慢速英语短文听力 过马路

Cross the Street

过马路

Jimmy wanted to cross the street. He was on the south side of the street. He wanted to get to the north side of the street. He was in the middle of the block. His father always told him to cross at an intersection¹. His father always said never cross in the middle of the block. Jimmy walked to the intersection. There was a traffic light at the intersection. It had three colors red, green, and yellow. Red was at the top. Green was at the bottom. Yellow was in the middle. He looked at the crosswalk sign. It was red. It was a red hand. The red hand meant Don’t Walk. He waited for the red hand to change. It changed to a white figure walking. The white figure walking meant Walk. Jimmy looked both ways. Then he walked across the street. He walked in the crosswalk.

吉米想过马路。他站在马路的南面。想去马路的北面。他位于街区中间。父亲告诉他在十字路口过马路。不要在街区中间过马路。吉米走到十字路口。那里设有指示灯。有红绿黄三种颜色。红色在上面。绿色在下面。黄色在中间。他看到了人行横道指示灯。指示灯是红色。是一个大大的红手。“红手”意思是禁止通行。他等待“红手”变灯。指示灯变成了“小白人行走”。“小白人行走”的意思是可以通行。吉米向左右看了看。他通过了马路。他在人行横道通过了马路。

1 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。