Mandarin Advanced Course – Stricter Traffic Law can Prevent Accidents

Mandarin Advanced Course – Stricter Traffic Law can Prevent Accidents

從健康的角度來看,我們生活在一個奇妙的時代。我們從出生免疫,對許多最危險的疾病。大量的一次致命的疾病,現在可以由現代藥物和手術治愈。幾乎可以肯定的是,有一天補救辦法,將發現的最頑固的其餘疾病。平均預期壽命已大大增加。不過,雖然生活幸福長壽的可能性比以往任何時候都更大,我們每天都目睹道路上的男人,婦女和兒童的令人難以置信的屠殺。與電動車的男子!這是一個永無止境的戰鬥中失去的男子。死於車禍死亡每年成千上萬的人在世界各地,我們正靜靜地坐在後面,讓它發生。
它已被正確地說,當一個人坐在方向盤後面,他的車成為他個性的延伸。毫無疑問,電動車往往會帶來一個人最糟糕的素質。誰是一般的寧靜和愉快的人可能會變得面目全非時,他們背後的方向盤。他們發誓,他們是不良舉止和積極進取,蓄意為兩年的孩子,並極度自私。似乎他們所有的隱藏的挫折,失望和嫉妒所帶來的駕駛行為的表面。
令人驚奇的是,社會微笑對司機寬厚,似乎縱容他的行為。一切都是他的方便。城市都因為沉重的悲劇,成為幾乎無法居住;城鎮褻瀆醜陋巨大的停車場;農村道路網絡;和質量年出欄成為無非統計,以方便被遺忘。
它是世界代碼的建立是為了減少這種無謂的生命浪費的時候了。駕駛方面,一些國家的法律是出了名的鬆懈,甚至最嚴格的不夠嚴格。只能有一個被普遍接受的代碼上的事故發生率顯著有益的作用。這裡有幾個例子,一些可能做的事情。應該標準化和困難得多,比的是駕駛考試;所有司機應採取測試每隔三年左右的年輕人被允許駕駛任何車輛的年齡應提高到至少21所有車輛應放在通過嚴格的年度測試安全。甚至血液中的酒精最小金額可能會損害一個人的駕駛能力。目前酒後駕車的法律(如存在的話)應該是瘋了更嚴格。在所有道路上,應判處最高和最低的車速限制。各國政府應放下安全規格,製造商,已在美國完成。應禁止所有廣告,強調動力和性能。這些措施可能聽起來不相稱苛刻。但可以肯定不應該被視為嚴重針鋒相對的結果,如果減少對人類生命的每年收費。畢竟,世界是人類,沒有電機車。

