在英国，上班的交通时间至少稳定了六个世纪，人们避免了需要花半个多小时去上班的情况。

In the UK, travel times to work had been stable for at least six centuries, with people avoiding situations that required them to spend more than half an hour travelling to work.

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但是如果有任何可以缩短交通时间的办法，都是值得去尝试的。

But if there's any way you can shorten your commute, it's certainly worth the effort.

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这个大桥是为了解决交通拥塞而建的，它可以将上海和宁波的交通时间由4小时缩短为2.5小时。

The bridge was built to reduce traffic congestion, cutting travel time between Shanghai and Ningbo from 4 hours to 2.5 hours.

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