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Traffic jam

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Have you ever been in traffic like this? If you haven't, then you're lucky. These cars in Jakarta, Indonesia are all stuck in a traffic jam.

Because there are so many cars on the road, they can't go fast at all. In fact, they often have to stop. It's the same as when there are a lot of people all waiting in line to get onto an escalator. When there are so many cars that they have to stop a lot, it's called stop-and-go traffic.

In some cities, it's like this every day. In the morning, everyone goes to work, and in the evening, everyone comes home -- all at the same time! This is the worst time to drive.

Do you know? ROAD RAGE If you're ever stuck in traffic like this, be careful, because some people get mad really easily when they're driving. This is called ``road rage.'' People with road rage can do some crazy things -- some-times they even get out of their cars to yell at each other or fight.

The words of the day traffic jam 塞車 (sai1 che1) escalator 電扶梯 (dian4 fu2 ti1) When escalators are broken, they turn into stairs. 壞掉的電扶梯就是樓梯。

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