16-04-21 He was driving home one evening, on a two lane country road. Work in this small mid-western community, was almost as slow as his beat-up Pontiac. But he never quit looking. Ever since the factory closed, hed been unemployed, and with winter raging o...

16-02-16 Road diet refers to a reduction in the number of travel lanes available on a road, usually by converting one or more existing travel lanes into turn lanes, bike lanes, or street parking. 道路瘦身是指道路上可用车道数量减少，通常是将现有的一个或多条车...

16-01-29 The world's only single-seat racing car built to run on public roads is preparing to make its debut in Chinese mainland. 世界首台为公共道路打造的单座跑车即将亮相中国大陆。 Britons Neill and Ian Briggs plan to launch the 274 kilometers an hour BAC Mo...

15-11-12 Flory did not see Elizabeth again until he went down to the Club after dinner. He had not, as he might have done, sought her out and demanded an explanation. His face unnerved him when he looked at it in the glass. With the birthmark on one side and...

15-10-29 Naked street refers to a street that has no signs, road markings, or traffic lights. Naked street（裸街）指没有任何交通标识、路标或者信号灯的街道。 Traffic lights, barriers, signs, curbs, and pedestrian crossings are all taken out. The idea behind i...

15-09-02 China aims to build a world-class utility tunnel network by 2020 to improve urban planning and achieve quality growth, according to the State Council, China's cabinet. The tunnels will help solve the problems of road zippers and overhead spider webs...

15-07-22 Ode to Silence Megan Sexton Glory to the half rest, to the breath between the third and fourth beats, the dwindling arrow of the decrescendo, to the sunrise over Malibu, and its sleeping starlets, the empty horizon, the city's great thought still lo...

15-07-06 There's enough road rage in the world; it's time to spread some smiles. 这世上的路怒症已经够多了，该来点儿微笑了。 Now there's MotorMood, a little light-up smiley face that goes on your car's rear window and lets you say thanks to other drivers. The...

15-06-18 Road：从A到B的路都可以叫Road Street：城市里东西方向的街道 Avenue：林荫大道，或者是南北方向的街道 Plaza/Square：某个开阔空间(比如广场)周围的道路 Circle：圆形道路，通常围绕着公共空间，意思有点像Square，还有大环线的意思 Boulevard：中间或两侧一定有树，...

15-06-18 未雨绸缪 get ourselves ready for all sorts of possibilities 崩盘 meltdown 跳水 nosedive 和平稳定的政治环境 peaceful and stable political environment 《布加勒斯特纲要》 Bucharest Guidelines for Cooperation 海陆并进、畅通物流 facilitate land and marit...