日常英语:高峰时刻太糟了
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Rush hour is really bad!
高峰时刻太糟了!

A I think the quality of driving is worst at rush hour.
A 我想高峰时刻的驾驶质量是很低的。
B Rush hour is really bad! I think it’s because everybody wants to get home from work.
B 高峰时刻太糟了!我想这是因为大家都要在下班后赶回家。
A Yes. Everyone seems so stressed and bad-tempered.
A 是的,似乎每个人压力都很大,脾气都很坏。
B You can really sense that everyone is in a bad mood in heavy traffic.
B 在交通拥挤的时候你能真切地感觉到大家的情绪都很糟糕。
A I know. I guess it’s because they’re in a hurry but not moving very fast.
A 我知道。我想这是因为他们都很着急,但是又都移动得非常缓慢。
B That’s when accidents happen.
B 事故就发生在这个时候。

Notes注释
1 There are various phrases you can use to describe people’s behaviour, especially in traffic jams, e.g. stressed and bad-tempered / stressed and bad-tempered; in a bad mood / in a bad mood.

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你可以用很多不同的短语来描述某个人的行为举止,尤其是在交通阻塞的时候。例如stressed and bad-tempered /压力大,脾气坏;in a bad mood /情绪糟糕。
2 If you are talking about people in general, you can use everyone / everyone or everybody / everybody, e.g. Everybody wants to get home after work / Everybody wants to get home after work.
如果你在谈论一般人的情况,你可以用everyone /每个人或者everybody /大家,各位。例如Everybody wants to get home after work /大家下班后都想赶回家。

Key phrases and sentences
I think the quality of driving is
worst at rush hour.
Rush hour is really bad! 
I think it’s because everybody wants to get home from work. 
Yes. Everyone seems so stressed
and bad-tempered.
You can really sense that
everyone is in a bad mood in heavy traffic.
I know. I guess it’s because
they’re in a hurry but not moving very fast.
That’s when accidents happen.

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我想高峰时刻的驾驶质量是很低的。
高峰时刻太糟了!
我想这是因为大家都要在下班后赶回家。
是的,似乎每个人压力都很大,脾气都很坏。
在交通拥挤的时候你能真切地感觉到大家的情绪都很糟糕。
我知道。我想这是因为他们都很着急,但是又都移动得非常缓慢。
事故就发生在这个时候。

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