day 20in the traffic
unit 4 · on the movein the traffic
Talk about driving and traffic: jams, accidents, speeding, and what happened along the way.
today’s words
- 驾驶 jiàshǐ · to drive, to pilot
- 驾照 jiàzhào · driving licence
- 车辆 chēliàng · vehicles, traffic
- 车主 chēzhǔ · car owner
- 车库 chēkù · garage
- 汽油 qìyóu · petrol, gasoline
- 安全带 ānquándài · seat belt
- 超速 chāosù · to speed
- 堵 dǔ · to block; jammed
- 车祸 chēhuò · car crash
- 事故 shìgù · accident
- 撞 zhuàng · to hit, bump into
- 行驶 xíngshǐ · to travel (of vehicles)
- 通行 tōngxíng · to pass through (traffic)
- 挤 jǐ · crowded; to squeeze
- 人群 rénqún · crowd
- 停留 tíngliú · to stay, stop over
- 开通 kāitōng · to open (a line, service)
- 挡 dǎng · to block (way, view)
- 冲 chōng · to rush, dash
- 倒 dǎo · to fall over; to change (trains)
- 移动 yídòng · to move; mobile
- 一路 yīlù · all the way; along the way
- 长途 chángtú · long-distance
- 缓慢 huǎnmàn · slow (formal)
sentences
- 驾驶的时候不要看手机。 · Don’t look at your phone while you’re driving.
- 他刚拿到驾照，开车还很紧张。 · He’s only just got his licence and still gets nervous driving.
- 下班的时候，这条路堵得走不动。 · At rush hour this road is so jammed nothing moves.
- 前面出了车祸，车辆只能缓慢行驶。 · There’s been a crash ahead, so the traffic is crawling.
- 早上的地铁太挤了，我被人群挤了出来。 · The metro was so packed this morning that the crowd pushed me back out.