随心所欲说英语 意外34-1（mp3）

unit 133

dialogue 
英语情景对话

Man: Did you hear about that accident on the 5? There was a sixty-two-car pile up.
你听说国道发生的车祸了吗？有62辆汽车追尾。 

Woman: No kidding! When did that happen?
你在说笑吧！什么时候发生的？
 
Man: Early this morning.
今天一大早。

Woman: Oh, no.
噢，不。

Man: Yea. And a semi jack-knifed  trying to miss a stalled car in the fast lane. You can imagine what happened after that. 
没错，一辆货车想闪避一辆在快车道上抛锚的汽车，接下来发生的事你应该可以想象。

Woman: Sixty two cars. Ohhh. Do they know how many casualties yet?
62辆车，喔，已经知道有多少死伤人数了吗？

Man: The count is up to seven right now and several are in critical condition.
目前估计有 7个人，有几个是严重受伤。

Woman: That's amazingly low for such a huge accident! 
这么严重的车祸如此低的伤亡人数真不可思议！

pile up 堆积；堆栈 
stalled adj. 抛锚的 
semi n. 半拖车 
lane n. 车道 
jack-knifed adj. 被撞得扭曲的 
casualty n. 死伤者