英语口语每天说上半小时 070

1. How could we avoid traffic jam? 我们如何才能避免交通拥堵?

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

3. Are there any traffic problems in that city? 那个城市有没有交通问他?

4. How can we solve the traffic problem? 我们要如何解决交通问题?

5. What your bus services like? 你们的公车服务怎么样?

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

736航班因为空中交通大乱而延误，对吗?

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

8. Would you please drive slowly? 你可以开慢点吗?

9. When will be the railway open to traffic? 铁路什么时候通车?

10. What are the traffic rules there? 那里有交通规则吗?

Dialogue 1

M: Taxi! Taxi!

计程车!计程车!

W: Where to, sir?

先生，去哪里?

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

我想去火车站。

W: Please hop in.

请上车。

M: Is it a long run to the station?

去火车站久吗?

W: It’ll take about 20 minutes.

大概要20分钟。

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

每天的这个时候街上交通繁忙，是吗?

W: Yes, they are.

是的，它们是。

M: Is it the rush hour?

现在是上下班高峰时间吗?

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

是的，它是。先生，你赶时间吗?

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

不，我不赶。你可以开得慢一点，小心一点吗?

W: Yes, sir.

是的，先生。

Dialogue 2

W: How far do we have to go?

我们要走多远?

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.

这段高速路交通不是很繁忙，是吗?所以我肯定我们能到达的。

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

不，但是我们很急。很快就是上下班高峰时间了。

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

别着急。还有很多时间。

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。周末道路总是堵塞，是吗?

W: Right.

没错。

Dialogue 3

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

你好，约翰。什么风把你带到镇上来了?

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

你好，玛丽。莉莉要我给她买一些派对用的东西。

W: What do you think of the traffic today?

今天的交通怎么样?

M: It’s pretty bad.

相当糟糕。

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

是的。你说得对。也很吵。

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

我很庆幸我没有开车。

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.

当约翰和玛丽第一次从美国来到中国时，他们不习惯中国的交通情况。他们发现街上很热闹，交通繁忙，很吵。这对他们来说不是问题，因为纽约的交通业很繁忙、拥堵。约翰和玛丽面临的主要问题是中国不同的交通规则。他们习惯了在十字路口穿过马路，车辆为行人让路。现在，他们不得不学习在穿过马路甚至有时在人行道上如何躲避车辆。

1. There’s a lot of traffic on the roads. 马路上交通拥挤。

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

我们可以通过建更多的道路来缓解交通问题。

3. There’re traffic jams everywhere. 处处都有交通堵塞。

4. The traffic is very heavy now. 现在的交通非常拥堵。

5. We can go this way to avoid a traffic jam. 我们可以走这条路以避免塞车。

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.

出发我们的车遇上交通堵塞或其它事，否则我们应该可以到达的。

8. We’ll be alright if there’re no hold-ups. 如果没有塞车，我们会没问题的。

9. I think we can make it if we can get a move on. 我想如果没有塞车，我们能到达的。

10. It’s always the rush hour at this time of a day. 每天这个时候是上下班高峰时间。

Dialogue 1

M: There’re traffic jams everywhere.

到处都塞车。

W: I think something must be done.

我们应该做些什么。

M: Yeah. We should have more roads built.

是的。我们应该开更多的路。

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

我同意的意见。只有这样我们才能缓解交通问题。

Dialogue 2

W: This is the rush hour.

现在是上下班高峰时间。

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

我看到前面几个街区出现塞车。

W: Let’s drive off this road.

我们驶离这条路吧。

M: I’m afraid I’ll be late.

我怕会迟到。

Dialogue 3

M: Do you like traveling, Kathy?

你喜欢旅游吗，凯西?

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…

我喜欢去一些地方旅游度假，例如。但是我们不喜欢出差去工作，等巴士，或者…

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

或者当你开车的时候遇上交通堵塞。

W: Exactly.

没错。

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.

每天当我离开酒店的房间出去工作，我感觉我的生命就握在自己手上。英国通常有两条交通车道，每个方向一条。但是北京这里，很多道路都有2或3条车道。司机涌进车道涌出车道，使我在过马路时很难觉得安全。不仅仅是这样，而且在英国很多主要城市，在很多居民区开车时速超过30英里/小时是违法的。在北京，似乎快很多。如果有行人在等待，汽车必须在斑马线那里停下来。所以我在路上站在等车为我停下来，只是为了知道没有一个司机会这样做。即使在车里，我的安全感也不会增加。如果看到有一个更小的空隙，这里的计程车司机似乎更乐意开进挤满超速行驶的车辆的车道。