Traffic Jam

9. motorists could take a bus into the city center and arrive at work or shops relaxed and in a good mood. 駕車者可以輕松地乘公交車進(jìn)入市中心，心情愉快的工作或購(gòu)物。
= motorists could go to the city center by bus and arrive at work or shops feeling relaxed and happy.
be in a good mood: feel happy心情好；感到高興
e.g.why are you in such a good mood? 你心情怎么這么好？
the boss is not in a good mood now; you’d better not ask for trouble.
老板現(xiàn)在心情不好；你最好不要自找麻煩了。
拓展?
be in a bad mood 心情不好；不高興
be in the mood for sth/doing sth 有做某事的心思或興致
be in no mood for sth/doing sth 沒有做某事的心思或興致
10. there was no way i was going to catch the plane.
=it was impossible for me to catch the plane. 我無論如何也趕上飛機(jī)了。
no way: under no circumstances or by no means (will something happen/ be done) 沒門兒；決不；無論如何不
e.g.you want me to give up my holiday? no way! 你想讓我放棄假期？沒門兒！
there’s no way we’re going to get this finished on time. 我們不可能按時(shí)完成這個(gè)工作。
拓展（way組成的固定短語(yǔ)）：
on the way (to...) 在（去......的）路上
all the way 一路上
by the way 順便說一句；在途中的路邊上
by way of 路經(jīng)；途經(jīng)
in a/one way 在某種程度上
in the way 擋路；阻礙
under way 正在進(jìn)行中
11. after only six months, traffic coming into central london was reduced by about 30 percent and journey times by about 15 percent.
= after only six months, traffic coming into central london was reduced to about 70 percent and journey times to about 85 percent. 僅六個(gè)月后，進(jìn)入倫敦市中心的交通車輛減少到百分之七十，車輛穿行的次數(shù)減少了約百分之八十五。
by: used to show the amount or degree of something. 用來表示某事物的數(shù)量或程度，例如“增加了/減少了/提高了/降低了多少”或者“相差多少”。
e.g. the number of students in this school has been increased by 20 percent this year.
今年這所學(xué)校的學(xué)生數(shù)目增加了20%。
the cost of production was reduced by rmb 30,000 yuan last year.
去年生產(chǎn)成本降低了三萬(wàn)元。
our basketball team lost the game by only one score.
我們的籃球隊(duì)僅以一分之差輸了這場(chǎng)比賽。
i am taller than her by 5 centimeters. 我比她高五公分。
16. b.
12. what’s more, central london shops did not lose business even though there were fewer cars.
= in addition (besides), central london shops did not lose money even though there were fewer cars. 另外，倫敦市中心商店的銷售情況并沒有因?yàn)檐囕v減少而受損。
what’s more: and that; also 而且
e.g. my husband has a good heart, what’s more, he’s quite talented.
我老公很善良，而且，他還很能干。
the price is too high, and what’s more, i don’t like the color of the coat.