地道英语在线听-Road Rage 交通暴躁情绪

Anger on the road

Neil: This is Real English from BBC Learning¹ English. I’m Neil.

Helen: 大家好，我是 Helen。

Neil: Today we’re going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language.

Helen: 在今天的 Real English 这个环节，我们来一块儿学一些英语中出现的新鲜词汇和习惯用语。

Neil: The English language is always growing and new words come into use all the time.

Helen: 没错儿，所以我们要不断及时的更新自己脑中的词汇。

Neil: That’s right.

Helen: 接下来，Neil 要告诉我们今天的新词儿是？

Neil: Today’s new word is 'road rage²'.

Helen: Road rage. 这两个词是什么意思呢？

Neil: Well, you may have heard the word rage on its own. It means to be extremely angry. Road rage means to become extremely angry on the road when driving – and then to actually attack other drivers!

Helen: 那 Neil 能给我们举个例子，让我们看看这个 road rage 到底应该怎么用?

Neil: Of course. Sometimes people get very angry when they drive. They attack another motorist, you call this road rage.

Helen: 哦，原来 road rage 是指发生在公路上的暴躁情绪，有的时候无辜的乘客还会成为牺牲品被袭击。

Neil: Exactly.

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A: Hey, John! What happened to your face? Have you been in a fight?

B: Kind of. I was the victim of a road rage attack! An angry driver hit me in the face!

A: That’s terrible! Did you call the police?

B: Of course, but as I didn’t really get a good look at him there’s not much they can do.

Neil: I saw some road rage the other day.

Helen: Really? What happened?

Neil: Two men had an argument at the traffic lights.

Helen: 然后是不是他们就变得非常暴躁？

Neil: Yes. They were shouting a lot, and then they started fighting!

Helen: What? 互相打了起来，那当时你在旁边没吓坏了呀？

Neil: Well, the police came and arrested them – for road rage, I think.

Helen: Good!

Neil: Yes Helen. People shouldn’t get so angry. Anyway, let’s recap – road rage - means to become violent when driving and physically³ attack another motorist

 

Helen: Road Rage 是指人们在公路上的愤怒急噪情绪。要知道在路上闹别扭，生气可是很危险的，所以我们大家也应该努力让 road rage 少发生。

Neil: Well, You’ve been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.

Helen: 下次节目再见。

 

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 rage   

vi.(烈火)熊熊燃烧；发怒；怒斥；季风

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• Haines got into a rage.海恩斯勃然大怒。

3 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。