2016年ESL之日常生活 02 Pedestrian Safety
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：2016年ESL之日常生活
ESL Podcast 1177 – Pedestrian Safety
Rueben: I never imagined walking our daughter to school could be so dangerous.
Carla: What happened?
Rueben: We were walking on the sidewalk approaching the intersection 1. The crossing guard was there to stop traffic so we could cross the street. We were halfway 2 through the designated crosswalk when a guy driving like a demon 3 whips around the corner.
Carla: And he didn’t stop at the stop sign?
Rueben: No, he didn’t even slow down.
Carla: Didn’t he see the crossing guard or the other pedestrians 4?
Rueben: There are several big trees there, so it’s a blind corner with limited visibility.
Carla: Still, he should have stopped. Was anyone hurt?
Rueben: No, we were able to get out of his way, but he could have easily taken out five or six people!
Carla: That’s crazy. What we need are flashing crosswalk signs. Maybe that would get drivers’ attention.
Rueben: And maybe armor for our daughter, too?
Script by Dr. Lucy Tse
- There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
- Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。
- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
- In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。
- The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
- He has been possessed by the demon of disease for years.他多年来病魔缠身。
- Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》