每日英语(2019-03-01)

每日短语

Catch-22（进退两难）

That situation where you can’t win. Basically, you can’t do one thing until you have done another thing which you can’t do until you have done the first thing.

Eg1: I need my parents’ car, but my mom said I had to get the permission of my dad, but my dad said I need to get the permission of my mom.

每日名言

Whatever you do, do it a hundred percent.

无论做什么，都要做到最好。

每日新闻

Transportation officials are considering a tax on Uber and Lyft rides in Los Angeles County（洛杉矶的游乐设施）, saying the Bay Area tech companies don’t pay their fair share to maintain public streets and exacerbate（加剧） congestion in a traffic-choked region（交通堵塞地区）.

The ride-hailing fee（乘车费） is in the early stages of discussion at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority（大都会运输管理局）, along with more than a dozen other strategies to manage congestion and fund transportation projects before the 2028 Olympic Games.

Metro’s board of directors is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to approve a study of the ride-hailing tax. The directors also will consider approving a study on congestion pricing, which would analyze the effects of converting more carpool lanes to toll lanes（将更多拼车车道改为收费车道), taxing drivers on the number of miles they travel, or charging a fee for motorists to enter certain neighborhoods(或者向驾驶者收取进入某些社区的费用）.

Once heralded（预示） as possible partners for transit agencies（运输机构）, Uber and Lyft have instead become fierce competition（作为过境代理商的可能合作伙伴，Uber和Lyft反而成为激烈的竞争对手）. A study of travel patterns in major U.S. cities last year found that 60% of customers would have gone by foot, bike or transit（中转） — or just stayed home — if the ride-hailing services had not been available.