Excuse me, I've been waiting here for fifteen minutes. Do you know why the traffic is so heavy?

Stranger:A lorry overturned on the road and blocked it, so all the traffic was held 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 miss the traffic.

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:Yes, I hope so. Thank you for telling me this.

Stranger:It's my pleasure.

蒂文在街上遇到交通阻塞。他決定和一個陌生人聊天來度過這段交通高峰時段。

史蒂文：打擾了，我已經在這兒等了15分鐘了。你知道交通為什么這么擁堵嗎？

陌生人：一輛貨車在路上翻車了，堵了路，所以交通被阻塞。

史蒂文：哦，多糟糕啊！這交通真令人受不了。

陌生人：是啊！出了事故以后，交通陷于停頓狀態。我們早些走就能避開交通擁擠時間了。

史蒂文：我同意，但是現在我們必須等。天空陰沉沉的，很是悶熱。恐怕暴風雨要來了。

陌生人：別擔心。據說交通擁擠就要結束了。

史蒂文：是啊，但愿如此吧！謝謝你告訴我這些。

陌生人：不客氣。

Vocabulary and Phrases　單詞和短語

overturn [???v??t??n]v．翻倒，推翻，顛覆

standstill [?st?ndst?l]n．停頓

unbearable[?n?be?r?bl]adj．無法忍受的

sultry[?s?ltr?]adj．悶熱的

brew [bru?]v．醞釀，策劃

Key Sentences　核心句型

堵車狀況

1 Traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident．出了事故以后，交通陷于停頓狀態。

2 The traffic is very heavy at the moment, and it's quite a long way to the railway station.現在交通很擁擠，而到火車站又很遠。

3 We were stuck in heavy traffic for more than an hour．我們在交通阻塞中被困了一個多小時了。

4 Traffic was brought to a complete stop just now．剛才交通完全停頓了。

5 Traffic has virtually come to a dead stop．車輛無法前行，一動不動。

6 We sat bumper-to-bumper in the traffic jam．我們遇到交通阻塞，汽車一輛輛首尾相接動彈不得。

7 Cars often pile up here in the rush hours．在交通擁擠時刻汽車往往在這里擠成一團。

8 We're stuck in a traffic jam．我們被卡在車陣中了。

9 In the morning, traffic is tied up in knots．早上，車輛堵得水泄不通。

10 It is really a snail-paced traffic．車輛簡直在蠕動。

11 Traffic is moving at a crawl．車輛緩緩地前行。

12 It was bumper-to-bumper all the way from downtown．從市區開來，一路上都是車，汽車一輛輛首尾相接，動彈不得。

堵車原因

1 Do you know why the traffic is so heavy？你知道交通為什么這么擁堵嗎？

2 There is too much traffic on the road．這條路上行人車輛太多了。

3 A lorry overturned on the road and blocked it, so all the traffic was held up．一輛貨車在路上翻車了，堵了路，所以交通被阻塞。

4 Yesterday the traffic was held up for hours by a terrible accident on this stretch of the motorway．昨天一起慘重的交通事故給這一段快速公路造成了幾個小時的交通阻塞。

5 Traffic was interrupted by a dense fog．交通因濃霧而受阻。

6 Heavy snow is blocking all roads into Scotland．大雪阻塞了所有通往蘇格蘭的道路。

7 The accident blocked traffic in the town centre．事故阻塞了市中心的交通。

緩解堵車狀況

1 The government will take measures to ease the traffic pressure soon．政府不久將會采取措施緩解交通壓力。

2 The newly-built subway will relieve the traffic congestion to some extent．新建成的地鐵將會在某種程度上緩解交通堵塞的狀況。

3 In order to relieve the traffic congestion, they decide to build another road．為了緩解交通堵塞的狀況，他們決定再建一條路。

4 The traffic jam is said to be over soon．據說交通很快就不會擁擠了。

5 It is necessary to build more flyovers to ease the traffic pressure．有必要建更多的立交橋來緩解交通壓力。

談論路況及堵車

1 Traffic is very heavy during the rush hour．高峰時間交通十分繁忙。

2 There's usually a lot of traffic at this time of day．每天在這段時間往來車輛都很多。

（也可以這樣說：The traffic's always heavy at this time of day.）

3 Most of the important cities of the world suffer from traffic jam．世界上大多數大城市都交通堵塞嚴重。

4 The road is closed to vehicular traffic．此路不準車輛通行。

5 The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired．我們的交通狀況令人不滿意。

6 Is the traffic in Beijing always in a state of confusion？北京的交通情況是否總是很混亂？

7 If we had gone early we would miss the traffic．要是我們早些走就能避開交通擁擠時間了。

8 Heavy traffic poses a problem in many old towns．交通擁擠是許多舊城鎮的難題。

9 Hope there is no traffic jam．希望沒有交通堵塞。

10 I was caught in traffic．我今天堵車。

11 My guess is that it'll cost you about thirteen or fifteen yuan, but if we were stuck in traffic jam, it would go higher．我估計要13或15元，但如果交通堵塞，還要花費更多。

12 Is the traffic lighter there？那條路上車比較少嗎？

13 It's a quiet road．那條路沒什么車。

14 There are too many cars on the roads these days．這些天，路上的車太多了。

15 Downtown traffic is stop-and-go．市區里，車輛總是走走停停。

16 There's always congestion downtown．市區里通常很堵。

17 Morning traffic is always very heavy．早上，交通通常很堵。

18 Traffic reaches a peak between 8 and 9 in the morning．早晨八九點鐘是交通的高峰時刻。

19 Traffic is always a mess during rush hour．高峰時段，路況很差。

20 Look at the terrible traffic．瞧這擁擠的交通。

21 Traffic is being diverted onto a side road because of the traffic jam．由于堵車，車輛改走側道。

22 We are late because we got stuck in traffic．因為遇到堵車，所以我們遲到了。

23 This road is always blocked to traffic during the weekend．這條路一到周末就會堵車。

24 We're all brassed off with the terrible traffic jam．我們都對這嚴重的堵車厭煩了。

25 In Beijing, traffic jam is common occurrence．在北京，堵車是家常便飯。

26 Unfortunately he was caught in a heavy traffic jam．不幸的是，他路上遇到了嚴重堵車。