Unit 45 The Traffic Accidents on Bridge Road
請根據以下圖表内容提示寫一篇短文，簡要介紹一下1991年至2001年發生Bridge
Road的交通事故情況。要求120詞左右，第一句話已給出，不記入總詞數。
1991----1992 Road not in great use
1992----1993 Nearby road closed: road now in great use
1993----1994 Bus-stop moved 100
1994----1997 No change
1997----1998 Sign: Beware Animals
1998----1999 No Parking signs
1999----2000 Sign: No Rignt Turn
2000----2001 Sign: No Overtaking
The rate of traffic accidents has dropped considerably on Bridge Road in recent years.
“範文”
The rate① of traffic accidents has dropped considerably on Bridge Road in recent years. According to the statistics② we have in hand, only six accidents took place in 2000. This accident rate is even lower than that of 1991, when the road was not in great use yet.
In 1992, as a nearby road was closed, Bridge Road began to be busy and a lot of accidents followed consequently③. To bring down④ the accident rate, the local government moved the bus-stop 100 yards away from where it had been and reduced⑤ accidents markedly⑥. In the next four years, the accident rate remained more or less⑦ at the same level⑧.
Then, in the years from 1998 onward⑨, the local government put No Parking, No Right Turn and No Overtaking⑩ signs by the road. All these signs have proved to be very effective in reducing traffic accidents.
“注釋：”
①rate：率
②statistics：統計
③consequently：是以
④bring down：減少，降低
⑤reduced：降低，減少
⑥markedly：易見地，清楚地
⑦more or less ：或多或少
⑧at the same level：同樣的水準
⑨onward：向前
⑩no overtaking：嚴禁超車
“點評：”
本文是一篇根據圖表内容展開的說明文。
全文圍繞Bridge Road的交通事故數量變化這個中心寫作，并根據指令中的情景提示，簡要地分析了這種數量變化的原因。
作者先談論了交通事故發生最少的2000年和1991年，并指出其原因是此道路的使用率低。接着，作者又将筆鋒一轉，指出由于附近道路關閉，1992年事故發生率很高。并進一步指出為了改變這種情況，政府所采取的措施。一直延續到1998年，由于地方政府不斷推出新舉措，有效地防止了交通事故的發生。
本文語言比較簡單，結構也不太複雜，但說理透徹，将圖表内容比較清楚地陳述出來，給了讀者一個清晰的印象。資料來源：英語作文高分必背叢書：聯考/李華田主編，武漢大學出版社，2005
