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交通状况
01 We were stuck in traffic jam for more than an hour.
我们在堵车堵了一个多小时。
解析 ▲ be stuck in意为“困于，停止不前，动弹不得”。traffic jam指“塞车，交通堵塞”，类似的表达还有traffic congestion。
学学这样说
1. Traffic was brought to a standstill by the aident. 出了事故以后，交通陷于停滞状态。
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. Traffic has virtually e to a dead stop. 实际上，车辆无法前行，一动不动。
4. We sat buraffic jam.
我们遇到了交通阻塞，汽车首尾相接，动弹不得。
5. Cars often pile up here in the rush hour. 在高峰时刻，汽车往往在这里堵成一团。
6. In the morning, traffic is tied up in knots. 早上，车辆堵得水泄不通。
7. It is really a snail-paced traffic. 车辆简直是在蠕动。
补充短语
e to a stop 停住，站稳
pile up 积聚，堆放，成堆
rush hour（上下班的）高峰期
02 A lorry overturned on the road, so all the traffic was held up.
一辆货车在路上翻车了，导致了堵车。
常用单词
lorry ['l?r?] n. 货车，卡车
overturn [??v?'t?:n] v.（使）翻倒
学学这样说
1. There is too the road. 这条路上行人车辆太多了。
2. Yesterday the traffic was held up for hours by a terrible aident on this stretch of the motorway.昨天在这段高速路上发生了一起惨重的交通事故，造成了几个小时的交通阻塞。
3. Traffic was interrupted by dense fog. 交通因浓雾而受阻。
4. Heavy snow is blocking all roads into Scotland. 大雪阻塞了所有通往苏格兰的道路。
应用对话
Steven: Excuse me, do you know why the traffic is so heavy?
Stranger: A lorry overturned on the road, so all the traffic was held up.
史蒂文：打扰了，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，导致了交通阻塞。
03 Heavy traffic poses a problem in many big cities.
交通拥挤是许多大城市的难题。
解析 ▲ pose a problem为惯用搭配，意为“造成问题，带来问题”，相当于cause/bring/ present a problem。
学学这样说
1. The road is closed to vehicular traffic. 此路不准车辆通行。
2. The condition of our traffic leaves much to be desired. 交通状况令人不满意。
3. Downtown traffic is stop-and-go. 市区里，车辆总是走走停停。
4. There's always a congestion downtown. 市区里通常很堵。
5. Traffic is always a mess during rush hour. 高峰时段，路况很差。
6. Traffic is diverted onto a side road because of traffic jam.
由于堵车，车辆行人改走侧道。
04 The government will take measures to ease traffic pressure soon.
政府不久将会采取措施来缓解交通压力。
解析 ▲ take measures to指“采取措施来，采取措施以”，类似表达还有take steps to。
学学这样说
1. The newly-built subway will relieve 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。
2. The traffic jam is said to be over soon. 据说交通很快就不会拥堵了。
3. It is necessary to build more flyovers to ease traffic pressure.
有必要建更多的立交桥来缓解交通压力。
4. In order to relieve the traffic congestion, they decided to build another road.
为了缓解交通堵塞的状况，他们决定再建一条路。
补充短语
traffic congestion 交通堵塞
05 In total, sixteen people were injured in the traffic aident last night.
共有16个人在昨晚的交通事故中受伤。
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