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ESL Podcast 287 – A Traffic Jam

时间：2010-11-04 02:19:25

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I was on my way to a restaurant to meet my date for dinner when I hit a traffic jam. I saw that the road was congested, but since I had to take the bridge to reach downtown, I had no choice but to stay on that road.

The traffic was bumper-to-bumper. One crazy driver even tried to drive on the shoulder to get around the backup. But as it turns out, there wasn’t any way to bypass1 it because the backup wasn’t due to an accident, a stalled2 car or some rubberneckers. It was because of road construction and only one lane was open.

After 25 minutes of stop-and-go traffic, I was at my wit’s end. My date was sitting at the restaurant waiting for me and I didn’t have her cell phone number. What’s more, I was really hungry.

Finally, I got past the road construction and was on my way again. I drove a little recklessly3, but I had to make up for lost time. I really liked this girl. The last thing I wanted was to make her think that I stood her up!


Script by Dr. Lucy Tse


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1 bypass ASJyQ     
n.旁道；分流术；vt.绕过，越过...于不顾
参考例句：
  • If we take the bypass we'll avoid the town centre.我们走旁道就能绕过镇中心。
  • You cannot bypass this question.你不能回避这个问题。
2 stalled fb9bf0846e12c893fc7f66803864fe84     
失速的
参考例句：
  • The post is stalled fast in the ground. 那根柱子牢牢地竖在地上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The engine stalled suddenly. 发动机突然熄火了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 recklessly Dk0zIh     
a.不在乎的；不顾后果的
参考例句：
  • If you drive as recklessly as that,you'll end in hospital. 要是你开车老是那样鲁莽，总有一天要住进医院。
  • He was arrested for driving recklessly. 他因鲁莽开车被捕。

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