Know Your Road Signs 上路时打眼睛睁大点吧！
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- 创建于 2005年4月29日
- 最后更新于 2023年12月18日
- 发布于 2011年8月28日
- 作者：Mike Lee
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A policeman was sitting in his car on the side of Highway 25 hoping to catch speeders. After a while, a car full of elderly women slowly rolled by. The policeman realized that the slow-moving car was a danger to other drivers on the highway, so he decided to pull them over. He turned on his siren and lights and then pulled up behind the car, which had stopped on the side of the road.
有一名警察坐在停靠在二十五号公路旁的警车里，希望可以抓到超速的人。一阵子过后，有辆满载老太太的车子缓慢地驶过。这位警察发现这辆缓慢行驶的车子可能会对公路上其他驾驶人造成危险，所以他决定叫这辆车靠边停。他开启警笛和车灯，停在那辆已经靠边停的车子后面。
The policeman got out and approached the car to speak to the driver. He said, “The speed limit on this highway is fifty-five miles per hour. Why are you driving so slowly?”
警察下了车，走向那辆车和驾驶讲话。他说：「这条公路的速限是每小时五十五英里，你为什么开得这么慢?」
“Well, officer, I’ve seen a lot of signs on this highway that say ‘twenty-five,’” not 'fifty-five,' the old woman politely replied.
「呃，警察先生，我在这条公路上看到很多标志写着二十五，而不是五十五。」这位老太太有礼貌地回答。
“Ma`am,” the officer told the driver, “those aren’t speed limit signs. Those signs mean that you are driving on Highway 25.”
「老太太，」警察告诉驾驶：「那些不是速限标志，那些标志指的是你正行驶在二十五号公路上。」
“Oh, silly me. I didn’t know. I’m sorry, officer. I’ll be more careful in the future,” she replied.
「喔!我真笨，我不知道耶。警察先生，真对不起。我以后会更小心。」她这么回答。
Then the police officer looked in the backseat of the car. He noticed that the elderly passengers looked very scared and were shaking with fright. The officer asked the driver, “What’s wrong with them? They look like they’ve been frightened to death by something.”
然后警察朝这辆车的后座看。他看到那些老太太看起来非常害怕，而且吓得发抖。警察问驾驶：「他们怎么啦?他们看起来好像被甚么东西吓死了。」
The driver replied, “Oh, they’ll be all right in a minute or two. You see, we just got off Highway 120.”
驾驶回答道：「喔，他们再过一两分钟就会没事了。你知道，我们刚刚才从一百二十号公路下来。」
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Vocabulary
roll [rol] v.（车）行驶
pull somebody over 把……开到路边 to move a vehicle to the side of a road and stop
pull up 停下来stop
approach [əˋprotʃ] v. 接近，靠近
passenger [ˋpæsndʒɚ] n. 乘客，旅客
fright [fraɪt] n. 惊吓
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speeder [ˋspidɚ] n. 快速行动的人或物，尤指超速行车者
siren [ˋsaɪrən] n. 警报器
Ma`am [ˋmædəm]（对妇女的恭敬称呼）夫人，太太，小姐 short for madam: used as a title of respect, esp for female royalty
silly [ˋsɪlɪ] adj. 愚蠢的；胡涂的