New York City embraces road pricing
纽约实行道路收费
重庆远恒佳公学 黄忠雪
城市交通拥堵问题日益严重，尤其是市中心更是堵得水泄不通。纽约是全球目前交通最拥堵的大都市。在今年4月1日，立法者们一致同意实施拥堵收费。纽约将成为美国第一个实施拥堵收费的城市。问题是如何确保这一措施有效并顺利地实施呢？
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1.congestion n.拥塞；塞车
2.implement v.贯彻；执行
3.legislature floor 立法会议厅
4.at the wheel 指挥；掌舵
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6.exempt adj.免除；获豁免
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7.bode ill 预示凶兆
8.on-demand car hire 按需租车
9.think-tank n.（尤指政府的）智囊团
New York's congestion is among the worst in the world.Crossing midtown by car is souldestroying.In 2016 the average speed was 4.7 miles per hour，not much quicker than quick walk.But relief is in sight.On April 1st，state lawmakers agreed to implement congestionpricing，making New York the first big American city to do so.By 2021 vehicles will have to pay to enter Manhattan south of 60th street．
Similar proposals were put forward many times but were always rejected.The Regional Plan Association proposed road pricing in 1996.Michael Bloomberg's 2007 plan was not even debated on the state legislature floor. This time，with Andrew Cuomo，the state governor，at the wheel and Bill de Blasio，New York's mayor，riding shotgun，it looks as if this time is different．
Much of the detail，including how much drivers will have to pay，how they will pay and how often they will pay，have yet to be decided.New Yorkers living in the fee zone who make less than$60，000 a year will be exempt.Other drivers，including motorcyclists，the city's civil servants，disabled drivers，the trucking industry，New Jersey's governor and commuters，all want discounts， credits or exemptions， too，which bode ill．
If done right，congestion-pricing could be expanded beyond Manhattan. New York can learn from other cities.Singapore，for instance，which has had pricing for decades， adjusts prices regularly.It can also learn from mistakes.London，which carried out its pricing in 2003，strangely is only starting to charge on-demand car hire like Uber. Stockholm exempted too many vehicles， which caused a drop in fee revenue.
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Other car-clogged cities considering tolls，including Los Angeles，Philadelphia，Portland，San Francisco and Seattle，are watching New York. “We really have to be a good example，”says Nicle Gelinas of the Manhattan Institute，a New York think-tank．
Reading Check
In which city does the congestion charge work well？
A.London. B.Los Angeles. C.Stockholm. D.Singapore.
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3.proposal n.提议；建议
利用河北CORS系统进行静态高程测量虽然精度较高，但是其观测时间较长、数据需要进行后处理，这些弊端制约了其在日常测绘工作中的应用。利用河北CORS网络RTK观测时间短，可在保证精度的前提下更加快捷高效，测量时每个控制点需独立测量4次，分别采集60 s，再利用TBC软件进行数据后处理，最终获得每个控制点的高程。
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1.soul-destroying adj.非常枯燥的；消磨精神的
2.in sight 看得见；有望实现
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在恒温干燥条件下，综合得分较高的是在温度为55℃，风速分别为1.2，1.8，0.6m/s时，其综合得分分别为31.2，29.55，29.3。
5.ride shotgun 保驾护航
Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text
4.adjust v.调整；调节
5.regularly adv.有规律地
6.revenue n.财政收入；税收收入
7.toll n.（道路、桥梁的）通行费
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Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences in correct forms with the vocabulary given above．
1.It can be quite
to drive in the downtown since your car moves slowly．
2.A
about congestion charge has been put forward in New York．
3.Singapore has succeeded in carrying out congestion-pricing for decades because it 
prices regularly．
4.If the law about implementing congestion-pricing has been passed，then the relief is