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Traffic jam 交通堵塞 Maria: Sorry I'm late. Horrible traffic. 玛利亚：抱歉，我迟到了。交通状况很糟。 Jack: Rush hour in New York separates the men from the boys. For me, Manhattan's the easy part. I always walk from Grand Central. 杰 克：纽约的交通颠峰时间就可以考验一个人的的耐力和体力如何。对我而言，曼哈顿还算好。我都是从中央车站走路过来。 Maria: Oh, where do you live? 玛利亚：哦，你住哪里？ Jack: Greenwich, Connecticut. 杰 克：格林威治，在康乃迪克州。 Maria: How far is that? 玛利亚：离这里多远？ Jack: Oh, about thirty-five miles, door-to-door. 杰 克：哦，从出发到抵达大约三十五英里。 Maria: How do you get there? 玛利亚：你怎么来这里的？ Jack: I take the seven-fifty train. 杰 克：我搭七点五十的火车。 Maria: How long does the train take? 玛利亚：搭火车要花多少时间？ Jack: It usually takes thirty minutes and then it's a thirteen-minute walk here. 杰 克：通常要三十分钟，然后走十三分钟到这里。 Maria: Then why did it take me fifty minutes by cab from my hotel on the West Side? 玛利亚：那么为什么我从西区的旅馆搭计程车过来却要花上五十分钟呢？ | 
