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中英文本
Drivers in New York City will have to drive more slowly from Friday. The city has introduced a new speed limit of 25 mph (40 kph). The old limit was 30 mph (about 48 kph). The new law will apply to about 90 per cent of the city's streets. The city's Department of Transportation hopes the lower speed limit will make people drive more carefully and reduce traffic accidents and deaths. The city's mayor, Bill de Blasio, said he wanted to improve traffic safety and end pedestrian deaths. He said There's a real consensus in this town that we need to have people drive more carefully, more safely and slower for the protection of our kids, our seniors. Other people say the limit will make drivers angry and increase accidents.
在纽约的司机,将从周五开始降低车速
。这个城市已经规定了新的限速标准25英里每小时(40公里每小时) 。以前的限速标准是30英里每小时(48公里每小时) 。新的法律将适用于城市中90%左右的街道 。城市交通部希望通过更低的限速标准,让人们开车更小心,从而减少交通事故和降低死亡率 。该市市长比尔.白思豪说他想提高交通安全,彻底防止行人死亡 。他说,这个小镇有一个真正的共识就是,我们需要人们开车更小心,更安全和更慢,以此来保护我们的孩子,我们的老年人不受伤害 。有人说,限制会使司机生气,增加事故 。Road speed limits are used in most countries to set the maximum speed for cars, trucks, buses, motorbikes, etc. They can also set the minimum speed. The first maximum speed limit in the world was the 10 mph (16 kph) limit introduced in the United Kingdom in 1861. The highest speed limit in the world is 140 kph (87 mph) in Poland and Bulgaria. Some of the world's roads have no speed limit. Perhaps the most famous of these are the Autobahns in Germany. In 2006, German police said the average speed on one part of the Autobahn was 142 kph (88 mph). The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that around 1.24 million people die each year in traffic accidents. This number could fall if people drove more slowly.
大多数国家都规定了公路上车辆的最高时速标准,适用于汽车、卡车、公共汽车、摩托车等
。他们还可以设置最低速度 。世界上第一个最高速度限制标准是10英里每小时(16公里每小时),这一限速标准在1861年引入英国 。世界上最高的速度限制是在波兰和保加利亚,标准为每小时140公里(每小时87英里) 。世界上一些公路没有限速 。或许其中最著名的是德国的高速公路 。2006年,德国警方称一部分高速公路的平均速度是每小时142公里(每小时88英里) 。世界卫生组织称, 每年大约有124万人死于交通事故 。如果人们开车更慢一些,这个数字可能会下降 。译文属可可英语原创,未经允许,不得转载 。
重点讲解
1.Department of Transportation运输部
Other senior U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) officials recently hosted a series of seven regional workshops around the country.
其他高级美国运输部(DOT)的官员最近也举办了七个区域研讨会在全国各地系列
。2.traffic accident[交] 交通事故
Her blindness of both eyes resulted from a traffic accident.
她的双目失明是由于一次交通事故造成的
。3.minimum speed最低速度
When driving on expressways, the driver must control his or her speed within the range of the posted maximum and minimum speed limit.
司机在高速公路上开车时必须将我自己的行车速度控制在标牌规定的非常高限速与非常低限速之间
。4.maximum speed[物] 最高速度;最大转速
Finally, Einstein arrived at a conclusion that maximum speed in the universe is that of light.
最终,爱因斯坦得出了一个结论,那就是宇宙中的最大速度为光速
。5.speed limit速度限制;最高车速
In the lab, researchers can create the impression of sending light faster than the speed limit by tweaking the speed at which the wave crests of light propagate through space.
在实验室中,研究人员可以在光线传播通过空间时,对光的波峰稍作调整来造成发送光线的速度比极限的速度限制更快的印象
。听力试题
1.What will drivers in New York have to do from Friday?
a) pay a new speeding fine
b) drive more slowly
c) get a new license
d) read the rules of the road again
2.What was the old speed limit in kilometres per hour?
a) 42 kph
b) 46 kph
c) 48 kph
d) 44 kph
3.What does the New York City mayor want to end?
a) noise pollution
b) driving in the city
c) speed limits
d) pedestrian deaths
4.Who did the mayor say needed protection?
a) traffic police
b) kids and seniors
c) cyclists
d) drivers
5.How did other people say the speed limit would make people feel?
a) angry
b) good
c) confused
d) safe
6.What can speed limits do besides set the maximum speed?
a) set the minimum speed limit
b) make people drive at the same speed
c) make car engines smaller
d) increase the number of traffic police
7.When was the world's first speed limit introduced?
a) 1816
b) 1681
c) 1618
d) 1861
8.Which two countries have the world's highest speed limit?
a) Ecuador and Argentina
b) Germany and Italy
c) Poland and Bulgaria
d) South Africa and Lesotho
9.What was the average speed on one part of a German road in 2006?
a) 148 kph (82 mph)
b) 182 kph (88 mph)
c) 188 kph (42 mph)
d) 142 kph (88 mph)
10. Who said the number of road deaths per year was 1.24 million?
a) German police
b) the WHO
c) the International Road Safety Centre
d) the New York City police
听力答案
1.c
2.a
3.a
4.b
5.d
6.b
7.a
8.c
9.d
10.a