cóng jiàn kāng de jiǎo dù lái kàn ,wǒ men shēng huó zài yī gè qí miào de shí dài 。wǒ men cóng chū shēng miǎn yì ,duì xǔ duō zuì wēi xiǎn de jí bìng 。dà liàng de yí cì zhì mìng de jí bìng ,xiàn zài kě yǐ yóu xiàn dài yào wù hé shǒu shù zhì yù 。jī hū kě yǐ kěn dìng de shì ,yǒu yì tiān bǔ jiù bàn fǎ ,jiāng fā xiàn de zuì wán gù de qí yú jí bìng 。píng jūn yù qī shòu mìng yǐ dà dà zēng jiā 。bù guò ,suī rán shēng huó xìng fú cháng shòu de kě néng xìng bǐ yǐ wǎng rèn hé shí hòu dōu gèng dà ,wǒ men měi tiān dōu mù dǔ dào lù shàng de nán rén ,fù nǚ hé ér tóng de lìng rén nán yǐ zhì xìn de tú shā 。yǔ diàn dòng chē de nán zǐ !zhè shì yī gè yǒng wú zhǐ jìng de zhàn dòu zhōng shī qù de nán zǐ 。sǐ yū chē huò sǐ wáng měi nián chéng qiān shàng wàn de rén zài shì jiè gè dì ,wǒ men zhèng jìng jìng dì zuò zài hòu miàn ,ràng tā fā shēng 。
tā yǐ bèi zhèng què dì shuō ,dāng yī gè rén zuò zài fāng xiàng pán hòu miàn ,tā de chē chéng wéi tā gè xìng de yán shēn 。háo wú yí wèn ,diàn dòng chē wǎng wǎng huì dài lái yī gè rén zuì zāo gāo de sù zhì 。shuí shì yì bān de níng jìng hé yú kuài de rén kě néng huì biàn de miàn mù quán fēi shí ,tā men bèi hòu de fāng xiàng pán 。tā men fā shì ,tā men shì bù liáng jǔ zhǐ hé jī jí jìn qǔ ,xù yì wéi liǎng nián de hái zi ,bìng jí dù zì sī 。sì hū tā men suǒ yǒu de yǐn cáng de cuò zhé ,shī wàng hé jí dù suǒ dài lái de jià shǐ xíng wéi de biǎo miàn 。
lìng rén jīng qí de shì ,shè huì wēi xiào duì sī jī kuān hòu ,sì hū zòng róng tā de xíng wéi 。yī qiè dōu shì tā de fāng biàn 。chéng shì dōu yīn wéi chén zhòng de bēi jù ,chéng wéi jī hū wú fǎ jū zhù ; chéng zhèn xiè dú chǒu lòu jù dà de tíng chē chǎng ; nóng cūn dào lù wǎng luò ; hé zhì liàng nián chū lán chéng wéi wú fēi tǒng jì ,yǐ fāng biàn bèi yí wàng 。
tā shì shì jiè dài mǎ de jiàn lì shì wèi le jiǎn shǎo zhè zhǒng wú wèi de shēng mìng làng fèi de shí hòu le 。jià shǐ fāng miàn ,yī xiē guó jiā de fǎ lǜ shì chū le míng de sōng xiè ,shèn zhì zuì yán gé de bù gòu yán gé 。zhǐ néng yǒu yī gè bèi pǔ biàn jiē shòu de dài mǎ shàng de shì gù fā shēng lǜ xiǎn zhù yǒu yì de zuò yòng 。zhè lǐ yǒu jǐ gè lì zi ,yī xiē kě néng zuò de shì qíng 。yìng gāi biāo zhǔn huà hé kùn nán de duō ,bǐ de shì jià shǐ kǎo shì ; suǒ yǒu sī jī yìng cǎi qǔ cè shì měi gé sān nián zuǒ yòu de nián qīng rén bèi yǔn xǔ jià shǐ rèn hé chē liàng de nián líng yìng tí gāo dào zhì shǎo 21 suǒ yǒu chē liàng yìng fàng zài tōng guò yán gé de nián dù cè shì ān quán 。shèn zhì xuè yè zhōng de jiǔ jīng zuì xiǎo jīn é kě néng huì sǔn hài yī gè rén de jià shǐ néng lì 。mù qián jiǔ hòu jià chē de fǎ lǜ ( rú cún zài de huà ) yìng gāi shì fēng le gēng yán gé 。zài suǒ yǒu dào lù shàng ,yìng pàn chǔ zuì gāo hé zuì dī de chē sù xiàn zhì 。gè guó zhèng fǔ yìng fàng xià ān quán guī gé ,zhì zào shāng ,yǐ zài měi guó wán chéng 。yìng jìn zhǐ suǒ yǒu guǎng gào ,qiáng diào dòng lì hé xìng néng 。zhè xiē cuò shī kě néng tīng qǐ lái bù xiāng chèn kē kè 。dàn kě yǐ kěn dìng bù yīng gāi bèi shì wéi yán zhòng zhēn fēng xiāng duì de jiē guǒ ,rú guǒ jiǎn shǎo duì rén lèi shēng mìng de měi nián shōu fèi 。bì jìng ,shì jiè shì rén lèi ,méi yǒu diàn jī chē 。

From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car ! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-years-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy tragic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.
It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as to severe if tit results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.

Vocabulary
1. immunise 使免疫,使免除
2. expectation of life = life expectancy 平均寿命
3. versus = against 对顶,反对
4. mutilate 伤害
5. wilful 任性的,固执的
6. benign 宽厚的,仁慈的
7. condone 宽容
8. desecrate 亵渎,玷污
9. code 法规,规定,惯例
10. stringent 严格的,紧急的,迫切的
11. performance 演出,成品,这里是指car’s behavior such as speed, function etc.可译成行为,汽车行为、功能等。