VOA慢速英语:Navigation App Helps Predict Traffic Conditions

1. From New Delhi to Beijing, commuters spend a lot of time stuck in traffic.

a lot of 许多的；诸多
例句：What happened? We heard a lot of yelling.
发生了什么事？我们听到许多争吵声。

2. Washington, D.C. is in first place with the worst traffic, according to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute.

according to 根据
例句：According to thinking he is a hypocrite.
据认为他是一个伪君子。

3. Professor Shahabi says his system does more than just respond to current traffic conditions.

respond to 对…作出反应[回答]；对…有某种反应[感觉， 表现]
例句：The service does not respond to control actions.
这项服务没有响应控制操作。

4. It looks at the entire road network, including surface streets as well as highways, before the driver hits the road.

as well as 既…又…
例句：She can speak japanese as well as english.
她会说日语和英语。

5. Professor Shahabi hopes to license this new technology to companies that already have navigation systems, such as Google and Apple.

such as 比如说
例句：I enjoy songs such as this one.
我欣赏像这首一样的歌。