Thursday, May 31, 2007

Week Six summarising the article

This article mainly talks about the traffic safety .The author points out the defect of traffic system after a couple of traffic accidents between buses and human , and suggest that some road rules should be promoted to guarantee the safty of pedestrians and cyclists . For example , the buses speed should be limited in some special area , set up special lanes for buses in some bus lines etc . One more thing is that the amount of vehicles is increasing everyday . So more public transportation should be introduced so as to let more people take buses instead of driving their cars .

past simple and past passive
Union president Gary Froggatt first suggested the lower limit last month, after a pedestrian was killed in a bus lane in Dominion Rd.
present perfect simple
Plans to extend Auckland City's network of bus lanes deep into Remuera have prompted a renewed call for extra safety rules to protect pedestrians and other road users.
past perfect simple
...there had been very few accidents involving buses in the lanes, apart from...
present simple
The city council wants to add 5km of bus lanes along Remuera and St Johns Roads to its 26km .
present continuous
I'm talking about when cars are bumper to bumper in the middle of the road,....

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