I don't know why there are so many cars on the road today.
常用表達方式
1. 非正式/日常用法
"I don't know why there's so much traffic today." 「不知道為什麼今天路上的車子怎麼這麼多。」
"Wonder why the roads are so packed today." 「不知道為什麼今天道路這麼塞。」
"What's with all the traffic today?" 「今天怎麼這麼塞車？」
2. 稍微正式的用法
"I'm curious about why there's such heavy traffic today." 「我很好奇為什麼今天交通如此繁忙。」
"It's surprising to see so much congestion on the roads today." 「今天路上看到如此擁堵的交通真讓人驚訝。」
中文學習者常犯的錯誤
錯誤用法 1:
❌ "Why the traffic is so many today?" 這個句子有兩個問題：問句語序錯誤，且用了"many"而非"much"來形容交通。
✅ 正確用法： "Why is the traffic so heavy today?" 「今天的交通為什麼這麼繁忙？」
錯誤用法 2:
❌ "I don't know why today has many cars on the road." 雖然可以理解，但這不是英語母語者的自然表達方式。
✅ 正確用法： "I don't know why there are so many cars on the road today." 「不知道為什麼今天路上有這麼多車子。」
實用片語與詞彙
- heavy traffic (繁忙的交通)
- traffic jam (交通堵塞)
- congestion (擁擠，擁堵)
- gridlock (嚴重交通堵塞，動彈不得的交通狀況)
- bumper-to-bumper traffic (車輛首尾相接的交通狀況)
練習例句
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"I wonder why there's so much traffic this morning. Is there an event going on?" 「不知道為什麼今天早上交通這麼繁忙。是有什麼活動在進行嗎？」
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"The roads are unusually congested today. Maybe there was an accident somewhere." 「今天道路異常擁堵。也許某處發生了事故。」
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"Have you seen the traffic out there? It's crazy busy for a Tuesday!" 「你看到外面的交通了嗎？對星期二來說真是忙得不正常！」
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"I can't figure out why we're stuck in such heavy traffic at this hour." 「我想不通為什麼我們在這個時間卡在如此繁忙的交通中。」
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"For some reason, the streets are packed with cars today." 「不知什麼原因，今天街道上擠滿了車子。」