AS IT IS 2016-04-05 What Was So Cute It Stopped Bay Bridge Traffic?

AS IT IS 2016-04-05 What Was So Cute It Stopped Bay Bridge Traffic?

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The area around the California city of San Francisco has some of the worst traffic in the United States.

One of the main bridges that connects San Francisco with Oakland, another big California city, is called the Bay Bridge. It goes across the San Francisco Bay.

An average of 270,000 cars cross the Bay Bridge every day. If anything stops traffic on the bridge, it becomes a big problem.

In 1989, an earthquake caused part of the bridge to collapse¹. The bridge was closed for a month before repairs were complete. San Francisco drivers were not happy.

This past weekend, on the morning of April 3, police officers on motorcycles stopped traffic on part of the bridge. The traffic lanes² on the normally³ crowded bridge were empty, except for some police on motorcycles...chasing⁴ something down.  

What were they chasing?

A small, black dog, called a Chihuahua, running around on the bridge. Although the dog weighs only about 5 kilograms, it could run pretty quickly.

Police had trouble catching⁵ the dog. They finally caught with the dog by throwing a piece of clothing on him. They saved him from getting hit by any cars.

On social media, people joked about the “high-speed” police chase⁶. One Twitter user⁷ said, “What can shut down one of the largest bridges in the United States? An adorable Chihuahua it seems.”

The police are still looking for the dog’s owner.

Words in This Story

motorcycle -  n. a vehicle with two wheels that is powered by a motor and that can carry one or two people

adorable - adj. very appealing or attractive: very lovable

1 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

2 lanes   

n.小路( lane的名词复数 )；车道；航道；分道

参考例句：

• A headless rider haunts the country lanes. 一个无头骑士常出没于乡间的小路上。
• He made a kamikaze run across three lanes of traffic. 他不要命地冲过了三条车道。

3 normally   

adv.正常地，通常地

参考例句：

• I normally do all my shopping on Saturdays.我通常在星期六买东西。
• My pulse beats normally.我脉搏正常。

4 chasing   

n.雕镂术，雕刻工作；车螺丝；抛光；螺旋板

参考例句：

• My dog likes chasing rabbits. 我的狗喜欢追捕兔子。
• The children were having fun, chasing each other's shadows. 孩子们追逐着彼此的影子，玩得很开心。

5 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

6 chase   

vt.追逐，追赶，追求；n.追赶

参考例句：

• The police grabbed the robbers after a long chase.警察经过长距离追赶后逮住了抢劫犯。
• Would you chase me if I did?如果我逃开了，你会来追吗？

7 user   

n.用户，使用者

参考例句：

• The company is the biggest user of oil.该公司是最大的石油用户。
• The umbrella keeps the rains off the user.雨伞使撑伞人免受雨淋。