每日英语(2019-03-01)

作者: 极客与宽客 | 来源:发表于2019-03-01 07:36 被阅读8次

    每日短语

    Catch-22(进退两难)

    That situation where you can’t win. Basically, you can’t do one thing until you have done another thing which you can’t do until you have done the first thing.

    Eg1: I need my parents’ car, but my mom said I had to get the permission of my dad, but my dad said I need to get the permission of my mom.

    每日名言

    Whatever you do, do it a hundred percent.

    无论做什么,都要做到最好。

    每日新闻

    Transportation officials are considering a tax on Uber and Lyft rides in Los Angeles County(洛杉矶的游乐设施), saying the Bay Area tech companies don’t pay their fair share to maintain public streets and exacerbate(加剧) congestion in a traffic-choked region(交通堵塞地区).

    The ride-hailing fee(乘车费) is in the early stages of discussion at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority(大都会运输管理局), along with more than a dozen other strategies to manage congestion and fund transportation projects before the 2028 Olympic Games.

    Metro’s board of directors is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to approve a study of the ride-hailing tax. The directors also will consider approving a study on congestion pricing, which would analyze the effects of converting more carpool lanes to toll lanes(将更多拼车车道改为收费车道), taxing drivers on the number of miles they travel, or charging a fee for motorists to enter certain neighborhoods(或者向驾驶者收取进入某些社区的费用).

    Once heralded(预示) as possible partners for transit agencies(运输机构), Uber and Lyft have instead become fierce competition(作为过境代理商的可能合作伙伴,Uber和Lyft反而成为激烈的竞争对手). A study of travel patterns in major U.S. cities last year found that 60% of customers would have gone by foot, bike or transit(中转) — or just stayed home — if the ride-hailing services had not been available.

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