2018-12-28

1 It’s clear that congestion（拥堵） is one of the downsides（弊端） of modern city living.

I am stuck in bumper-to -bumper（非常拥堵的） traffic.  I wish I could just take to the skies （冲上云霄）and soar above it in a helicopter.（直升飞机）

2 Technological developments can lift people out of backbreaking（非常繁重的）toil（苦工）.

3 Sometimes I can have buckled（被压垮）under pressure.

4 She may cost the earth.（漫天要价）

5 There’s one biggie（重要的人或者事物）：safety.

6 The sky’s the limit.（什么都有可能）