Improving Public Transportation
【題目】Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
【范文】
Good transportation is very important to the success of both individuals and a city. Without efficient means of transportation, people will waste a great deal of time going to and from work. This will make them tired and less productive in their jobs. People may rely on either private or public transportation to get them to and from work. If a choice has to be made between spending money on improving the roads for private vehicles or improving public transportation, I would choose the latter for the following reasons.
First of all, better public transportation systems, including buses, trains and subways, will encourage more people to use them rather than drive their own cars. This will reduce the total amount of traffic on the roads and make travel quicker for everyone. Second, using public transportation saves energy. A bus which carries 60 people is a far more efficient use of fuel than 60 individual cars driving the same route. And last but not least, greater use of public transportation causes less pollution and will keep the environment cleaner. There are many reasons to support spending money on public transportation. Good transportation systems make a city cleaner, more efficient and more convenient. This improves everyone's quality of life and can make the city more prosperous. Therefore, I support spending money on public transportation systems rather than improving roads.
【注釋】
transportation n.運(yùn)輸工具
individual n.個(gè)人
means n.方法；工具
productive adj.有生產(chǎn)力的
rely on依賴(=depend on)
private adj.私人的
the latter (兩者中)后者(←→the former)
energy n.能源
fuel n.燃料
carry v.運(yùn)送
route n.路線
last but not least最后一項(xiàng)要點(diǎn)是
quality of life生活質(zhì)量
prosperous adj.繁榮的
改善公共交通工具
【譯文】
好的交通工具對(duì)于個(gè)人和整個(gè)城市的成功都非常重要。如果沒(méi)有有效率的交通工具，人們上下班會(huì)浪費(fèi)很多時(shí)間。這會(huì)使人們疲倦，因而降低工作效率。人們上下班可以依賴私人或公共交通工具。如果要在花錢(qián)為私人車(chē)輛改善道路和花錢(qián)改善公共交通工具之間做選擇，我會(huì)選擇后者，原因如下。
首先，較好的公共交ㄏ低常ü財(cái)?、圾亶u偷叵綠?，会鼓励更秶喫去乘坐而矒Q嶙約嚎擔(dān)绱吮隳薌跎俚纜飛險(xiǎn)宓慕荒芰髁?，让人们往来的藗R雀?。其次，使用公共交通工緡成街o∧茉礎(chǔ)Ｒ渙竟蕩鈐?0個(gè)人比60輛私人汽車(chē)行駛相同的路線更能充分、有效率地使用燃料。最后一項(xiàng)要點(diǎn)是，多使用公共交通工具可以減少污染，使環(huán)境更干凈。
有許多理由都支持該把經(jīng)費(fèi)用在公共交通工具上。好的交通系統(tǒng)能使城市更干凈、更有效率，而且更便利。這樣可以改善每個(gè)人的生活質(zhì)量，并讓整個(gè)都市更加繁榮。因此，我支持將錢(qián)用在公共交通系統(tǒng)上，而非改善道路。
【題目】Should governments spend more money on improving roads and highways, or should governments spend more money on improving public transportation (buses, trains, subways)? Why? Use specific reasons and details to develop your essay.
【范文】
Good transportation is very important to the success of both individuals and a city. Without efficient means of transportation, people will waste a great deal of time going to and from work. This will make them tired and less productive in their jobs. People may rely on either private or public transportation to get them to and from work. If a choice has to be made between spending money on improving the roads for private vehicles or improving public transportation, I would choose the latter for the following reasons.
First of all, better public transportation systems, including buses, trains and subways, will encourage more people to use them rather than drive their own cars. This will reduce the total amount of traffic on the roads and make travel quicker for everyone. Second, using public transportation saves energy. A bus which carries 60 people is a far more efficient use of fuel than 60 individual cars driving the same route. And last but not least, greater use of public transportation causes less pollution and will keep the environment cleaner. There are many reasons to support spending money on public transportation. Good transportation systems make a city cleaner, more efficient and more convenient. This improves everyone's quality of life and can make the city more prosperous. Therefore, I support spending money on public transportation systems rather than improving roads.
【注釋】
transportation n.運(yùn)輸工具
individual n.個(gè)人
means n.方法；工具
productive adj.有生產(chǎn)力的
rely on依賴(=depend on)
private adj.私人的
the latter (兩者中)后者(←→the former)
energy n.能源
fuel n.燃料
carry v.運(yùn)送
route n.路線
last but not least最后一項(xiàng)要點(diǎn)是
quality of life生活質(zhì)量
prosperous adj.繁榮的
改善公共交通工具
【譯文】
好的交通工具對(duì)于個(gè)人和整個(gè)城市的成功都非常重要。如果沒(méi)有有效率的交通工具，人們上下班會(huì)浪費(fèi)很多時(shí)間。這會(huì)使人們疲倦，因而降低工作效率。人們上下班可以依賴私人或公共交通工具。如果要在花錢(qián)為私人車(chē)輛改善道路和花錢(qián)改善公共交通工具之間做選擇，我會(huì)選擇后者，原因如下。
首先，較好的公共交ㄏ低常ü財(cái)?、圾亶u偷叵綠?，会鼓励更秶喫去乘坐而矒Q嶙約嚎擔(dān)绱吮隳薌跎俚纜飛險(xiǎn)宓慕荒芰髁?，让人们往来的藗R雀?。其次，使用公共交通工緡成街o∧茉礎(chǔ)Ｒ渙竟蕩鈐?0個(gè)人比60輛私人汽車(chē)行駛相同的路線更能充分、有效率地使用燃料。最后一項(xiàng)要點(diǎn)是，多使用公共交通工具可以減少污染，使環(huán)境更干凈。
有許多理由都支持該把經(jīng)費(fèi)用在公共交通工具上。好的交通系統(tǒng)能使城市更干凈、更有效率，而且更便利。這樣可以改善每個(gè)人的生活質(zhì)量，并讓整個(gè)都市更加繁榮。因此，我支持將錢(qián)用在公共交通系統(tǒng)上，而非改善道路。