适合练习英语口语的新编话题之下班高峰期

繁忙的生活本来就让人容易烦躁，再加上拥堵的交通更会让人头疼不已。俗称的“黑色星期一”对上班族来说曼是如此。被堵在路上了，该怎么用英文向领导说明缘由呢？一起来看看吧～

Must Words:

private car私家车

surge 蜂拥而出

procession 队伍

narrow road 窄路

traffic control 交通管制

crowded 拥挤的

main street 主街道

street 街道

queue up for 排队等候

bump 颠簸前进

transportation 交通

smooth 顺利的

overwhelming 水泄不通的

hurry 匆忙

exit 出口

road 道路

congestion 堵车

jam 拥挤

heavy traffic 交通拥挤

give way 让路

worsen 恶化

commute 通勤

avenue 大道

gasoline station 加油站

Must Expressions:

Theme 1 交通状况

How is the traffic condition over there? 那里的路况如何？

The traffic is tied up.堵车了。

There is a heavy traffic jam.堵车严重。

We are in a stop-and-go traffic.我们在路上定走停停。

What's taking this bus so long? 这路车怎么还不来啊？

The traffic is flowing smoothly.现在交通顺畅。

Let's drive around to escape t.he traffic jam．我们绕道行驶避开堵车吧。 You can commute by subway.你可以坐地铁通勤。

I can barely breathe during the rush hour.上下班高峰期时，我几乎不能呼吸。 Theme 2 开车出行

Let's hit the road.我们上路吧。

Get your seat belts on.系上安全带。

Watch out for the slower newbies,小心慢吞吞的新手。

I parked the car in the garage.我把车停在车库了。

He's got a heavy foot. Tell him to take it light.他开车太快，让他开慢点儿。

Hot Dialogue:

热词抢先记

the devil and all 糟透了

impatient a．没有耐性的

expectation n．期望

headquarter n．总部

reconsider v．重新考虑

cab n．出租车

由于堵车，Susie 又迟到了，她和同事Jack 谈论起恼人的交通，我们一起来看看她是怎么说的吧。

Jack: Susie, you're late again.苏茜，你又迟到了。

Susie: It s the devil and all. I went out early,but met the traffic jam. So I'm late for work. 简直糟透了。我很早就出门了，但堵车银严重，所以迟到了。 Jack: You know, the traffic is busy especially on Monday. 你也知道，周一

就是特别拥堵啊。

Susie: But it's beyond my expectation . 可是我没想到今天特别堵。

Jack: Why don't you come by subway? It's the fastest means of transportation for us.

你为什么不坐地铁来？对于我们来说，地铁对我们来说是最快的交通方式。 Susie: I can't bear the crowd in the subway.我受不了地铁里的人山人海。 Jack: Yeah, it's said that you plan to buy a car?也是，听说你打算买车了？ Susie: Yes, I have been paying close attention to auto market, wanting to buy an economical car.是的，我这几周一直在关注车市，想买一台经济型车。 Jack: Pretty well. The price of cars are reducing recently, which is a good right moment for buying. 很不错哦。最近轿车也一直在降价，是出手的好时机。

Susie: But I think I need to reconsider it.Driving a car is anything but a good choice for me who will become impatient. because of the heavy traffic. 但我觉得要重新考虑一下了. 对我这样对拥堵的交通没耐心的人来说，开车不是个好主意。

Jack: Actually, I also considered buying a car, but gave up at last. I think the subway is convenient .

其实，我之前也考虑过买车，但最后还是放弃了。我觉得坐地铁很方便。

Susie: And it's environmental. It suddenly occurs to me that we need to join the meeting at the headquarters . 而且也很环保。我突然想起来，我们

还要去总部开会。

Jack: Yes, we'll get a cab . It's faster than taking the bus or the subway. 是啊，我们坐出租车，这样比坐公车或搭地铁快。

Susie: It isn't time for a. heavy traffic? 现在应该不堵车了吧？

Jack: Yes, let's prepare the material for the meeting.嗯，那我们准备好开会的材料吧。

热词酷评

economical 经济的

economic 的意思是“经济的，经济上的”，比如“经济危机”就是economic crisis 。

另外，economic 还有“可赚钱的，有利可图的”意思，比如：economic deal可赚钱的生意。

注意economic 和economical 的区别，economical 是“节约的，合算的”，如：You can choose a more economical refrigerator.你可以选一种更加经济划算的冰箱。

convenient 方便的，便利的

convenient 在对话中的意思是“便利的，方便的”，比如：When would it be convenient for me to visit you？我什么时候去拜访您方便？

另外，convenient 还有“附近的，不远的”的意思，比如：a convenient shop附近的商店

它还有“合适的”意思，如：I need to arrange a convenient place to meet.我需要安排一个合适的地方见面。

occur to 想起

短语occur to表示“被想起，被想到，浮现”，经常出现的句型是It occurs to sb. that... ，意思是“某人想到……”，比如：It never occurred to me thatI could be in such trouble.我怎么也没有想到会遇上这样的麻烦。

单词occur 的意思是“发生”，通常指按计划或规律在较为确定的时间发生的事，比如：Earthquakes occur frequently in this area.这一地区经常发生地震。