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The U.S. Transportation Department said Monday it will award up to $40 million to a mid-size U.S. city to encourage technology use to reduce congestion and speed traffic.

周一，美国交通部宣布将向一座中型城市提供奖励资金，奖励该城通过技术手段为减少拥堵路况，减慢车速做出的贡献，奖励资金将达到4000万美金jHpQkg|Ati0H[。

The effort is the latest bid by the Obama administration to advance technology fixes in helping fix the nation's clogged roads, including "vehicle to vehicle" communications that could help avoid crashes.

此次也是奥巴马政府促进“技术改造”的工作之一，并以此来减少包括交通事故在内的拥堵路况c9]sTOO&fGvIs3Hjn!。

The full $40 million is contingent on future Congressional budget approval for each year of the project.

4000万美金奖励资金取决于每年该项目的国会审批预算d;EYeX&~cncLemv。

In an interview on Monday, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said, "What we are hoping to see is some real 'moonshots' to how innovation can solve some of those pressing transportation problems."

交通部秘书长安东尼·福克斯周一在接受采访时表示，我们希望能够真正看到成效，希望科技创新能够真正为交通难题带来希望Fzd4=Y2aBF^l&。

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词语解释

1.encourage to 刺激

例句：Slow music encourages supermarket-shoppers to browse longer but spend more.

舒缓的音乐会促使超市购物者花更长的时间浏览商品的同时花更多的钱EX.)d.kh%=。

2.hope to 希望

例句：The organisers hope to raise as much as ￡6m for charity.

组织者希望能募集到高达600万英镑的善款8n0-HmY]g5。

3.contingent on 取决于

例句：In effect, growth is contingent on improved incomes for the mass of the low-income population.

事实上，发展有赖于大量低收入人群收入的增长U@84ij)ptM6KtIz。

4.Congressional budget 国会预算

例句：The Congressional Budget Office says the federal deficit shows every sign of getting larger.

国会预算办公室说有种种的迹象表明联邦赤字正在增加4r~yNm5Cboj(.4。