交通运输与物流专业英语中英文.docx

Unite One Transportation System Text A The role of transportation Transportation is foundational to the development and operation of a modern society. It permits the specialization of work effort necessary to achieve efficiency and productivity. Geographically distant resources become accessible with transportation. The economic growth of any society is directly related to the availability of transportation. 交通运输作为现代社会发展和运行的基础实现了分工的专业化， 从而提高了工作效率和生产 率。通过交通运输，在地理位置上显得遥不可及的地理资源也变得唾手可得。在任何社会， 其经济的增长与交通便利性密不可分。 There are many differentdefinitions of transportation in various books and dictionaries. However, the common element among these definitions is movement-the change of the physical location of goods or passengers. Therefore, transportation can be defined as the movement of freight and passengers from one location to another in this context. Products must be moved from the location where they were produced to the location where they are consumed. People must move from the location where they live to the location where they want to take part in a certain activity. We need transportation in order to survive and improve our standard of living. Transportation affects our economic, social, and political development. 在不同的书籍和字典中对于交通运输有不同的定义。 然而，在各种定义中， 它们都有一个共 同点， 即移动——货物或乘客在物理位置上的改变。 因此， 在本文中交通运输被定义为乘客 或货物从一个地方到另一个地方的移动。 货物必须从生产地运输到消费地， 人类要从居住地到另一地点参加某项活动。 我们不断地移动以维持生存、 提高生活条件。 交通运输影响着我们的经济，社会以及政策发展。 Survival To survive, a person consumes products. Products need to be obtained from the nature or need to be processed. Given the person must perform some of these activities to survive, he/she needs transportation to accomplish his/her activities. In reality, nature imposes two conditions that force the use of some kind of transportation. First, a person needs more than one product to survive. Second, nature does not supply all of the needs at the same location. Thus, to perform all of the activities required for consumptions, transportation be