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聽力原文：

It is not your imagination.

這不是你的想象。
Traffic in the U. S. is actually getting worse.
美國(guó)的交通狀況確實(shí)正在惡化。
Americans drove more miles last year than any other year on record.
美國(guó)人去年的駕車?yán)锍瘫纫酝涊d的任何一年都要多。
The U. S. Department of Transportation says Americans drove nearly 3,150 billion miles last year.
美國(guó)交通部表示，美國(guó)人去年駕駛里程幾乎達(dá)到了近3.15萬億英里。
That's about the same distance as 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto.
這相當(dāng)于從地球到冥王星往返337次的距離。
The previous record was 3,003 billion miles in 2007 before the economic recession in high gas prices.
在高油價(jià)的經(jīng)濟(jì)衰退之前，美國(guó)人駕駛里程最高記錄是2007年的3.003萬億英里。
The traffic increase comes at the same time as gas crisis drop significantly,
隨著油價(jià)大幅下跌，交通量隨之增長(zhǎng)。
the current average gas price in U. S. is 1.77$ per gallon.
美國(guó)目前的平均油價(jià)是每加侖1.77美元。
A year ago, it was 2.31$ per gallon, it was often much higher in recent years.
一年前，價(jià)格是每加侖2.31美元，前些年油價(jià)普遍較高。
A transportation expert told the report the job growth likely plays a part as well,
一位交通專家對(duì)記者說，就業(yè)增長(zhǎng)可能也起到了一定作用，
along with some people driving longer distances to and from work.
有些人上下班的距離比較遠(yuǎn)。
And so all this means more traffic jams on the road.
所有這些都導(dǎo)致了嚴(yán)重的交通擁堵。
The taxes A&M travel institute found rush-hour travellers spent extra 42 hours on the road lasts year because of travel delays.
德州農(nóng)工大學(xué)旅游學(xué)院發(fā)現(xiàn)，去年，因?yàn)榻煌ㄑ诱`，乘客在高峰時(shí)段，在路上多花費(fèi)了42小時(shí)。
Now that is depressing.
現(xiàn)在這種情形令人沮喪。
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Questions 3 to 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.
請(qǐng)根據(jù)你剛剛聽到的新聞報(bào)道回答問題3和問題4。
Question 3. What new record did the American driver set last year?
問題3: 美國(guó)司機(jī)們?nèi)ツ陝?chuàng)下了哪項(xiàng)新紀(jì)錄？
Question 4. What is depressing according to the speaker?
問題4: 根據(jù)說話者所說，什么事情令人沮喪？
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重點(diǎn)單詞 ? 全部解釋 ? ?
institute ['institju:t]

n. 學(xué)會(huì)，學(xué)院，協(xié)會(huì)
vt. 創(chuàng)立，開始，制

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gallon ['g?l?n]

n. 加侖(容量單位)

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transportation [.tr?nsp?'tei??n]

n. 運(yùn)輸，運(yùn)輸系統(tǒng)，運(yùn)輸工具

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previous ['pri:vj?s]

adj. 在 ... 之前，先，前，以前的

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current ['k?r?nt]

n. (水、氣、電)流，趨勢(shì)
adj. 流通的

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