When passengers are a zebra crossing, traffic is held up.

行人通过斑马线时，交通就会堵塞。

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But when they cross a busy road by using a zebra crossing, the traffic is held up.

但是当他们利用斑马线通过繁华的马路时，交通就被阻碍了。

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Guards set up a slalom course of barriers to slow truck traffic at the most heavily used crossing sites. Nevertheless, elephants, rhinos, pythons, and deer on the move become roadkill most every year.

在某些车流量较大的十字路口，守卫们都设置了回旋障碍，以减慢车速，即便如此，每一年都会有不少的大象、犀牛、蟒蛇和鹿被车辆轧死在路上。

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This, he said, was "unlike the placing of the very fine equestrian statue of Charles I in Trafalgar Square, which, in order to look at closely and appreciate in detail, you have to risk your life in crossing a maze of traffic".

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The crossing is renowned as a major traffic bottleneck, with many people blaming the toll stations.

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