湖北至重庆新高速路通车 New highway linking Hubei and Chongqing opens to traffic

After almost 3 years of construction(建设), the Wanli highway(高速公路) linking(连接) two mountainous areas(山区) in central and southwest China opened(开通) on Tuesday. The highway reduces(减少) the journey(行程) from 3 hours to just 40 minutes, and hopes to promote tourism and develop commerce in the areas this 96 km long highway passes(通过) through.

The Lichuan-Wanzhou highway, or the Wanli highway, linking Lichuan(利川) City of central China's Hubei Province and Wanzhou(万州) District of southwest China's Chongqing, with a speed limit(限速) of 80 kph began construction in 2014. The 52-kilometer-long Chongqing section was finished in 2016.

Aerial photo taken on Dec. 26, 2017 shows a toll station(收费站) on the Wanzhou-Lichuan highway in Chongqing, southwest China.

词汇 Words:

[gāo sù gōng lù] 高速公路 highway
[jiàn shè] 建设 construction
[xíng chéng] 行程 journey
[jiǎn shǎo] 减少 reduce
[lián jiē] 连接 link
[kāi tōng] 开通 open
[tōng guò] 通过 pass

重点词汇 Key word:

通

• <动词 v.> lead to; go to
  E.g. Tiáo tiáo dàlù tōng Luómǎ。
  条条大路通罗马。
  All roads lead to Rome.

• <形容词 adj.> through; open
  E.g. Wǒ huànle gǎnmào,bízi bùtōng。
  我患了感冒,鼻子不通。
  I had a cold and very congested.

• <形容词 adj.> (of writing, etc) well-constructed; logical
  E.g. Zhège jùzi bù tōng。
  这个句子不通。
  The sentence is ungrammatical and incoherent.

• <动词 v.> connect; link
  E.g. Zhè liǎngjiānfáng shì tōngzhe de。
  这两间房是通着的。
  The two rooms are connected.