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Traffic Accidents Can Be Avoided

• Many people are killed in car accidents every year.

• 每年有許多人死於車禍

Many 用來修飾複數可數名詞

• A lot of accidents are caused by careless drivers.

• 粗心的司機引起許多意外Key Words

careless: do something without thinking

He is a careless speaker, so he has no friend.

driver: people who drive a car

pilot ( 機師 ) captain ( 船長 ) motorcyclist ( 機車騎士 )

John dreams to become a truck driver in the

future.

If drivers pay more attention to traffic rules and drive more carefully, many accidents can be avoided.假如駕駛對於交通規則能更用心而且更小心駕駛 ,許多意外能夠避免

Key Words

pay attention to: to listen to

I always pay attention to my teachers in class.

rule: something people must obey

classroom rules( 班規 ) school rules( 校規 )

Our teacher sets up many classroom rules this semester.

Luckily, technology helps people avoid traffic accidents.

Key Words:

technology: something about high-tech things, such as

computers.

Technology nowadays is so advanced that people can even

buy groceries on line.

help + (to)+ 動詞原型

• For example, most cars today have air bags.

• 舉例說明 , 今日大部分的汽車裝有安全氣囊

Key Words:

air bags: the bag of the car which will become bigger when the

accident happens

My father focuses much on the air bag when purchasing a car.

• Some cars already have cameras and “special eyes” to help people see better.

• 有一些車子已經裝有相機和特別之眼用以幫助人們看的更清楚

better 在這個句子為副詞比較級

用來修飾 see (good-better-best)

• Others can make special sounds while they are backing up.

• 其他部車在倒車時可以製造出特別的聲音

Key Words

sound: the voice that can be heard easily

I hear some gruesome sound in this old house.

sound 當動詞時 (look at, smell, taste, feel) 其後加形容詞

some…and others ( 一些人…其他人 )

• What’s more, some new cars can stop drunken drivers from starting their cars.

• 此外 , 有一些新車能夠防止酒醉駕駛開車

Key Words

what’s more: = besides= furthermore= moreover

What’s more, I love beef noodles more than spaghetti.

Many cars will slow down by themselves when the drivers go over the speed limit.

Key Words

speed:

limit:

• In the future, more new things will be invented to help people drive more safely.

• However, technology isn’t everything.

• Cars and motorcycles are still controlled by people. So all drivers need to be careful if they want to avoid traffic accidents.