2024届高三英语培优外刊阅读学案 火车话题

高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜德国火车频频晚点，严谨形象跌落神坛 在多数人的印象中，德国一直是“严谨”“高效”“守时”的代名词。然而，从小被教育不能迟到的德国人如今却受自己国家的火车所拖累。近年来，由德国铁路公司运营的长途列车准点率持续下降。德国铁路方面对此如何解释？火车频频晚点给德国民众带来了怎样的冲击？ Germany's Tardy Trains Cause Cultural Crisis; 'an Embarrassment' By Humza Jilani Germany, the land of meticulous planning and clockwork punctuality, can't seem to make its trains run on time. Last year, a third of all long-distance trains operated by Germany's national railway company Deutsche Bahn ran late, the worst showing in ten years, deepening an existential crisis in a country where failing to show up on time is verboten. "This is an embarrassment, it is a cultural crisis for the German people," said Andreas Knie, a professor of transport policy at the Berlin Social Science Center. "We love to brag about how we are the best, we are the most efficient, but the late Deutsche Bahn, and our failing football team, are proof that we aren't making great things anymore." A Deutsche Bahn spokesperson blamed the delays on rising traffic, aging infrastructure and construction projects. "We expressly regret this," he said.  In neighboring Switzerland, where trains still run like a proverbial Swiss clock, officials are now proposing banning the serially late Deutsche Bahn, for fear that German delays are tarnishing Switzerland's own record of peerless timekeeping. The train fiasco is the latest national embarrassment for a country that for years basked in its reputation as a ruthlessly efficient European powerhouse blessed with an unparalleled manufacturing base. Venting about Germany's transport travails has become the national zeitgeist. A popular meme features an upside-down DB logo, with a small train now appearing as a screaming rider. "By turning the logo upside-down, you can see the passenger," the caption reads. 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.tardy英 [ˈtɑːdi] 美 [ˈtɑːrdi] adj. _________________________________ 2.embarrassment英 [ɪmˈbærəsmənt] 美 [ɪmˈberəsmənt] n. ______