The Road Goes Ever on and on

新编大学英语听力3 unit8

[00:03.13]Healthy Living [00:06.52]Part Two [00:09.86]Listening-Centered Activities [00:14.33]Listening 1 [00:17.93]Exercise 1 [00:21.24]Directions: [00:24.84]Listen to the talk and choose the best answer to each question you hear on the tape. [00:31

Customized Buses May Ease Beijing Traffic Congestion

As part of its effort to ease the traffic jams in the capital, Beijing, the municipal government is to start a customized bus service. It is estimated that a single bus could replace up to 30 private cars on the city's congested roads. An online poll

【趣谈英语】持续了十天的交通堵塞-A Traffic Jam That Lasted Ten Days

Pre-Listening Vocabulary traffic jam: the loss of vehicle flow on a roadway congestion: heavy traffic that prevents vehicles from moving quickly rely on: to require help from others haul: to carry a heavy load expressway: highway; roadway where vehic

2006年VOA标准英语-Road Rage Becoming Serious Public Health Issue

By Deborah Block Washington, DC 08 June 2006 watch Road Rage report Traffic congestion causes road rage Experts say incidents of violent driving, known as road rage, have been on the rise in the United States for the past several years. There is eve

VOA标准英语2009年-Obama Promotes US Infrastructure Spending

U.S. President Barack Obama has made his third trip this week to build public support for his plan to stimulate the nation's economy. Mr. Obama visited a road construction project near Washington to make his case for spending more federal funds to r

美国国家公共电台 NPR Are $40 Toll Roads The Future?

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: How much would you be willing to pay to avoid bad traffic on your commute - $10, $20, $40? Forty dollars is what a tollway in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., charged for a short time last week. Not surprisingly, people

美国国家公共电台 NPR Self-Driving Cars Could Ease Our Commutes, But That'll Take A While

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, here's something that will come as no surprise to anyone who drives to work. Maybe you're driving to work right now. Commuting times are just getting longer and longer. The Census Bureau says the average commute takes 2

2007年VOA标准英语-Big City Mayors Promote Congestion Tax

By Paige Kollock London 07 June 2007 When big city mayors, business leaders, and environmentalists gathered recently in New York City to discuss climate change, at the heart of their talks was the effects of carbon emissions on the environment. Paige

住宅小区不封闭引发网友热议

A recent central government guideline on urban planning has sparked heated debate among Internet users over opening up gated residential communities to public road system, with an online poll showing that a majority of participants oppose it. 最近中

which of these cities does NOT have a congestion charge?

Many cities in the world have introduced a 'congestion（混杂，拥挤，过剩） charge'. But which of these cities does NOT have a congestion charge? a) Stockholm b) Singapore c) Geneva Dhaka traffic Jackie:Hello, this is 6 minute English with bbclearnin

路怒症成为交通事故的最大幕后黑手

As the number of Chinese people owning private cars is expected to continuously rise as a result of their growing wealth, greater awareness of the traffic rules and stronger enforcement of them are urgently needed to reduce incidents of dangerous dri

防止打鼾的方法

Short-Term Solutions 短期的 Want to decrease your chances of snoring tonight ? Then implement some or all of these strategies every night. 想要降低今晚打呼的几率？然后每天晚上完成这些策略的部分或全部。 1. Use a humid

第94期:万能的热水竟有如此功效

今天我们分享的是万能热水的功效。 We've probably heard doctors say that drinking roughly eight glasses a day is ideal. However, what most people don't know is that warm water and hot water have some exclusive benefits of their own that

加速京津冀一体化 北京'大七环'即将全线贯通

A highway that is expected to further integrate Beijing and neighboring Hebei province is close to completion, China's top economic planner said. 据中国最高经济规划部门表示，一条有望进一步连接北京和河北的高速公路即将完

Beijing to maintain car quota for 2013

BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will maintain its license plate lottery scheme next year, as well as cap the number of registered cars at 240,000, a local official said Thursday. Li Xiaosong, deputy director of the municipal commission of transp

经济学人:自由交流:"无人驾驶"带来巨大商机(1)

But reductions in traffic will make living in currently congested areas more attractive and hence more populous. 但是，交通拥堵的缓解将使现有拥堵的区域更有吸引力，因此人口会更加密集。 Miles travelled per person migh

经济学人:自由交流:"城市拥堵"造成巨大经济损失(2)

Regrettably, clumping leads to crowding: the more people an area houses, the greater the competition for its scarce resources, 遗憾的是，聚集带来了拥堵：一个区域住了越多的人，稀缺资源的竞争越激烈， from seats at a h

英闻天下——304 Driving a Car with a Tablet Computer

Scientists have unveiled the latest prototype of a car that drives itself with the help of a tablet computer. Acting like a plane on autopilot, it is designed to take over from humans in slow-moving heavy traffic or on a familiar route such as a scho

PBS高端访谈:美国基础设施收到差评

HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKENDANCHOR: The nation's infrastructure received an overall grade of D- plus in a report card published this week by the American Society of Civil Engineers, the same grade the group issued in 2013. Among the 16 cate