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Unusual Scenes in Highway Traffic Jams
guó qìng国庆jià qī假期gāo sù高速dǔ chē堵车rén men人们yǔ máo qiú羽毛球diào yú钓鱼jiě mèn解闷

During the National Day holiday, highway traffic jams led people to play badminton and fish to pass the time.

小宝
gē gē哥哥zàishǒu jī手机shàngkàn dào看到yǒu rén有人zàigāo sù高速lù shàng路上yǔ máo qiú羽毛球hǎohǎo wán好玩gāo sù高速bú shì不是zhǐ néng只能kāi chē开车ma

Brother, I saw on my phone that some people were playing badminton on the highway. That looks so fun! Aren't highways only for driving?

小刚
shìaxiǎo bǎo小宝yīn wèi因为guó qìng国庆jià qī假期gāo sù高速dǔ chē堵车tàiyán zhòng严重dà jiā大家xià chē下车zhǎobàn fǎ办法dǎ fā shí jiān打发时间

Yes, Xiaobao. Because the National Day holiday traffic jam was so serious, people got out of their cars to find ways to kill time.

小宝
hái yǒu还有yí gè一个shū shū叔叔ná chū拿出yú gān鱼竿sān fēn zhōng三分钟jiùdiàodàozhēn de真的zàigāo sù高速lù shàng路上diào yú钓鱼ma

There was even an uncle who took out a fishing rod and caught a big fish in just three minutes! Did he really fish on the highway?

小刚
duìyùn qì运气hěnhǎodì fāng地方xià miàn下面zhèng hǎo正好yǒujiùshì yī shì试一试jié guǒ结果mǎ shàng马上diàodào

Yes, he was very lucky. There happened to be a river under that spot, so he tried, and he caught a fish right away.

小宝
wagāo sù高速dǔ chē堵车hǎo xiàng好像biàn chéng变成yóu lè yuán游乐园le

Wow! It's like the highway traffic jam turned into an amusement park.

小刚
hā hā哈哈kě yǐ可以zhè me这么shuōbù guò不过dǔ chē堵车qí shí其实ràngrénhěnzháo jí着急dà jiā大家néngzhè yàng这样zì yú zì lè自娱自乐suàn shì算是kǔ zhōng zuò lè苦中作乐

Haha, you could say that. But actually, traffic jams make people very anxious. Being able to entertain themselves like this is a way of 'finding joy in hardship.'

小宝
duìyazhè yàng这样shí jiān时间jiùguòkuàiyì diǎn一点xīn qíng心情huìgèngqīng sōng轻松

Yeah, that way time passes faster and everyone feels more relaxed.

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