2013年ESL之旅行交通购物 05 Listening to a Traffic Report
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：2013年ESL之旅行交通购物
Listening to a Traffic Report
Every afternoon before I leave work, I listen to the traffic report to see if I should take my usual route home or make a detour 1. So today, like every day, I turned on my radio.
“It’s a tough commute 2 today if you’re traveling on I-35 north. There’s a major slowdown due to an overturned big rig that’s blocking the number two lane.”
Oh no. That meant that I had to take the 40W instead.
“If you’re traveling on the 40W, you’ll find a lot of congestion 3. It’s down to one lane because of a pileup. Emergency vehicles are responding.”
Wow, that meant I might have to take surface streets all the way home.
“And if you’re thinking of taking Broadway Boulevard west from downtown, think again. There is a stalled vehicle blocking the right lane and construction all the way to Main Street.”
Well, I was in a no-win situation. Do I want to spend two hours in gridlock or two more hours at work?
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走，避开繁忙的交通。
- He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家，而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
- The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。
- Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。