DAY 05 纽约收取交通拥挤费以解决所面临的问题-备战2020年高考英语之热点话题外刊精读（第一辑）

DAY 05 New York’s Congestion-Pricing System Will Serve as Road Test for Other Cities 自主学习文本 自我思考问题 自行查阅资料 I. 写出下列词汇的汉语释义 （1）第一组形容词1个（adj.）： 1. congested （2）第二组动词6个（v.）： 1. restore 2. raise 3. weigh 4. oppose 5. approve 6. target （3）第三组名词9个（n.）： 1. congestion 2. charge 3. vehicle 4. expectation 5. gridlock 6. precedent 7. conversation 8. legislator 9. decade II. 词汇拓展积累 1. congested adj. 拥挤的，挤满的 → n. （交通）拥塞，塞车 2. expectation n. 预料，预期；期待 → v. 预料，预期，预计 3. precedent n. 前例，先例 → adj. 前所未有的 4. legislator n. 立法者 → n. 法规，法律→ adj. 立法的，制定法律的 III. 重点短语英译汉 1. Congestion-Pricing System 2. be set to do sth 3. put in place 4. a booming economy 5. seal the deal 6. pay a fee 7. a business district 8. mass transit system 9. have nothing but 10. pedestrian safety 11. raise funds IV. 翻译下列句子 1. New York City is set to become the first big city in the country to put in place a charge on vehicles entering its most congested streets, and it took a booming economy, grinding traffic and a subway crisis to seal the deal. 翻译： 2. Drivers will pay a fee to enter a zone in Manhattan’s business district with the expectation it will reduce gridlock while raising billions of dollars needed to restore the city’s struggling mass transit system. 翻译： 3. New York City’s experience will be an important precedent for the conv