醫(yī)學英語輕松學 第18期:目視前方

One of the first lessons new drivers learn is to keep their eyes on the road.

新手上路的第一課，目視前方。

Unfortunately, cell phones and other electronic devices are causing many drivers to lose their focus and sometimes their lives.

然而，手機等電子設備致許多司機注意力不集中，甚至因此喪命。

A recent survey found that during the previous month, 7 in 10 US drivers had talked on a cell phone, and nearly one third had read or sent a text or e-mail message while driving.

近期研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，每10名美國民眾7人開車打電話，近三分之一開車收發(fā)短信。

Crashes cause over 1,000,000 deaths each year worldwide, and distracted driving isemerging as a serious threat to road safety.

1.electronic device 電子設備

例句：The television receiver is an electronic device.

電視接收器是一種電子裝置。

2.cell phone 手機

例句：On occasion, turn off the cell phone and listen to a great song on the drive to work.

偶爾地，關掉手機，在開車上班的路上聽一段很棒的音樂。

3.pull off 開到路旁停車處

例句：The boat pulled off from the shore.

這條船駛離海岸。

4.lose life 失去生命

例句：It can make the person breaks annals, be disloyal to lose life even.

它能使人失志、失節(jié)甚至失去生命。

每年，全球因車禍死亡人數(shù)超一千萬，駕駛分心已對道路安全構成威脅。

To help protect yourself and others, pull off the road and take that call or send that message in a parked vehicle.

為了保證駕駛員及他人安全，駕駛員應將汽車?？柯愤吅蟠螂娫?，或停放停車場后發(fā)短信。