Within a few days thousands of railroad workers in twenty-seven states and territories were on strike, and transportation from Chicago to the Pacific coast was paralyzed.
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9. 一个可能(或是很大可能)的例外是，2011年宾夕法尼亚大道将被愤怒的民众拥堵，造成交通瘫痪。
With one (large) possible exception, 2011 will be a year of angry gridlock along Pennsylvania Avenue.
Its harbor is impossibly quaint and its views breathtakingly beautiful; its center is indifferently maintained and virtually paralyzed by traffic at 8 o 'clock every morning, when the workday begins.
In Texas, the wintry weather forecast Friday was expected to be less severe than the pelting of snow and freezing rain that paralyzed much of the state this week.
Bitterly cold temperatures in America as far south as Florida broke some local records and snow caused travel havoc in Britain, where perennial gripes were aired about icy roads not being gritted.
The impact of various supply shocks, notably blue-ear disease which killed thousands of pigs, were aggravated last month by the worst snowstorms for 50 years, damaging crops and disrupting transport.
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14. 日益增加的人口密度将使交通更加瘫痪。
The increasing population density will even further congeal traffic.
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15. 这场雨只持续了半个小时，但却造成了交通阻塞、瘫痪，影响了行人和通勤者。
The rain only lasted half an hour, but caused traffic jams and havoc for pedestrians and commuters.
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16. 洪水肆虐巴中市低势地区，造成交通和通信线路瘫痪，并引发泥石流。
Flood ravaged low areas of Bazhong City, paralyzing traffic and phone services and causing mudslides.
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17. 一辆车在一座大桥上被引爆，会导致整个交通的瘫痪。
A vehicle could explode on a bridge, making the bridge unusable for other traffic.
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18. 如若发电站、精炼厂、银行和空中交通管制系统被迫瘫痪，人们便性命难保。
If power stations, refineries, Banks and air-traffic-control systems were brought down, people would lose their lives.
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19. 哈拉雷市中心的交通也比几年前更拥挤了，当然这不仅仅是因为很多红绿灯仍旧处于瘫痪状态。
Traffic in downtown Harare is a lot more clogged than a couple of years ago-and not just because many of the traffic lights are still not working.
They take some comfort from the variety of routes into Stratford, including the Jubilee Line and the new Javelin train from st Pancras, but will be desperate to avoid a millennium eve style meltdown.
