9 交通意外事故

Dialogue　對話　MP3 04-09

This evening Steven and his wife Julia are talking about the traffic accident happened this afternoon.

Steven:Julia, Julia, Julia. My darling Julia, what's wrong with you?

Julia:Steven, are you talking to me?

Steven:Yes, I have called you three times. What makes you in a daze?

Julia:I was thinking about the accident I saw in the morning. I was petrified when two cars collided. I witnessed the traffic accident.

Steven:Did someone get hurt?

Julia:A driver died instantly. The other one was badly hurt. A poor boy called Peter was killed in the accident too.

Steven:What a terrible accident! Who should be responsible for this traffic accident?

Julia:I think both. They drove too fast. What's worse, one of them was drunk.

Steven:Why do some guys like to drive so fast when they are drunk?

Julia:I don't understand. Maybe they feel they are okay and driving fast seems very cool.

晚上史蒂文和妻子茱莉婭正在討論今天下午發生的交通事故。

史蒂文：茱莉婭，茱莉婭，茱莉婭。親愛的茱莉婭，你沒事吧？

茱莉婭：史蒂文，是你在和我說話嗎？

史蒂文：是啊，我已經叫了你3次了，是什么讓你想得這么出神？

茱莉婭：我在想我今天早上看到的那起車禍，兩車相撞的情景把我嚇呆了。我目睹了那次交通事故。

史蒂文：有人受傷嗎？

茱莉婭：一個司機當場死亡，另外一個受重傷。一個名叫皮特的可憐男孩也喪生了。

史蒂文：這事故太可怕了，誰要為這場車禍負責呢？

茱莉婭：我想雙方都要吧，他們開得很快。更糟的是，其中一個還喝醉了。

史蒂文：為什么有些家伙就是喜歡喝醉酒又開得很快呢？

茱莉婭：我也不懂，也許他們是認為自己能開吧，而且開快車似乎很酷。

Vocabulary and Phrases　單詞和短語

daze [?deiz]v．使……茫然，使……眩目

collide [k??laid]v．碰撞，互撞，砥觸

witness [?witnis]v．目擊，經歷，見證

instantly[?inst?ntli] adv．立即地，即刻地

Key Sentences　核心句型

發生交通事故

1 I was involved in a traffic accident．我遭遇交通事故了。

2 We think the accident was the inevitable consequence of his habitual drunken driving.我們認為這事故是他經常酒后駕車的必然后果。

3 The police decided to inquire into the events leading up to the accident．警方決定對這起事故的肇事原因進行調查。

4 The fog was responsible for the accident．霧造成了這次交通事故。

5 Some months ago, a friend of mine was killed in a tragic automobile accident involving a drunk driver．幾個月前，我的一個朋友死于一場與酒后駕車有關的悲慘車禍。

6 It is my son. He got a serious accident and now is in the hospital．是我兒子，他出了嚴重的交通事故，現在躺在醫院里。

7 Jack died in the traffic accident this morning．杰克今天早上出交通事故死了。

8 A poor boy called John was killed in the accident too．一個名叫約翰的可憐男孩在事故中也喪生了。

9 I was petrified when two cars collided．兩車相撞的情景把我嚇呆了。

10 A driver died instantly．一個司機當場死亡。

11 The other one was badly hurt．另外一個受重傷。

12 When did the accident happen？交通事故是什么時候發生的？

13 What a terrible accident！ 這事故太可怕了！

實用句型，也可以這樣說

（也可以這樣說：How terrible the accident is!）

14 The accident was due to careless driving．交通事故起因于駕駛粗心。

15 Traffic accidents caused many fatalities．交通事故造成許多人死亡。

16 Drinking is the principal cause of this traffic accident．酗酒是這起交通事故的主要原因。

17 The traffic accident sent him into a state of shock．交通事故使他處于休克狀態。

18 There is a traffic accident here．這里發生了一起交通事故。

19 I witnessed the traffic accident．我目睹了那次交通事故。

20 She was the victim of a road accident．她是一場交通事故的受害者。

21 The traffic accident led to a chain of events．交通事故引起了一連串的事件。

22 His brother met his death in a traffic accident．他的兄弟因交通事故喪命。

23 He landed in the hospital after the crackup．在交通事故后，他被送入醫院。

24 I saw a crash at the next intersection．我看到下一個十字路口發生了交通事故。

25 No one was seriously hurt in the traffic accident．在這次交通事故中沒有人受重傷。

26 In total, sixteen people were injured in the traffic accident last night．共有16個人在昨晚的交通事故中受傷。

27 He piled up his car in a traffic accident．他在交通事故中把自己的汽車撞毀了。

28 His left knee was hurt in the traffic accident．他的左膝在這次交通事故中受傷了。

29 The little boy's parents were killed in a traffic accident．那小男孩的雙親在一次交通事故中喪生。

30 There was a railroad accident yesterday morning—you can thank your lucky stars that you did not travel by train．昨天上午發生了鐵路交通事故——你沒有乘火車旅行，真是謝天謝地。

談論肇事司機

1 Maybe drivers feel they are okay and driving fast seems very cool．也許司機們認為自己能開吧，而且開快車似乎很酷。

2 We were victims of a hit-and-run driver．我們被車撞了，肇事司機逃逸。

3 The driver was not to blame for the traffic accident．那次交通事故不應該責怪司機。

4 He was to blame for the traffic accident．他應該對這一交通事故負責任。

5 Who should be responsible for this traffic accident？誰要為這場車禍負責呢？

6 The runaway of the traffic accident is wanted by the police．警方正在通緝交通事故的逃逸者。

7 You'd better own up that you were responsible for the traffic accident．你最好承認你對那起交通事故負有責任。

8 Why do some guys like to drive so fast when they are drunken？為什么有些家伙就是喜歡喝醉酒又開得很快呢？

9 I remember the peace breaker was a drunk man．我記得肇事者是個喝醉的男人。

10 We do not know what led to the disaster nor who inflicted it．我們不知道災禍從何而起，也不知道肇事者是誰。