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1、VOA慢速英语: 世界上交通最拥堵的排名前十位的城市 1Whenyouthinkaboutit,lifeisaseriesofongoing,trips.Manyofusstartthedaybycommuting,ortraveling,towork.Wedropoffourchildrenatschool.Wemayvisitthedoctororgotothemarkettobuyfood.Werushhometoseeourfamilies.Lifeismorepleasantwhenthesetripsareeasyanddirect.Theeasiercommuting,thehi
2、gheryourqualityoflifeis.Beingstuckintrafficisnoteasyordirect.Trafficdelayscanbe.Theybringouttheworstinsomepeople.Trafficdelaysalsoreduceyourqualityoflife.Andsomeareasareworsethanothers.ThreeofthetenworstcitiesfortrafficareinSoutheastAsia.Peoplewholiveinbigcitiesspendalotoftimetalkingabouttraffic.Too
3、manypeopleontheroadscanbeabigproblem.Notalltrafficisthesame.Therearesometermsyouneedtoknowwhentalkingabouttraffic.Onesuchtermisgridlock.Gridlockiswhennobodycangoanywhere.Theroadsbecomeonebigparkinglot.Thereisalsostop-and-starttraffic.Thisiswhenyoumoveforwardalittle,butthenstop.Movealittle.Thenstop.B
4、othareequally.Trafficcanbebumper-to-bumper.Thismeanstherearesomanycarsontheroadthattheirbumpersseemtobetouching.Toidlemeanstheengineofyourcarisrunning,butyouarenotmoving.anywhere.Anothertermtoknowisrushhourtraffic.Rushhourtraffichappensataboutthesametimeeveryday–whenpeoplearecommutingtoandfrom
5、work.Butwhointheworldhastheworsttraffic?In2014,theCastrolMagnatecStop-StartIndexexaminedtrafficconditionsin78citiesaroundtheworld.DriversintheseareasusedTomTomGPSdevices.Eachdevicemeasuredthetimespentintrafficandthetrafficconditionsthey.CastrolisanoilcompanybasedintheUnitedKingdom.Thecompanysaysallt
6、hisstop-startdrivingandidlinghurtsyourcarengine.Andtohelp,itwantstosellyouCastrolproducts.Thestudyfoundaninbothheavytrafficandstop-and-startdriving.Herearetheresults.Thetop10citieswiththeworsttrafficare:10.BuenosAires,ArgentinaGuadalajara,MexicoBangkok,ThailandRome,ItalyMoscow,RussiaSt.Petersburg,Ru
7、ssiaSurabaya,IndonesiaMexicoCity,MexicoIstanbul,TurkeyAndcominginatnumberonewiththeworsttrafficontheplanetis.Jakarta,IndonesiaInChina,Shanghai'strafficwerefoundtobeworsethanBeijing's.DriversinShanghaispend33percentoftheirtimeontheroadidling.PeopleinBeijingspend27percentoftheirtraveltimeidlin
8、g,doingnothingbutrunningtheirenginesandwastingfuel.So,whatcancitiesdotoreducetrafficproblems?Onethingcitiescandoistosupplymorepublic.Letusnowtakeacloserlookatthecitywiththeworsttrafficintheworld–Jakarta.Jakarta'smetropolitanareaishometoabout24millionpeople.Butonly13percentofalltripsareonpu
9、blictransportation.InvestmentinpublictransportintheIndonesiancapitalbeganin2004.Workersarebuildingthefirstpartofapublicsystem,knownastheMassRapidTransitrailway.Anotherthingcitiescandotolimittrafficistochargemoneytodriveincertainpartsofacity.Nextyear,Jakartaplanstostartchargingdriversmoretotravelontw
10、oheavilycongestedroads.Jakartaofficialshavealsobannedfromthemainroadsinthecity.UntilcitieswithtrafficproblemsfindwaystogetpeoplefromPointAtoPointBmore,theycanonlyenvypeopleinTampere,FinlandandRotterdam,intheNetherlands.Thesurveyfoundthatthesetwocitieshavethefastestmovingtraffic.第4页 共4页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页第 4 页 共 4 页