Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the traffic jam. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words. Write your essay on Answer Sheet 1.
【參考范文】 The Traffic Jam
The picture shows a serious traffic jam during the rush hour. Clearly, both lanes are jammed by automobiles, and there is no doubt that the only thing the held-up drivers can do is to wait. The traffic jam is a serious problem in big cities. Students are late for classes; workers of every walk of life are late for work; and travelers miss their trains or flights.
When talking about the inconvenience caused by traffic jams, most people would blame the increasing numbers of cars. Yet this is only one factor. Another reason is the relatively under-developed infrastructure construction, namely, the lack of wide roads, streets and highways. Furthermore, people's weak sense of traffic regulations may result in more road accidents that in turn add to the seriousness of traffic jams.
To solve the problem, stiffer punishment for breaking traffic rules is necessary. Besides, a long-term planning of road construction must be taken into consideration. Still another solution will be the advocacy of public transports and car-pool, an effective means to increase the transport capacity during rush hours.
【參考譯文】 交通擁堵
圖片描述的是交通高峰時段嚴(yán)重的交通擁堵，雙側(cè)車道都被汽車占滿，毫無疑問，被困住的司機們所能做的唯一一件事情就是等待。交通擁堵是大城市所面臨的一個嚴(yán)重問題。學(xué)生上課遲到，各行各業(yè)的職工上班遲到，旅客誤了火車或者飛機。
當(dāng)談到交通擁堵帶來的不便時，大部分人都會責(zé)怪越來越多的私家車數(shù)量。但這只是一方面因素。另一個原因是基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施建設(shè)相對落后，也就是道路不夠?qū)掗?。此外，人們交通?guī)則意識的淡薄可能會導(dǎo)致路上的事故增多，這反過來又會加劇交通擁堵的嚴(yán)重程度。
為解決這一問題，必須對違反交通規(guī)則的行為進行更為嚴(yán)厲的處罰。此外，必須考慮道路建設(shè)的長期規(guī)劃。另一個解決方法就是倡導(dǎo)公共交通和拼車出行，這可以有效增加高峰期間的運載能力。
【要點用法】
rash hour交通高峰時段infrastmctIlre基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施
lane車道stiff嚴(yán)厲的，嚴(yán)格的
held-up被困住的advocacy提倡，倡導(dǎo)
every walk of life各行各業(yè)public transport公共交通
inconvenience不便car-pool拼車(多人合坐一輛車)
【句法點評】
1.Clearly，both lanes are jammed by automobiles，and there is no doubt that the only thing the held-up drivers candoistowait.
bothlanes意為“雙側(cè)車道”，也可以說成both sides。bejammedby…表述生動，意為“被……塞滿或占滿”。tlle onlything則突出了堵車狀況下司機們無奈的心情。
2.Furthennore.people’s weak sense of traffic regulations may result in more mad accidents that in turn add to the seriousness of traffic jams.
first，another reason，furthermore將第二段概括為三點主要內(nèi)容，層次清晰。weak senseoftraffic regula. tions意為“交通規(guī)則意識的淡薄”。resultin意為“導(dǎo)致”，用于引出結(jié)果。inturn意為“反過來”，serious-ness為抽象名詞，兩者的用法都比較地道。
