8 堵车

Dialogue　对话　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。他决定和一个陌生人聊天来度过这段交通高峰时段。

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。

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。我们早些走就能避开交通拥挤时间了。

史蒂文：我同意，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。据说交通拥挤就要结束了。

史蒂文：是啊，但愿如此吧！谢谢你告诉我这些。

陌生人：不客气。

Vocabulary and Phrases　单词和短语

overturn [ˌəʊvəˈtɜːn]v．翻倒，推翻，颠覆

standstill [ˈstændstɪl]n．停顿

unbearable[ʌnˈbeərəbl]adj．无法忍受的

sultry[ˈsʌltrɪ]adj．闷热的

brew [bruː]v．酝酿，策划

Key Sentences　核心句型

堵车状况

1 Traffic was brought to a standstill by the accident．出了事故以后，交通陷于停顿状态。

2 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。

3 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。

4 Traffic was brought to a complete stop just now．刚才交通完全停顿了。

5 Traffic has virtually come to a dead stop．车辆无法前行，一动不动。

6 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。

7 Cars often pile up here in the rush hours．在交通拥挤时刻汽车往往在这里挤成一团。

8 We're stuck in a traffic jam．我们被卡在车阵中了。

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

10 It is really a snail-paced traffic．车辆简直在蠕动。

11 Traffic is moving at a crawl．车辆缓缓地前行。

12 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。

堵车原因

1 Do you know why the traffic is so heavy？你知道交通为什么这么拥堵吗？

2 There is too much traffic on the road．这条路上行人车辆太多了。

3 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。

4 Yesterday the traffic was held up for hours by a terrible accident on this stretch of the motorway．昨天一起惨重的交通事故给这一段快速公路造成了几个小时的交通阻塞。

5 Traffic was interrupted by a dense fog．交通因浓雾而受阻。

6 Heavy snow is blocking all roads into Scotland．大雪阻塞了所有通往苏格兰的道路。

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

缓解堵车状况

1 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。

2 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。

3 In order to relieve the traffic congestion, they decide to build another road．为了缓解交通堵塞的状况，他们决定再建一条路。

4 The traffic jam is said to be over soon．据说交通很快就不会拥挤了。

5 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。

谈论路况及堵车

1 Traffic is very heavy during the rush hour．高峰时间交通十分繁忙。

2 There's usually a lot of traffic at this time of day．每天在这段时间往来车辆都很多。

（也可以这样说：The traffic's always heavy at this time of day.）

3 Most of the important cities of the world suffer from traffic jam．世界上大多数大城市都交通堵塞严重。

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 miss the traffic．要是我们早些走就能避开交通拥挤时间了。

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 I was caught in traffic．我今天堵车。

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．我估计要13或15元，但如果交通堵塞，还要花费更多。

12 Is the traffic lighter there？那条路上车比较少吗？

13 It's a quiet road．那条路没什么车。

14 There are too many cars on the roads these days．这些天，路上的车太多了。

15 Downtown traffic is stop-and-go．市区里，车辆总是走走停停。

16 There's always congestion downtown．市区里通常很堵。

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．早晨八九点钟是交通的高峰时刻。

19 Traffic is always a mess during rush hour．高峰时段，路况很差。

20 Look at the terrible traffic．瞧这拥挤的交通。

21 Traffic is being diverted onto a side road because of the traffic jam．由于堵车，车辆改走侧道。

22 We are late because we got stuck in traffic．因为遇到堵车，所以我们迟到了。

23 This road is always blocked to traffic during the weekend．这条路一到周末就会堵车。

24 We're all brassed off with the terrible traffic jam．我们都对这严重的堵车厌烦了。

25 In Beijing, traffic jam is common occurrence．在北京，堵车是家常便饭。

26 Unfortunately he was caught in a heavy traffic jam．不幸的是，他路上遇到了严重堵车。