起床打扮“衣冠楚楚”，為上公交“如狼似虎”，路上堵車“慘不忍睹”，下得車來“傷筋動骨”!上班族的早上傷不起啊!

堵車，幾乎是絕大多數居住在大都市的人們都要面對的一種現象。很多人說“我不在堵車中，就在接近堵車的路上。”這可不是說說這么簡單。全城熱堵、堵夢空間，各個都有大片的范兒啊。但是跟馬路較勁得遵循一個原則：路可以堵，心不能堵啊!

今天的節目，我們就結合雅思題目【 Describe a time when you were caught in a traffic jam. 】來聊聊大家在堵車的時候如何自如自樂吧!

 

 

視頻原文參考文本1

The traffic jams is a nightmare for people commuting daily.

交通堵塞對于每日往返(于城市間)的人們是一個噩夢。

To pass the time when traffic is slow, people will do amusing things.

為了在交通緩慢的時候消磨時間，人們會做很多有趣的事情。

For example, taking selfies, appears to be a popular way to kill time.

比如說，自拍，好像是一個很受歡迎的消磨時間的方式。

 

視頻原文參考文本2

Waiting in a traffic jam is frustrating and can be stressful.

在交通堵塞的時候等待是讓人沮喪和有壓力的

Just imagine:thousands of commuters jam-packed like sardines on the platform waiting for the train.

想象一下：成千上萬的乘車上班族在等地鐵來的站臺上像沙丁魚罐頭一樣擁擠不堪。

When the train comes, people shove to get on the train.

當車來了的時候，人們你推我擠爭著上車。

So waiting during rush hours is really awful, especially in big cities.

所以說，在高峰期等車的經歷真的很槽糕，尤其是在大城市。

Paragraph Sample Answer

The traffic jams is a nightmare for people commuting daily. To pass the time when traffic is slow, people will do amusing things. For example, taking selfies, appears to be a popular way to kill time. Waiting in a traffic jam is frustrating and can be stressful.

Just imagine:thousands of commuters jam-packed like sardines on the platform waiting for the train. When the train comes, people shove to get on the train. So waiting during rush hours is really awful, especially in big cities.

 

Key Words & Expressions

1 commute v. (上下班)在兩地之間乘車往返

2 amusing adj. 有趣的

3 kill time 消磨時間

4 commuter n. 乘車上班族

5 jam-packed like sardines 擠得像沙丁魚罐頭一樣

6 shove v. 猛推，猛擠

7 rush hours 高峰期