VOA常速英语2007-Escaping the DC Commute
时间：2019-01-31 作者：英语课 分类：2007年VOA常速英语（十月）
Washington, D.C.
25 October 2007
Commuting 1 to work by car in many U.S. cities is a nightmare for many drivers as they fight bumper-to-bumper traffic to reach their destinations. This is true in the nation's capital, where a recent study found the Washington, D.C. metropolitan 2 area is tied with Atlanta, Georgia as having the second-worst traffic congestion 3 in the United States. But one commuter 5 in Washington has found a unique way to get to work. VOA's Jim Bertel narrates 6 this report by Urdu TV's Zuleqa Husain and cameraman Ilyas Khan.
Each morning, Gabriel Horchler leaves his house in Maryland and rides his bike to a nearby marina. There, instead of driving on a freeway to work, he rows up the Anacostia River to his job in Washington, D.C.
Unlike other D.C. residents who dread 7 their morning commutes 8, Horchler considers his trip on the river 'the highlight of his day'. He says, "It's just a good way to start the day, just being out on the river. The solitude 9, and the wildlife, the birds and the beavers 10. It's a very nice experience."
Horchler uses a light-weight fiberglass rowing boat to make the trip upriver to his job at the Library of Congress. His ten kilometer commute 4 lasts about an hour.
"I arrive at work with a good attitude, ready to face the challenges of the day" he said.
Horchler, who is 63, has been rowing to work for eight years. He shares his motivation. "I got tired of fighting the traffic, and I also looked at a map and realized that the Anacostia River was a direct route from close to where we live to close to where I work."
Getting to work this way is more than just exercise and a sense of accomplishment 11 for Horchler. Growing up on the banks of the Delaware river in Pennsylvania, he was always drawn 12 to water. He says the commute is peaceful and "I find it to be an almost spiritual experience. My mind is very clear and I can meditate 13. It's transcendental."
- I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
- Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。
- Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
- Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
- 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。
- 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。
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- It narrates the unconstitutional acts of James II. 它历数了詹姆斯二世的违法行为。 来自辞典例句
- Chapter three narrates the economy activity which Jew return the Occident. 第三章讲述了犹太人重返西欧后的经济活动。 来自互联网
- We all dread to think what will happen if the company closes.我们都不敢去想一旦公司关门我们该怎么办。
- Her heart was relieved of its blankest dread.她极度恐惧的心理消除了。
- She commutes from Oxford to London every day. 她每天上下班往返于牛津与伦敦之间。
- Barbara lives in Oxford and commutes. 芭芭拉住在牛津，通勤往来。
- People need a chance to reflect on spiritual matters in solitude. 人们需要独处的机会来反思精神上的事情。
- They searched for a place where they could live in solitude. 他们寻找一个可以过隐居生活的地方。
- In 1928 some porpoises were photographed working like beavers to push ashore a waterlogged mattress. 1928年有人把这些海豚象海狸那样把一床浸泡了水的褥垫推上岸时的情景拍摄了下来。
- Thus do the beavers, thus do the bees, thus do men. 海狸是这样做的，蜜蜂是这样做的，人也是这样做的。
- The series of paintings is quite an accomplishment.这一系列的绘画真是了不起的成就。
- Money will be crucial to the accomplishment of our objectives.要实现我们的目标，钱是至关重要的。
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。