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中英文本
California has an awareness day that all countries around the world should have. It is Drowsy Driver Awareness Day and it happens on April 6 every year. Its aim is to raise awareness of the dangers of driving your car (or riding your motorcycle) for long periods without a rest. It also highlights the dangers of driving when you are very tired. The day was thought up by former California Highway Patrol officer Phil Konstantin. He witnessed many accidents that happened because of tiredness and had experience of falling asleep at the wheel and narrowly avoided a serious accident. He also tells the tragic story of how his wife died in a car accident because she fell asleep at the wheel. He warned: “It can happen to anyone.”
全球所有国家都应该效仿加州举办清醒日
Drowsy Driver Awareness Day is also a memorial day for those who have died in a car crash involving a drowsy driver. California’s Highway Patrol says 100 people die each year in collisions with drowsy drivers. It says in the ten-year period between 1993 and 2003, over 41,000 people died in accidents where a drowsy driver was involved. America’s National Sleep Foundation reports that 62 per cent of people drive while feeling drowsy. In addition, 27 per cent said they had actually dozed off while driving. Many more people die each year from crashes related to drowsy drivers than from many serious illnesses. On this day, do something to make drivers aware of the dangers of getting behind the wheel when they are tired.
昏睡司机清醒日还是纪念日,纪念那些因昏睡而遭遇车祸的遇难者
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重点讲解
1.doze off 打盹儿
例句:I closed my eyes for a minute and must have dozed off.
我闭了会儿眼,肯定是睡着了
。2.fall asleep 入睡
例句:As we fall asleep the amplitude of brain waves slowly becomes greater.
进入睡眠状态时,我们的脑电波振幅慢慢变大
。3.because of 由于
例句:I came back because of the rain.
因为下雨, 所以我回来了
。4.relate to 有关联
例句:Cornell University offers a course that investigates how language relates to particular cultural codes...
康奈尔大学开设了一门研究语言与特定文化符号之间如何关联的课程
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