2017年12月英語四級聽力原文：試卷二短篇新聞2

2017年12月英語四級聽力第二套的短篇新聞部分，有聽力原文（中英文對照），還有問題和重點單詞解析哦~  備考必看！

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聽力原文：

It is not your imagination.

這不是你的想象。Traffic in the U. S. is actually getting worse.美國的交通狀況確實正在惡化。Americans drove more miles last year than any other year on record.美國人去年的駕車裏程比以往所記載的任何一年都要多。The U. S. Department of Transportation says Americans drove nearly 3,150 billion miles last year.美國交通部表示，美國人去年駕駛里程幾乎達到了近3.15萬億英里。That's about the same distance as 337 round trips from Earth to Pluto.這相當於從地球到冥王星往返337次的距離。The previous record was 3,003 billion miles in 2007 before the economic recession in high gas prices.在高油價的經濟衰退之前，美國人駕駛里程最高記錄是2007年的3.003萬億英里。The traffic increase comes at the same time as gas crisis drop significantly,隨着油價大幅下跌，交通量隨之增長。the current average gas price in U. S. is 1.77$ per gallon.美國目前的平均油價是每加侖1.77美元。A year ago, it was 2.31$ per gallon, it was often much higher in recent years.一年前，價格是每加侖2.31美元，前些年油價普遍較高。A transportation expert told the report the job growth likely plays a part as well,一位交通專家對記者說，就業增長可能也起到了一定作用，along with some people driving longer distances to and from work.有些人上下班的距離比較遠。And so all this means more traffic jams on the road.所有這些都導致了嚴重的交通擁堵。The taxes A&M travel institute found rush-hour travellers spent extra 42 hours on the road lasts year because of travel delays.德州農工大學旅遊學院發現，去年，因爲交通延誤，乘客在高峯時段，在路上多花費了42小時。Now that is depressing.現在這種情形令人沮喪。 Questions 3 to 4 are based on the news report you have just heard.請根據你剛剛聽到的新聞報道回答問題3和問題4。Question 3. What new record did the American driver set last year?問題3: 美國司機們去年創下了哪項新紀錄？Question 4. What is depressing according to the speaker?問題4: 根據說話者所說，什麼事情令人沮喪？ 

重點單詞		全部解釋
institute	['institju:t]	n. 學會，學院，協會 vt. 創立，開始，制	聯想記憶
gallon	['gælən]	n. 加侖(容量單位)
transportation	[.trænspə'teiʃən]	n. 運輸，運輸系統，運輸工具	聯想記憶
previous	['pri:vjəs]	adj. 在 ... 之前，先，前，以前的	聯想記憶
current	['kʌrənt]	n. (水、氣、電)流，趨勢 adj. 流通的	聯想記憶