北师大版高中英语模块3--Unit 9 Wheels lessons4-3

[00:01.75]5 Don't believe advertisements!
[00:04.66]Nearly a quarter of all the advertisements
[00:06.79]on TV are about cars.
[00:09.74]You see an attractive¹ man or woman
[00:11.49]driving a fast car
[00:13.18]through beautiful countriside.
[00:14.94]It's not true!
[00:16.58]That new car won't make you more attractive.
[00:18.95]And you won't be driving
[00:20.09]on an empty country road.
[00:22.16]You'll be stuck in a traffic jam in a city
[00:24.65]or on a highway!
[00:27.69]6 Take action somehow!
[00:29.90]We often think there is nothing we can do
[00:32.10]about the noise,pollution and danger of traffic
[00:35.45]There is. If your street's full
[00:38.10]of heavy traffic,
[00:39.35]talk to your neighbours about it.
[00:41.07]Write to the papers².
[00:42.74]Go to the city government.Ask for speed limit.
[00:46.24]Ask for a pedestrian³ area.
[00:48.59]Do whichever of these things that suit you.
[00:51.05]Don't just sit around and complain!
[00:54.47]All quite simple, isn't it?
[00:56.64]Six easy ways to improve our environment.
[00:59.79]Well, I'm sorry I must finish this article.
[01:02.50]I've got to pick up my daughter from school
[01:04.59]at four o'clock.
[01:06.17]Then I've got to drive to Sainsbury's
[01:07.70]to do the shopping.
[01:09.11]After that I have to take my son to a party.
[01:12.17]And tomorrow we're driving
[01:13.89]over to see my mother.
[01:15.16]The traffic's going to be awful,
[01:17.07]but what can we do?
[01:17.07]

1 attractive   

adj.有吸引力的；引起注意的

参考例句：

• Bright colours are attractive to children.鲜艳的颜色对儿童有吸引力。
• The food has an attractive taste.这食品的味道很诱人。

2 papers   

n.文件，纸币，论文

参考例句：

• I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.在签署这些文件前，我要与我的秘书商议。
• The lawyer read all the papers relating to the case.律师阅读了与该案有关的全部文件。

3 pedestrian   

n.行人，步行者；adj.徒步的，呆板的，通俗的

参考例句：

• The criminal pushed a pedestrian down and ran away.罪犯推倒了一个行人逃跑了。
• The city built a pedestrian overpass over the highway.城里在公路上建了一座过街天桥。