时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  There is a new law coming in that bans the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. From November 1st, drivers caught using a hand-held cell phone will be fined $80 and will get 20 demerit points. Licences 1 are lost at 100 demerit points. According to the New Zealand Transport Agency 2, 65% of New Zealanders own a cell phone, and 57% of those people use their cell phone while driving.

The ban has been introduced because the number of accidents caused by a cell phone is increasing, probably because more people own and use one. Technology is getting better and cheaper. Although there are other distractions 3 such as eating or changing the radio station, using a cell-phone to call or text is considered more dangerous. There are very few countries in the world that allow the use of hand-held cell phones in cars.

It would be difficult to ban cell phones in cars altogether because people like tradespeople use their cell phones for business and they might miss out on work if they cannot be contacted. They will have to buy a hands-free cell phone to use in the car. Cell phones are also good for security 4 reasons and for reporting crashes. The new law allows the use of hand-held cell phone for 111 emergencies only. Police are also exempt 5 from the ban which means they can use hand-held phones also.

Contributed by Anita Jones



n.许可( licence的名词复数 );许可证;放纵;放荡
  • Their licences have expired. 他们的执照已到期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • If any manufacturing licences are negotiated it will be his job to prepare the necessary documents. 如果有什么生产许可证谈成了,那准备必要的文件就是他的事。 来自企业管理英语口语(第二版)(1)
n.经办;代理;代理处
  • This disease is spread through the agency of insects.这种疾病是通过昆虫媒介传播的。
  • He spoke in the person of Xinhua News Agency.他代表新华社讲话。
n.使人分心的事[人]( distraction的名词复数 );娱乐,消遣;心烦意乱;精神错乱
  • I find it hard to work at home because there are too many distractions. 我发觉在家里工作很难,因为使人分心的事太多。
  • There are too many distractions here to work properly. 这里叫人分心的事太多,使人无法好好工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.安全,安全感;防护措施;保证(金),抵押(品);债券,证券
  • A security guard brought him down with a flying tackle.一名保安人员飞身把他抱倒。
  • There was tight security at the airport when the President's plane landed.总统的专机降落时,机场的保安措施很严密。
adj.免除的;v.使免除;n.免税者,被免除义务者
  • These goods are exempt from customs duties.这些货物免征关税。
  • He is exempt from punishment about this thing.关于此事对他已免于处分。
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alkali corrosion
armature voltage
bicontinuous function
Blastomyces coccidioides
bosniak
branton
bridelia ovata decne
Bulbophyllum taiwanense
campimeter
cardanmounted
caytonanthus
China National Petroleum Corporation
coarsening-upward sequence
cold stress center
congestive therapy
control of eutrophication in the area
counter revoultion
crab factory ship
crock-pots
Czar Peter I
deshelving
doe-eyed
dropped the ball
drysalt
Euro term loan
excessive sweating
facies tibialis
FET mixer circuit
flange force
FTA (fault tree analysis)
fuel pump adjustment
Gaspereau Forks
geniculant
genus Todea
glochidium (pl. glochidia)
grape mealybug
Hanzi keyboard input method
haslett
have irons on the fire
heat passage
hkc
hyperbolic function
incoherent optical converter
initial detention
ivankevich
jordan-adams
kretzler
laboursome
Lambertist
leakage rate test
leptocythere gracilis
listens in
lower level processor management
magnet bearing
make a poor mouth
maximum planing length
microarchitecture
microprocessor support
migration-security
mopokes
Moss Side
nonreturn-to-zero logic
notspot
numbering plan area code
Oldrões
olton
organification
oyster reef coast
P. & C. R.
papilloma of eyelid
perself
phasor diagram of synchronous machine
photo echoes
pile-driving barge
Pirin Planina
plateman
postpapilledema
principle of equal value exchange
product management system
ptls
refection
repeated signal
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Shagunu
SHEX
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standard null pointer
state space contruction
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Tetrosol
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turbinoid
ultra low density polyethylene (uldpe)
unconditional branching
vertiginids
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