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Do your parents ever complain about traffic? Does it take you a long time to get to school sometimes because there are so many cars on the road?

Driving in traffic is bad, but driving through a flood is worse. Look at these people driving on a flooded road. Where do you think they are going? They must have something very important to do because driving on a flooded road like this is very dangerous.

Cars are not made to drive in deep water like this. These cars might stop working if they drive on a flooded road for very long. If one of these cars stops working, the driver will have to get out and swim!

Do you know? FLASH FLOOD When it rains, a lot of the rain-water goes into the ground. But in some dry places where it doesn't rain very often, the ground can't take in the rain water very well. When it rains a lot in these places, the water rises very quickly and causes a ``flash flood.

The words of the day complain v.i./v.t. 抱怨 (bao4 yuan4) Amy always complains that her teacher gives her too much homework. 艾美總是抱怨老師給她太多功課。 traffic n. 交通 (jiao1 tong1)

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