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Describe a time when you were caught in a
traffic jam.
You should say:
when it happened
where it happened
how you
passed the time while waiting
and
explain how you felt when you were in that traffic
jam.
我遇到了塞车
! I
was tied up/held up in traffic.
早晚上下班时间
,
大都市
freeway
的车速比一般道路还要慢
,
无数车辆拥上来
,
造成
bumpe
r-to-bumper
traffic(
车的保险杆相互碰
撞的交通状况
),
这时的车速
叫
snail-paced traffic(
蜗牛步行的交通
);
或者干脆
slows to a halt
(
动弹不
得
).
这种塞车现象可以叫做
traffic
jam
或
traffic congestion;
更严重的交通
状况称为
gridlock(
严重塞车
,
僵局
)
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Where&When
it happened?
I was caught in
a traffic jam and showed up late to a movie.
I was stuck in a traffic jam on the way
home from work. I listened to my
favorite singer's album almost two
whole times.
One
day
I
was
tied
up
in
a
traffic
jam
on
my
way
to
an
appointment
in
City
Center. I got
increasingly frustrated sitting there as my mind
started
replaying all the mistakes I
made last week.
The
Longest
time
I
got
stuck
in
traffic
was
about
a
year
ago.
I
am
living
in Beijing and the traffic jams are
quite very normal for people living
around. So one hour to two three hour
traffic jams are quite average but
i
was stuck in a traffic jam once from 9 pm till
4am. I slept in the car
on the main
road.
This is something I really hate.
To get stuck in a heavy traffic. When
I
was still employed, I got stuck in a heavy traffic
for several times.
The usual 1 and a
half hour's trip to the office took me almost 4
hours
and it was really traumatic.
It was a Sunday, but I was caught in a
traffic jam. I was in the heart
of the
district of HaiDian. Rather than lose my cool and
curse myself
for
having
been
at
the
wrong
place
at
the
wrong
time,
I
was
in
a
good
mood
and was a bit more reflective than
usual.
I was caught in a traffic jam,
believe it or not, the almost 20 minutes
I
was
caught
in
a
traffic
jam
really,
really
did
disappoint
me,
it
really
did. Not that I
wanted to stay inside that bus for the rest of my
life.
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how you passed the time
while waiting?
I like waiting, even in traffic jams.
It gives me a chance to listen the
wonderful
variety
of
radio
programming
available.
Watching
other
drivers
in the jam and
wondering what their cell phone conversations are
about
is also entertaining. Come to
think of it, waiting is sometimes better
than not waiting.
During
traffic,
I
usually
talk
on
the
cellphone,
text
message, play
with
my
dog,
eat
a
burger
with
fries,
block
my
dog
from
my
burger,
do
some
palm
reading.
I usually roll
down the windows, turn my music up, bob my head
side to
side, and belt out. At least
I'm entertaining to the other poor folks
stuck in the jam with me.
I
listen to the radio, make phone calls to my
girlfriend or clients or
family. If
it's stopped, I do news paper word puzzles.
I usually channel surf the radio,
comparing different traffic reports.
When
I
get
bored
with
that,
I
check
out
the
drivers
next
to
me
and
imagine
what their life
story is all about!
I dream about the
day I can leave this place, move to a city where I
can
buy a house for what it's truly
worth and where traffic doesn't dictate
your ability to get anywhere at anytime
in a decent amount of time.
I usually
check out all the other drivers in their cars to
see how they
match
up
with
the
kind
of
car
they
drive.
Maybe
silly,
but
you
can't
very
well
do much else that's legal.
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how you
felt when you were in that traffic jam?
I have never been
happy in a
traffic
jam; it's
a pain in
the neck. I
want
to
jump
out
of
the
car
and
walk
along
the tops
of
all
the
other
vehicles.
If I'm in a Taxi,
I will worry about the taxi fare.