Passage 45
学霸导读 一些专家认为“路怒症”是一种精神疾病。它有哪些具体表现？我们又应该如何控制它呢？
At times we all get angry when we are driving. It might be because we are stuck in a traff ic jam or stuck behind a very s 1 driver. It might be because we think another driver has done something very stupid and dangerous. Whatever the reason is， it seems that getting angry in a car is something which happens more and more often， and there is now a special term f 2 it： “road rage” （ 路怒症 ）. Some experts even think that road rage is a kind of mental illness！ How can we recognize this “illness” of road rage？ There are two kinds of road rage： aggressive driving and aggressive reactions to the way other people are driving.
Aggressive driving can take different f 3 :
· Driving much faster than the speed limit.
· Increasing your speed very quickly.
· Driving very close behind the car in front and sounding the horn （ 喇叭 ） or f lashing the headlights.
· Changing lanes very suddenly and b 4 another car.
· Moving into a parking space where another car is trying to park.
There are also different reactions to the way other people are driving. These include:
· Making rude signs at people.
· Shouting at people and threatening them.
· Deliberately driving into another person’s car.
· Hitting somebody.
· Using a weapon such as a baseball bat， or even a gun or a knife.Road rage is c 5 not a joke. There have been incidents （ 事件 ） of road rage which have led to serious injuries and even murder. Experts think that one reason for road rage is that f ilms show a lot of examples of fast and aggressive driving， such as car chases， where this kind of driving seems to be positive. Experts also think that the punishments for dangerous driving are not serious e 6 . Experience shows that driving problems can be controlled， but it takes a long time. In the U.K. in the last 30 years， the police have been quite successful in r 7 the number of people who drink and drive. They are now working to stop people using mobile phones when they are driving. Let’s hope we can have the same success with road rage.
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高频词汇
be stuck in 困于，停止不前
rage /reɪdʒ/ n. 暴怒
aggressive /ə'gresɪv/ adj. 好斗的；挑衅的；攻击性的
flash /f læʃ/ v. 闪耀，闪光
deliberately /dɪ'lɪbərətli/ adv. 故意地；蓄意地