关于交通安全的英语短文阅读:First Driving Accident
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First Driving Accident
(第一次车祸)
Colleen was in a hurry, which made her driving even more careless than usual.
科琳很赶时间，匆匆忙忙的，这让她开车比平时更为粗心。
Her boyfriend Simon had already criticized her many times for failing to stop completely at stop signs.
她的男朋友西蒙已经提醒、批评她多次，但她没有完全停止的意思。
That’s what they call a “California, or rolling, stop,” he told her.
他告诉她，这就是他们所说的“加利福尼亚，还是滚动停止”。
“If the cops catch you sliding through a stop sign like that,” he said, wagging a finger at her, “they’ll give you a ticket for running a stop sign.
“如果警察抓住你无视一个这样的停车标志，”他摇晃着一根手指说着，“他们会给你一张停止行驶的发单。
That’s a moving violation.
这是违规行为
“That means at least a $100 ticket, plus eight hours of driving school for another $30.”
这意味着至少需要100美元的罚款，加上8个小时的驾驶学校学习，30美元。
“I know, I know,” she replied.
“我知道，我知道，”她回答。
“But I never do it when they’re around, so how can they catch me?”
“但是我在他们出现的时候，我从来没有这样做，所以他们怎么能抓住我?”
Simon was about to tell her that cops have a habit of suddenly appearing out of nowhere, but Colleen told him to stop thinking so negatively.
西蒙正要告诉她，警察喜欢突然出现，但科琳告诉他，停止思考这样的消极是可能。
“You are bad luck,” she said.
“你会倒霉的，”她说。
“When you talk like that, you make bad things happen.”
“当你说这样的话的时候，你会有坏事发生的。”
He told her that life doesn’t work that way.
他告诉她，生活不会这样。
Colleen was in a hurry because she needed to drop off a package at the post office.
科琳匆匆忙忙的，因为她需要在邮局放下一个包裹。
It had to get to New York by Wednesday.
它必须在星期三到达纽约。
She exited the freeway and pulled up at the stop sign.
她驶离高速公路，并在停车标志的地方停车。
One car was in front of her.
一辆车在她面前。
Colleen looked to the right and to the left.
科琳看向右边和左边。
No cars were coming.
没有车开来
It was safe to pull out.
起步是安全的
She hit the gas pedal.
她踩下油门。
Bang! The car in front of her was still sitting there.
砰!在她面前的车仍然停在那里。
The driver was a young woman, who got out of her car, walked back to look at the damage to her new car, and started yelling at Colleen.
司机是一个年轻的女子，从车里走下来，查看她新车受的伤，并开始像科琳大声喊叫。
“What were you waiting for?” Colleen demanded.
“你还在等什么?”科琳要求到。
【相关句型辨识】
It was safe to pull out.
起步是安全的。
It’s + adj. + (of / for) sb to do sth. 译作“(某人)做某事是…的”。It 是形式主语，不定式结构是真正主语。of / for后面的sb是不定式的逻辑主语。
1. 当形容词是可修饰人的形容词，即sb和adj.有主系表关系时，sb前用of。如 It’s clever of you to answer the question so quickly. / It’s kind of you to help me a lot. 这样的形容词有：kind, nice, rude, clever, silly, foolish等。
2. 当形容词是不可以修饰人的形容词，即sb和adj.没有主系表关系时，sb前用for。如 It’s easy for her to clean the window by herself. / It’s important for us to learn English well. 这样的形容词有：easy, hard, difficult, important, necessary, dangerous等。
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