Keke Funny Moment

可可輕松一刻

Speed Limit
速度限制

The British RAF base where I was stationed as part of a contingent of USAF personnel
我作為美國空軍人員分遣部隊的一員駐扎在英國皇家空軍某某地，

had one narrow road winding through the crowded residential area.
那里有一條狹窄的馬路蜿蜒穿過擁擠的居民區。

After a rash of minor vehicle pedestrian accidents,
因為多次出現汽車撞傷行人一類不甚嚴重的車禍，

the USAF commander decided to reduce the speed limit to three m.p.h.
美國空軍司令員決定將車速限制在每小時三英里。

Shortly after the new limit was posted,
新的車速限制公布后不久，

a sergeant issued a speeding citation to a jeep driver for going five m.p.h.
一名中士因一名吉普車司機開車時速達五英里而給他開了一張超速傳票

I was curious to know how the MP had determined the jeep's speed so exactly.
我很想知道騎警是怎樣如此精確地知道那輛吉普車的速度的。

"I was jogging to get to the post office before it closed," he explained,
“我遛達著要在郵局關門之前到達那里，”他解釋道：

"and as I passed the jeep, I noticed that the speedometer read five m.p.h."
“當我超過吉普車時，我注意到計速器指向了每小時五英里?！?/p>

Notes:
1. RAF Royal Air Force 英國皇家空軍
USAF United States Air Force 美國空軍

2.contingent
adj.可能的；依情況而定的；偶然的；[邏]有條件的
n.偶然事件；分遣隊；代表團
eg.
a contingent event
意外事件
a contingent fund
應急費用
contingent fee
成功后才給的報酬（如勝訴后付給律師的酬金）

3.personnel
n.全體員工；（與復數動詞連用）人員，員工；人事部門

4.wind through
彎彎曲曲地通過；（使）貫穿其中

5.residential area
居民區，住宅區

6.pedestrian accidents
撞人事故

7.m.p.h mile per hour每小時哩程數

8.jog
vt.& vi.慢跑；輕推，輕撞；蹣跚行進；使顛簸
vt.慢跑；輕推；蹣跚行進；使顛簸
n.輕推，輕搖；慢跑；（線，面上的）參差不齊；突然的轉向

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