新西兰英语 151 Laws to Stop Boy Racers

　　Today Parliament¹ introduced some laws which could stop boy racers from annoying other people. The problem is especially bad in Christchurch where the streets are flat. Friday and Saturday nights are their favourite times to drive fast around the city, revving² up their engines loudly, doing burn outs with their tyres, and being a nuisance³ to the public. It is difficult for the police to control them because there are so many cars, each with passengers shouting out open windows. Boy racers – and some of them are girls too – love their cars. They spend all their spare time and money on their cars.
The new law would allow police to take their cars and send them to a machine which crushes⁴ them into a small block of steel. This would happen if they are caught by police three times in four years. The new law would not start until December. First the bill has to go to a Parliamentary committee to discuss it, then there are two more readings of the bill in Parliament before it becomes a law.

1 Parliament   

n.议会，国会

参考例句：

• She won a seat in Parliament at the election.她在选举中赢得了议会中的席位。
• The drug was banned by an act of parliament.议会的法案明令禁止该药品。

2 revving   

v.（使）加速( rev的现在分词 )；（数量、活动等）激增；（使发动机）快速旋转；（使）活跃起来

参考例句：

• The team are revving up for next week's game. 这个队伍对下周的比赛跃跃欲试。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Since the introduction of new techniques, the production has been revving up. 自从新技术的引进，产量一直都在增加。 来自互联网

3 nuisance   

n.讨厌的东西，讨厌的人

参考例句：

• The dog is a terrible nuisance.这只狗真令人讨厌。
• What a horrid nuisance!真讨厌！

4 crushes   

压碎，压坏( crush的第三人称单数 )； 破坏； 镇压； 榨

参考例句：

• The housewife crushes out juice from oranges. 那个家庭主妇常榨柳橙汁。
• This machine crushes wheat grain to make flour. 这台机器把麦粒辗压成面粉。