美国小镇将向走路发短信者罚款-凯发k8官网

美国小镇将向走路发短信者罚款

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2012-05-18 05:13 字体： [ ]　

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美国新泽西州的利堡小镇警方近期宣布，凡在该地区发现边走路边发短信的行人，将一律罚款85美元。

¹（渴望的，贪婪的） texters beware: fort lee, n.j. police said they will begin issuing $85 jaywalking（走路不遵守交通规则） tickets to ²（行人） who are caught texting while walking.

"it's a big ³. pedestrians aren't watching where they are going and they are not aware," said thomas ripoli, chief of the fort lee police department.

ripoli said the ⁴, which is home to approximately 35,000 residents, has suffered three fatal pedestrian-involved accidents this year. he hopes his crackdown on people who display dangerous behavior while walking will make his town safer, but not everyone is on board with the idea of issuing $85 tickets.

"when i walk i still look around. i'm not like constantly looking down the whole time," said resident sue choe.

another woman complained about the tickets were "a lot of money."

officers handed out pamphlets（小册子） during a short grace period in march before they began aggressively going after "dangerous walkers."

more than 117 tickets have been issued, according to the new ⁵ record.

two professors at ⁶ ⁷ university in new york conducted a study on walking and texting. they found texters are 60 percent more likely to ⁸（转向） off line than non-texters.

"we want to raise ⁹ that a real disruption occurs because of texting," eric lamberg, co-author of the study, told long island business news. "texting disrupts your ability much more than does talking."

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1
adj.热心的；贪婪的；渴望的；劲头十足的
参考例句：
he is rich,but he is still avid of more money.他很富有,但他还想贪图更多的钱。 she was avid for praise from her coach.那女孩渴望得到教练的称赞。

2
n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )
参考例句：
several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。来自《简明英汉词典》 pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3
n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐
参考例句：
total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。 their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。

4
n.享有自治权的市镇；(英)自治市镇
参考例句：
he was slated for borough president.他被提名做自治区主席。 that's what happened to harry barritt of london's bromley borough.住在伦敦的布罗姆利自治市的哈里.巴里特就经历了此事。

5
n.运动衫
参考例句：
he wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。 they were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

6
adj.石头的，多石头的，冷酷的，无情的
参考例句：
the ground is too dry and stony.这块地太干，而且布满了石头。 he listened to her story with a stony expression.他带着冷漠的表情听她讲经历。

7
n.小河，溪；v.忍受，容让
参考例句：
in our room we could hear the murmur of a distant brook.在我们房间能听到远处小溪汩汩的流水声。 the brook trickled through the valley.小溪涓涓流过峡谷。

8
vt.转向，顺时针转，改变；n.转向
参考例句：
he is unlikely to veer from his boss's strongly held views.他不可能背离他老板的强硬立场。 if you fall asleep while driving,you'll probably veer off the road.假如你开车时打瞌睡，可能会驶离道路。

9
n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智
参考例句：
there is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。 environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。