9 交通意外事故

Dialogue　对话　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娅正在讨论今天下午发生的交通事故。

史蒂文：茱莉娅，茱莉娅，茱莉娅。亲爱的茱莉娅，你没事吧？

茱莉娅：史蒂文，是你在和我说话吗？

史蒂文：是啊，我已经叫了你3次了，是什么让你想得这么出神？

茱莉娅：我在想我今天早上看到的那起车祸，两车相撞的情景把我吓呆了。我目睹了那次交通事故。

史蒂文：有人受伤吗？

茱莉娅：一个司机当场死亡，另外一个受重伤。一个名叫皮特的可怜男孩也丧生了。

史蒂文：这事故太可怕了，谁要为这场车祸负责呢？

茱莉娅：我想双方都要吧，他们开得很快。更糟的是，其中一个还喝醉了。

史蒂文：为什么有些家伙就是喜欢喝醉酒又开得很快呢？

茱莉娅：我也不懂，也许他们是认为自己能开吧，而且开快车似乎很酷。

Vocabulary and Phrases　单词和短语

daze [ˈdeiz]v．使……茫然，使……眩目

collide [kəˈlaid]v．碰撞，互撞，砥触

witness [ˈwitnis]v．目击，经历，见证

instantly[ˈinstəntli] adv．立即地，即刻地

Key Sentences　核心句型

发生交通事故

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.我们认为这事故是他经常酒后驾车的必然后果。

3 The police decided to inquire into the events leading up to the accident．警方决定对这起事故的肇事原因进行调查。

4 The fog was responsible for the accident．雾造成了这次交通事故。

5 Some months ago, a friend of mine was killed in a tragic automobile accident involving a drunk driver．几个月前，我的一个朋友死于一场与酒后驾车有关的悲惨车祸。

6 It is my son. He got a serious accident and now is in the hospital．是我儿子，他出了严重的交通事故，现在躺在医院里。

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．一个名叫约翰的可怜男孩在事故中也丧生了。

9 I was petrified when two cars collided．两车相撞的情景把我吓呆了。

10 A driver died instantly．一个司机当场死亡。

11 The other one was badly hurt．另外一个受重伤。

12 When did the accident happen？交通事故是什么时候发生的？

13 What a terrible accident！ 这事故太可怕了！

实用句型，也可以这样说

（也可以这样说：How terrible the accident is!）

14 The accident was due to careless driving．交通事故起因于驾驶粗心。

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

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

17 The traffic accident sent him into a state of shock．交通事故使他处于休克状态。

18 There is a traffic accident here．这里发生了一起交通事故。

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．她是一场交通事故的受害者。

21 The traffic accident led to a chain of events．交通事故引起了一连串的事件。

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

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

24 I saw a crash at the next intersection．我看到下一个十字路口发生了交通事故。

25 No one was seriously hurt in the traffic accident．在这次交通事故中没有人受重伤。

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

27 He piled up his car in a traffic accident．他在交通事故中把自己的汽车撞毁了。

28 His left knee was hurt in the traffic accident．他的左膝在这次交通事故中受伤了。

29 The little boy's parents were killed in a traffic accident．那小男孩的双亲在一次交通事故中丧生。

30 There was a railroad accident yesterday morning—you can thank your lucky stars that you did not travel by train．昨天上午发生了铁路交通事故——你没有乘火车旅行，真是谢天谢地。

谈论肇事司机

1 Maybe drivers feel they are okay and driving fast seems very cool．也许司机们认为自己能开吧，而且开快车似乎很酷。

2 We were victims of a hit-and-run driver．我们被车撞了，肇事司机逃逸。

3 The driver was not to blame for the traffic accident．那次交通事故不应该责怪司机。

4 He was to blame for the traffic accident．他应该对这一交通事故负责任。

5 Who should be responsible for this traffic accident？谁要为这场车祸负责呢？

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

7 You'd better own up that you were responsible for the traffic accident．你最好承认你对那起交通事故负有责任。

8 Why do some guys like to drive so fast when they are drunken？为什么有些家伙就是喜欢喝醉酒又开得很快呢？

9 I remember the peace breaker was a drunk man．我记得肇事者是个喝醉的男人。

10 We do not know what led to the disaster nor who inflicted it．我们不知道灾祸从何而起，也不知道肇事者是谁。