雅思阅读：交通

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　　Travellers warned that winter snap could cause major disruption to theirfestive getaway.

　　Britons were last night steeling themselves for one of the most fraughtChristmas getaways in years, as bad weather and snow closed major airports,paralysed roads and disrupted train services.

　　As the UK again found itself struggling to cope with a winter snap,transport operators warned that the backlog caused by cancellations of flightsand train services could threaten the travel plans of many more people in thecoming days.

　　Already, anyone holding a Eurostar ticket to travel to France today willnot be able to go before Christmas Eve, as the company struggles to process thebacklog of passengers after the three-day suspension of service caused by thewrong sort of snow in northern France.

　　Though the shuttle between London and the rest of Europe was set to reopenat 7.30am today, only those with tickets for the weekend will be allowed toboard.

　　Snow caused numerous delays in air travel as Gatwick airport's runway wasshut for a number of hours and Luton suspended flights yesterday. Many flightsbound for both airports were diverted to East Midlands, causing a knock-oneffect as planes were left overnight at the wrong airport. Cancellations werealso reported at Stansted, Aberdeen and Bristol.

　　British Airways cancelled all European and UK domestic flights out ofHeathrow after 7pm, and services from London City and Gatwick were"significantly disrupted".

　　A spokesman for easyJet said that all flights from Gatwick, Stansted, Lutonand Milan would be grounded this morning. He added that the airline could notguarantee that everyone trying to travel before Christmas would be able to. "Idon't think any transport provider could be confident everyone will be able toget to where they want to go."

　　The AA reported its busiest day for breakdowns in a decade yesterday. Some16,000 breakdowns were recorded by mid-afternoon, compared with the winteraverage of 10,000 a day.

　　The AA's president, Edmund King, advised drivers not expect rescue servicesto reach them if they ignored warnings and ventured out in the worst affectedareas.

　　"Whenever there is bad weather, authorities always warn people not toundertake non-essential journeys, and usually I would take that with a pinch ofsalt. But on this occasion, I really would warn people that if they choose totravel they must remember rescue vehicles may well be unable to reach them,"King said. He said Basingstoke and Reading were totally cut off for a timeyesterday as major roads were gridlocked by the bad weather.

　　"Ringroads turned into ice rinks, and councils either didn't seem to begritting in time, or didn't use enough grit and salt. In Basingstoke, thecouncil didn't seem to start gritting until 2:30pm, by which point it had beensnowing for an hour and a half."