Traffic in Our Cities城市的交通 　　The volume of traffic in many cities in the world today continues to expand. This causes many problems, including serious air pollution, lengthy delays, and the greater risk (1) accidents. Clearly, something must be done, but it is often difficult to (2) people to change their habits and leave their cars at home. 　　当今世界，许多城市的交通量在不断扩大。这导致了许多问题，包括严重的空气污染、长时间拥堵，以及交通事故发生概率的增大。显而易见，我们必须要有所行动，但往往说服人们改变他们的生活习惯，使他们把车留在家里是很困难的。 　　One possible (3) is to make it more expensive for people to use their cars by (4) charges for parking and (5) tougher fines for anyone who (6) the law. In addition, drivers could be required to pay for using particular routes at different times of the day. This system, (7) as "road pricing", is already being introduced in a (8) of cities, using a special electronic card (9) to the windscreen of the car. 　　一种可行的方法是通过增加停车收费和加强违规罚款而使人们使用汽车的成本变得更加昂贵。此外，在每天的不同时间，一些特殊路段将对司机另行收费。这个被称为“道路收费”的系统已经被一些城市所引用，它使用一种特殊的电子卡固定在汽车的挡风玻璃上。 　　Another way of (10) with the problem is to provide cheap parking on the (11) of the city, and strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre. Drivers and their passengers then use a special bus service for the (12) stage of their journey. 　　另一种处理这个问题的方法是在城市的郊区提供廉价的停车场，并严格控制进入城市中心的车辆数量。司机和乘客乘坐特殊巴士完成他们最后的旅程。 　　Of course, the most important (13) is to provide good public transport. However, to get people to (14) the comfort of their cars, public transport must be felt to be reliable, convenient and comfortable, with fares (15) at an acceptable level. 　　当然，最重要的事情还是提供良好的公共交通。然而，要让人们放弃他们汽车的舒适，公共交通必须要让人感觉可靠、便利、舒适，同时票价也要保持在一个可接受的水平。 　　词汇: 　　lengthy /'leŋθi/ a. 漫长的，冗长的 　　persuade / pə'sweid / V. 说服，劝服 　　approach / ə'prəutʃ / n.方法，途径 　　windscreen /'windskri:n/ n. 汽车挡风玻璃 　　outskirt / 'autskə:t / n. 郊区，市郊 　　reliable / ri'laiəbl / a. 可靠的，可信赖的 　　注释: 　　1. ... strictly control the number of vehicles allowed into the centre:… 严格控制进入城市中心的 车辆数量 　　2. ... public transport must be felt to be...: ……公共交通必须要让人感觉到……