起床打扮“衣冠楚楚”，为上公交“如狼似虎”，路上堵车“惨不忍睹”，下得车来“伤筋动骨”!上班族的早上伤不起啊!

　　堵车，几乎是绝大多数居住在大都市的人们都要面对的一种现象。很多人说“我不在堵车中，就在接近堵车的路上。”这可不是说说这么简单。全城热堵、堵梦空间，各个都有大片的范儿啊。但是跟马路较劲得遵循一个原则：路可以堵，心不能堵啊!

　　今天的节目，我们就结合雅思题目【 Describe a time when you were caught in a traffic jam. 】来聊聊大家在堵车的时候如何自如自乐吧!

　　视频原文参考文本1

　　The traffic jams is a nightmare for people commuting daily.

　　交通堵塞对于每日往返(于城市间)的人们是一个噩梦。

　　To pass the time when traffic is slow, people will do amusing things.

　　为了在交通缓慢的时候消磨时间，人们会做很多有趣的事情。

　　For example, taking selfies, appears to be a popular way to kill time.

　　比如说，自拍，好像是一个很受欢迎的消磨时间的方式。

　　视频原文参考文本2

　　Waiting in a traffic jam is frustrating and can be stressful.

　　在交通堵塞的时候等待是让人沮丧和有压力的

　　Just imagine:thousands of commuters jam-packed like sardines on the platform waiting for the train.

　　想象一下：成千上万的乘车上班族在等地铁来的站台上像沙丁鱼罐头一样拥挤不堪。

　　When the train comes, people shove to get on the train.

　　当车来了的时候，人们你推我挤争着上车。

　　So waiting during rush hours is really awful, especially in big cities.

　　所以说，在高峰期等车的经历真的很槽糕，尤其是在大城市。

　　Paragraph Sample Answer

　　The traffic jams is a nightmare for people commuting daily. To pass the time when traffic is slow, people will do amusing things. For example, taking selfies, appears to be a popular way to kill time. Waiting in a traffic jam is frustrating and can be stressful.

　　Just imagine:thousands of commuters jam-packed like sardines on the platform waiting for the train. When the train comes, people shove to get on the train. So waiting during rush hours is really awful, especially in big cities.

　　Key Words & Expressions

　　1 commute v. (上下班)在两地之间乘车往返

　　2 amusing adj. 有趣的

　　3 kill time 消磨时间

　　4 commuter n. 乘车上班族

　　5 jam-packed like sardines 挤得像沙丁鱼罐头一样

　　6 shove v. 猛推，猛挤

　　7 rush hours 高峰期