Rush hour is really bad!

　　高峰时刻太糟了！

　　A  I think the quality of driving is worst at rush hour.

　　A  我想高峰时刻的驾驶质量是很低的。

　　B  Rush hour is really bad! I think it’s because everybody wants to get home from work.

　　B  高峰时刻太糟了！我想这是因为大家都要在下班后赶回家。

　　A  Yes. Everyone seems so stressed and bad-tempered.

　　A  是的，似乎每个人压力都很大，脾气都很坏。

　　B  You can really sense that everyone is in a bad mood in heavy traffic.

　　B  在交通拥挤的时候你能真切地感觉到大家的情绪都很糟糕。

　　A  I know. I guess it’s because they’re in a hurry but not moving very fast.

　　A  我知道。我想这是因为他们都很着急，但是又都移动得非常缓慢。

　　B  That’s when accidents happen.

　　B  事故就发生在这个时候。

　　Notes注释

　　1  There are various phrases you can use to describe people’s behaviour, especially in traffic jams, e.g. stressed and bad-tempered / stressed and bad-tempered; in a bad mood / in a bad mood.

　　你可以用很多不同的短语来描述某个人的行为举止，尤其是在交通阻塞的时候。例如stressed and bad-tempered /压力大，脾气坏；in a bad mood /情绪糟糕。

　　2  If you are talking about people in general, you can use everyone / everyone or everybody / everybody, e.g. Everybody wants to get home after work / Everybody wants to get home after work.

　　如果你在谈论一般人的情况，你可以用everyone /每个人或者everybody /大家，各位。例如Everybody wants to get home after work /大家下班后都想赶回家。

Key phrases and sentences   I think the quality of driving is worst at rush hour. Rush hour is really bad!  I think it’s because everybody wants to get home from work.  Yes.  Everyone seems so stressed and bad-tempered. You can really sense that everyone is in a bad mood in heavy traffic. I know.  I guess it’s because they’re in a hurry but not moving very fast. That’s when accidents happen.

重要的短语和句子   我想高峰时刻的驾驶质量是很低的。 高峰时刻太糟了！ 我想这是因为大家都要在下班后赶回家。 是的，似乎每个人压力都很大，脾气都很坏。 在交通拥挤的时候你能真切地感觉到大家的情绪都很糟糕。     我知道。我想这是因为他们都很着急，但是又都移动得非常缓慢。 事故就发生在这个时候。