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1 **Title: Understanding Traffic and Traffic Jams**

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I'm Teacher Mike, and today we're talking about traffic.   
Traffic is a noun that refers to vehicles moving on a road, such as cars, buses, vans, and motorcycles.   
If there are no vehicles on a road, we can say that there is no traffic.   
If there are many vehicles on a road, we can say that there is a lot of traffic.   
When there is a lot of traffic and it cannot move or can only move very slowly, we call this a traffic jam.   

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Today we are going to learn some different words and phrases that we can use to talk about traffic and traffic jams.   
When I drive places, I like to check the traffic before I leave.   
I usually do this using Google Maps.   
I do this because the amount of time that it takes to get somewhere depends on the traffic.   
For example, taking my wife to work can take anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes depending