时间:2018-11-27 作者:英语课 分类:赖世雄学英语第二册


英语课

  Lesson 6

Red light runners

Text:

The San Francisco department 1 of traffic is installing 2 cameras at street intersections 3. The cameras take pictures of cars running red lights. Each camera captures 4 eighty to one hundred cars running red lights a day. Running red lights is a big problem in San Francisco. A policeman says he could write tickets all day just for that. Running red lights causes about one thousand accidents a year. The cameras show drivers not pay attention. They read maps. They talk on cell 5 phone. They look at buildings. The camera sometimes captures the movement 6 when the accident happens. The drivers look surprise. Sometimes they look angry. The camera seems to pay off. There are 40% fewer red light runners at the intersections with cameras. They city has ordered twenty more cameras.

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The San Francisco department of traffic is installing cameras at street intersections. The cameras take pictures of cars running red lights. Each camera captures eighty to one hundred cars running red lights a day. Running red lights is a big problem in San Francisco. A policeman says he could write tickets all day just for that. Running red lights causes about one thousand accidents a year. The cameras show drivers not pay attention. They read maps. They talk on cell phone. They look at buildings. The camera sometimes captures the movement when the accident happens. The drivers look surprise. Sometimes they look angry. The camera seems to pay off. There are 40% fewer red light runners at the intersections with cameras. They city has ordered twenty more cameras.

Dialogue:

Running red lights

Woman: A report says running red lights causes one thousand traffic accidents every year.

Man: It’s horrible 7. Why do drivers run red lights then?

Woman: Maybe they know they shouldn’t run a red light, but when they are driving they don’t pay enough attention to traffic lights.

Man: Talking on the cell phone while driving is very dangerous too. It increases the chance of accidents.

Woman: I know. If policeman catches you using the cell phone while driving, you will be fined.



1 department
n.(行政、企业等的)部;局;处;科;部门;系
  • What department do you study in?你在哪个系学习?
  • Welcome to the sports department!欢迎来到运动品部!
2 installing
安装( install的现在分词 ); 安顿; 安置; 使…正式就职
  • The work consisted of throwing up embankments and installing water turbine pumps. 这项工作包括快速建起堤坝和安装涡轮水泵。
  • Recently, one brilliant company started installing karaoke machines in cars. 最近,有一家聪明的公司开始在车子里装设卡拉OK机。 来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年5月号
3 intersections
n.横断( intersection的名词复数 );交叉;交叉点;交集
  • Traffic lights have been placed at all major intersections. 所有重要的交叉路口都安装了交通信号灯。
  • Intersections are of the greatest importance in highway design. 在道路设计中,交叉口占有最重要的地位。 来自辞典例句
4 captures
俘获( capture的第三人称单数 ); 夺取; 夺得; 引起(注意、想像、兴趣)
  • King Arthur himself captures the beast and cuts off its head. 亚瑟王亲自捉住怪物,并砍下它的头。
  • His book captures exactly the ethos of Elizabethan England. 他的书准确地描绘了英国伊丽莎白时代的风土人情。
5 cell
n.区,细胞,血球;小室,牢房;电池,光电管;基层组织
  • Soap destroys the cell walls of bacteria.肥皂破坏细菌的细胞壁。
  • They have locked the prisoners up in their cell.他们已把犯人监禁在小牢房里。
6 movement
n.运动;动作;运转
  • The police are keeping a watch on his movement.警方密切注视着他的动向。
  • We are friends of labour movement.我们是工人运动的支持者。
7 horrible
adj.可怕的,极可憎的,极可厌的
  • This is a horrible monster.这是一个可怕的怪物。
  • That is a horrible accident.那是一次可怕的事故。
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