1、美式英語口語練習：青少年開車Mark：Hey, Mike, what age do you have to be in Canada todrive?馬克：嘿，邁克，加拿大的法定駕駛年齡是多少歲？Mike： Well, it used to be 16, but it recently got pushed up to 18, now again each province controls its driving and the age limits, but in my province in Ontario the age limit went from 16 to 18.邁克：以前是

2、16 歲，不過最近駕駛年齡上調(diào)至 18歲，各個州有 自己的駕駛年齡和年齡限制，我的家鄉(xiāng)安大略省的年齡限制是 16 歲至 18 歲。Mark： And how did you feel about that? Do you think thats a good thing that you have to be 18 instead of 16?馬克：那你是怎么想的？你認為將年齡從 16歲上調(diào)至 18 歲是件 好事嗎？Mike： Yeah, I tend, I think, I think it should be 18 or even 20 before youre allowed to dr

3、ive.邁克：嗯，我認為駕駛年齡應該是 18 歲或者是 20 歲。Mark： Really! What do you think about someone who is 17, and so theyve been driving for one year and then the law changes and becomes 18 as the minimum age, do you think that person who has been driving should lose their license for one more year?馬克：真的嗎？那比如有些人現(xiàn)在 17 歲

4、，他們已經(jīng)開了一年的車， 不過現(xiàn)在法律將駕駛年齡上調(diào)至 18 歲，那你認為這些人的駕照應該被 取消一年嗎？Mike： Well, no, and I think generally, well, that happened in Ontario, of course that situation would have arisen. What happens then is generally laws are made so that the people who have been driving are then put into a system where they can stil

5、l drive but theyre under a probation system until 18, which is still the case, but邁克：嗯，不應該，不過像這類事情現(xiàn)在在安大略省很常見。一 般來說，按照法律規(guī)定，這些已經(jīng)開始駕駛的人群適用于一種觀護制 度，保證他們在18歲以前仍能夠開車，不過Mark： I see. So why do you think you should wait until you are 18 or 20 to be able to drive?馬克：我明白了。那為什么你認為駕駛年齡應該在 18 歲或者 20 歲呢？Mike： Matu

6、rity.邁克：因為是成年人了。Mark： You dont think at 16 youre mature enough?馬克：你認為 16 歲還不夠成熟嗎？Mike： No. No. Because I think at 18 youre more adult, youre more responsible, just like youre not tried in the legal system as an adult until you are 18 years old. I think that it should be the same for driving because

7、I dont think youre fully mature.邁克：不，不是。因為我覺得 18 歲時會更成熟，更有責任感，因 為滿 18 歲后才會像成年人一樣受法律制度的限制。我認為駕駛也應該 這樣，因為那時你已經(jīng)完全成熟了。Mark： Yeah, I dont know if I agree because I feel like, I drove when I was 16.馬克：嗯，我說不好我是不是同意，因為我 16 歲的時候已經(jīng)開車 了。Mike： So did I.邁克：我也是。Mark： Yeah, and I felt mature enough. In fact, I kno

8、w my father, when he was young, he actually began driving at about 12. When he was about 12 years old, he lived in the countryside and it was OK for him to drive at 12.馬克：而且我覺得那時我已經(jīng)夠成熟了。事實上，我知道我爸爸 其實 12 歲左右就開始開車了。他 12 歲的時候住在鄉(xiāng)村，所以他在 12 歲的時候開車是沒問題的。Mike： Well, and I can understand that because way bac

9、k when there was a lot less traffic and there was a lot less, there was a lot less people on the road. I think that today, because of that, because traffic was a lot a worse, its a better idea to have, you know, to make sure the drivers is prepared and mature and understands that, what to do in case

10、 something goes wrong.邁克：嗯，這我能夠理解，因為那個年代交通流量很少，而且路 上的人也很少。我想因為現(xiàn)在的交通狀況比以前糟糕的多，所以確保 司機做好準備、更成熟、能完全理解這個情況很重要，以防止出現(xiàn)問 題。Mark： OK, fair enough, but how do you know that, that someone at 18, who has never driven is any more prepared than someone whos 16?馬克：這倒是說得過去，不過你怎么知道那些 18 歲卻從來沒開過 車的人比 16 歲的人準備更充分呢？Mike： Well, you dont, but generally if somebodys older and more mature then theyre gonna be a little bit wiser. I mean, I think, you know. Theyre just gonna make bette