Only Stricter Traffic Laws Can Prevent Accidents
　　Though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day thousands of people all over the world are killed or horribly mutilated on the roads just because of traffic accidents.
　　This situation is mainly due to the following two reasons. In the first place, the drivers are becoming less aware of social morality. When they are sitting behind a steering wheel, they totally forget the traffic laws which should be complied with. In the second place, the surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the peace breakers and seems to condone their behavior. As the transportation develops, cities become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic and the countryside is destroyed by the complicated road networks.
　　Therefore, it is high time that a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life and to have some beneficial effect on the accident rate.                (153 words)

horribly  adj. 恐怖的
mutilate  v. 使残疾
traffic accident  交通事故
social morality  社会道德
steering wheel  方向盘
comply with...  遵守......
benignly  adv. 仁慈地
peace breaker  和平的破坏者
condone  v. 宽恕
uninhabitable  adj. 不可居住的
road networks  公路网
it is high time that... 
正是应该......的时候
code  n. 法典
senseless  adj. 无意识的, 愚蠢的



Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. 读书使人充实，讨论使人机敏，写作使人严谨
--Bacon  培根

遏制交通事故，唯有靠更严格的交通法
　　虽然人们过幸福长寿的生活的可能性比以前更大了，但全世界各地每天都有上千人在路上因交通事故而丧生或严重伤残。
　　这种情况主要由以下两方面原因导致的。首先，司机越来越不重视社会公德。在驾驶时，他们完全忘记了应该遵守的交通规则。其次，令人惊讶的是，社会对肇事者竟然报以如此仁慈的微笑，似乎在纵容他们的行为。随着交通的发展，城市因交通拥挤而变得几乎无法居住，而乡村也被错综复杂的道路交通网所累。
　　因此，是时候制定全球性的法规来减少这种无谓的丧生了，从而对遏制事故发生率产生积极影响。

1. Though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day thousands of people all over the world are killed or horribly mutilated on the roads just because of traffic accidents. 虽然人们过幸福长寿的生活的可能性比以前更大了，但全世界各地每天都有上千人在路上因交通事故而丧生或严重伤残。
2. In the first place, the drivers are becoming less aware of social morality. 首先，司机越来越不重视社会公德。
3. As the transportation develops, cities become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic and the countryside is destroyed by the complicated road networks. 随着交通的发展，城市因交通拥挤而变得几乎无法居住，而乡村也被错综复杂的道路交通网所累。