21世纪报872期导读材料.docVIP

第872期 2010年9月22日 【BUZZ】snarl-up 拥堵 congestion ?[k?n ?d?est??n] 拥塞 gridlock ?/ ?ɡr?dl?k/ 市区交通大堵塞 bureau / ?bj??r??/ （提供某方面信息的）办事处，办公室，机构 Extra Materials: 交通拥堵高峰来到了蓬勃发展的中国城市。当中国城市对发达国家大城市交通公害大惑不解，甚至还为自己城市没有交通公害而暗自庆幸时，城市交通拥堵开始在中国几乎所有的大城市呈现，其中包括交通拥堵严重的几个特大城市――北京、上海、广州。京藏高速大堵车才稍有缓解，北京市内交通再次迎来“惨不忍睹”的全城大塞车。9月17日，一场绵绵秋雨已让北京各条道路引发“感冒”，市区晚高峰拥堵路段峰值超140条，超过了今年年初因大雪造成90余条拥堵路段峰值的纪录。大城市交通拥堵问题日益突出, 它破坏了使用机动车的初衷，降低了城市效率和质量。导致城市交通拥堵的因素，包括机动车拥有量、道路总面积、道路布局、交通配套设施、交通管理等。随着国庆、中秋双节来临，城市交通拥堵情况将比平时更严重。有人分析这是因为“节前购物、聚会及送礼等出行量的增多”，已经形成特殊的“节日交通”。 Related readings: The capital was choked (阻塞，塞满，堵塞（通道、空间等）) by 88 traffic jams on Sunday morning, approaching the congestion created earlier this year by heavy snowfall, as Beijing struggles to cope with the large number of vehicles on the road in the run-up to two national holidays, the citys traffic management bureau reported. A record 140 traffic jams paralyzed the citys road system on Friday evening, as the number of vehicles on the streets exceeded 4.5 million, according to the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau. The authority had warned there would be heavy pressure on the roads on Sunday after it was made a work day to accommodate this weeks Mid-Autumn Festival, as well as because no traffic restrictions apply on that day. To minimize bottlenecks, Beijing now limits the number of cars that may be on the road during the week, according to the last number of vehicle license plates (车辆牌照). Traffic was moving slower than 20 km per hour on 88 trunk roads and expressways in Beijing at 9 am on Sunday. The morning rush extended an extra hour. Beijing Traffic Radio quoted city traffic police as having said that at 6pm the situation was better than on Friday evening, though serious snarl-ups remained on major ring roads and intersections(十字路口；交叉路口). Last Wednesday, the Beijing Traffic Management Bureau warned that the citys roads were exhibiting pre-festival symptoms, as residents made more trips