1.醉酒驾车增多的原因
2.醉酒驾车的危害
3.如何减少醉酒驾车
醉酒驾驶
Nobody could have failed to notice the fact that drunken driving has been a grave problem with which we are confronted. Generally speaking, there are several reasons accounting for /behind this phenomenon. Firstly, recent decades have witnessed the rapid development of people’s living standards. As a result, cars gained ever-increasing popularity and have found their way into our everyday life. Secondly, people participate in more activities or banquets than ever before, where they will drink liquor/strong wine. Then, they may get drunk but continue to drive.
没人会注意到这一事实，醉酒驾驶是我们面临的一个严重的问题。一般来说，在这一现象背后有几个原因。首先，人们的生活水平在近十年来已经得到了快速的发展。车史无前例的增加，而且在日常生活中占据很大的地位。 其次，人们比以往任何时候参加的活动或宴会都更多了，在那里他们会喝酒/烈酒。然后，他们可能喝醉了，还继续开车。
Drunken driving is bound to generate severe consequence if we keep turning a blind eye to it. Firs and foremost, this behavior will directly threaten the safety of drivers, passengers and pedestrians/goers, resulting in traffic accidents, injuries and even deaths. Besides, treating the injured and repairing broken cars mean a grievous waste of money, time and resources. Last but not least, this irresponsible driving will make the road a nightmare, and thus, it will causes serious losses of faith in governments and the society.
是如果我们继续无视酒后驾车，它一定会产生严重的后果。第一也是最重要的是，这种行为将直接威胁到司机，乘客和行人/路人的安全，造成交通事故，导致受伤甚至死亡。此外，治疗受伤者和修复损坏的汽车意味着严重浪费金钱，时间和资源。最后但并非最不重要的，这不负责任的驾驶会使道路成为噩梦，因此，它会导致在政府和社会方面的信心严重损失。
In view of the seriousness of this problem, effective measures must be taken before things get worse. First, it is essential that the supervisory role of laws and regulations should be strengthened to punish those performing drunken driving. Secondly, the public, especially drivers, should enhance their awareness of public safety. With stringent laws and alert public, it will only a matter of time for drunken driving to become things of past.
在考虑到问题的严重性，必须在事态进一步恶化之前采取有效措施。首先，应加强法律和法规的监督作用来惩罚那些醉酒驾驶的行为。其次，公众，特别是司机，应提高公众的安全意识。有了严格的法律和公众警惕，酒后开车成为过去只是时间问题而已。
Most countries in the world have harsh laws aimed at penalizing drunk driving. But until recent years, drunk driving was rampant in China, due to weak legal provisions and enforcement. The past decade has witnessed tremendous increase in the number of motor vehicles, most of which are private cars. The lack of legal traditions targeted at drunk driving and people’s lack of legal awareness have given rise alarming traffic casualties as a result of drunk driving.
Drunk driving has created traffic accidents whose implications extend far beyond the traffic realm. In many cases, the drunken drivers are high-ranking government officials or wealthy businessmen who could use their influence, privileges, connections and bribes to get off unpunished. This has occasioned serious social problems because justice is not done and the value of the lives of ordinary people is not duly respected. Those problems in turn contribute to the already widening inequalities between the poor and the rich in the Chinese society, to such an extent that only the institution and the enforcement of the most stringent laws can answer to the rising public complaints.
According to the law introduced since May 1 this year, anybody guilty of drunk driving would be severely fined, subjected to a 6-month detention, and deprived of his driving license. I am totally in favor of this law because it has dramatically reduced cases of drunk driving. Having committed drunk driving, wealthy businessmen, high-ranking government officials, and celebrated musicians have been arrested, sued for criminal offenses, and sentenced. All these indicate that no one is above law, which ruthlessly enforced, would benefit all of us.
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醉驾入刑
世界上大多数国家都有严酷的法律，旨在惩处酒后驾车。但直至最近几年，酒后驾车在中国一直甚为猖獗，原因在于无论是所制定的法规，还是执法活动本身，都过于薄弱。过去的十年目睹了机动车数量的迅猛增长，其中大多是私家车。针对酒后驾车行为，相关法律传统的缺失，以及民众法律意识的淡漠， 已造成了令人发指的醉驾肇事交通伤亡事件。
醉驾所引发的交通事故，其含义已远远超出了交通领域本身。在相当多的醉驾案例中，醉酒的司机是政府高官，或腰缠万贯的生意人，他们可以利用其影响力、特权、人脉关系以及贿赂来逃脱法律的惩处。这便引发了严重的社会问题，因为正义无法得以伸张，普通百姓的生命的价值得不到应有的尊重。这些问题反过来又加剧了中国社会贫富阶层之间早就在日趋扩大的社会不公；其程度之严重，唯有制定并实施最严厉的法律，方能回应愈发沸腾的民怨。
按照今年五月一日起执行的法律，任何犯有醉驾罪责的人，将会接受高额罚款，处以六个月的拘役，并吊销驾照。我完全赞同这一法律，因为它已立竿见影地减少了醉驾的个案数量。在犯下醉驾罪责后，有钱的生意人、政府高官、以及著名音乐人，都纷纷遭到拘留，被提起刑事诉讼，直至判刑。所有这一切表明，没有人可以凌驾于法律之上。因此，对法律铁面无私地加以执行，必将造福于我们每个人。
【值得熟记的句式与短语】
1. harsh laws严酷的法律
2. be rampant猖獗
3. due to weak legal provisions and enforcement原因在于无论是所制定的法规，还是执法活动本身，都过于薄弱
4. witness tremendous increase目睹了……的迅猛增长
5. private cars私家车
6. the lack of legal traditions法律传统的缺失
7. targeted at以……为目标
8. legal awareness法律意识
9. given rise to引起，产生
10. implications extend far beyond the traffic realm含义远远超出了交通领域本身
11. in many cases在相当多的案例中
12. high-ranking government officials or wealthy businessmen政府高官或腰缠万贯的生意人
13. get off unpunished逃脱法律的惩处
14. occasioned serious social problems引发了严重的社会问题
15. justice is not done正义无法得以伸张
16. in turn反过来
17. widening inequalities between the poor and the rich贫富阶层之间日趋扩大的不公
18. to such an extent到达这样一种程度
19. the institution and the enforcement of the most stringent laws制定并实施最严厉的法律
20. answer to对……负责
21. subjected to受到, 经受
22. deprived of his driving license吊销驾照
23. be above law凌驾于法律之上