(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
A new survey in Britain shows that one in seven drivers has had to take evasive action because of their own risky overtaking. The road safety charity Brake carried out the survey on 1,000 motorists. It also revealed that 80 per cent of drivers have felt threatened by other people overtaking, while 94 per cent of drivers said they have witnessed dangerous overtaking. It said the biggest perpetrators of dangerous overtaking are young men aged 17-24. In comparison, women drivers are far safer. The poll revealed that while 39 per cent of 17-24-year-old male drivers admitted overtaking when they were not sure the road ahead was clear,the figure for female drivers doing so was just 15 per cent.
The charity also found that the most dangerous place to overtake was on single-lane country roads. Driversare twice as likely to die on rural roads than they are in urban areas. Many of these deaths are preventable. A spokeswoman from Brake said: "We're urging all drivers to avoid overtaking on country roads unless absolutely essential and 100 per cent safe." She added: "Why risk it and rush? You could cause a devastating, high-speed, head-on crash that ends lives and ruins others. In spite of this, a significant minority are still taking the risk and performing this aggressive and selfish manoeuvre…In those situations, cool-headed and responsible drivers hang back and relax."
中文翻译
英国一项新的研究表明由于自己的危险超车,7名司机中就有1名需要进行躲闪
。道路安全基金会Brake对1000名司机进行了调查 。调查称有80%的司机会因为他人的超车而感到危险,有94%的司机称他们见过危险的超车行为 。研究称危险超车的最大制造者是年龄在17到24岁的年轻男士 。相比较而言,女性司机开车更为稳健 。这项调查显示称有39%,年龄在17到24岁的男性司机承认他们在不知前方路况的情况下毅然超车,而女性只有15% 。基金会还发现超车最危险的地方是单行线的乡村公路
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重点讲解
1.carry out 执行
例句:Three students were chosen to carry out the experiment.
挑选了三名学生进行这项实验
。2.evasive action 躲避动作
例句:When a device fails, operations first needs to take evasive action.
设备一旦出现故障,操作首先需要执行规避措施
。3.head-on crash 迎头相撞
例句:Reports say the accident was a head-on crash which happened in the early hours of the morning.
记者报道两辆车于今天上午早些时候在高速路上头对头发生的相撞
。4.single lane 单行道
例句:As an interim measure a single lane would be paved, adhering to one side of the road for a few milesand then switching to the other side.
作为一个过渡的办法,车道都是单线的,司机靠着路的一侧开上几英里,再切换到路的另一侧
。听力题目
1. What proportion of overtaking drivers has taken evasive action?
a) a fraction
b) two-thirds
c) 20%
d) one in seven
2. How many motorists took part in the survey?
a) 100
b) 1,000
c) 10,000
d) 100,000
3. What percentage of drivers had seen dangerous overtaking?
a) 100
b) 39
c) 80
d) 94
4. Which age and gender group are the biggest danger?
a) 70-94-year-old men
b) 17-24-year-old women
c) 17-24-year-old men
d) 70-94-year-old women
5. What was not clear for many young male drivers?
a) windscreens (UK) /windshields (USA)
b) insurance policies
c) traffic rules
d) the road ahead
6. Where was the most dangerous place to overtake?
a) Route 1
b) Kuwait
c) country roads
d) in your own town
7. How much more likely to die are drivers on country roads?
a) twice as likely
b) 3 times more
c) much more
d) 100 times more likely
8. When did a charity spokeswoman say it was OK to overtake?
a) if others are urging you to
b) if you are cool-headed
c) if it was absolutely essential
d) when risking and rushing it
9. Who is still taking a risk and driving aggressively?
a) people in sports cars
b) a small minority
c) new drivers
d) John
10. What do cool-headed and responsible drivers do?
a) relax
b) drive slowly
c) complain
d) hoot / honk more
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.a