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Beatles' Abbey Road Cover Used as Safety Message in India
披头士乐队专辑封面助力印度交通安全宣传

The Beatles' iconic Abbey Road album cover has helped cut road deaths by 20 per cent in Calcutta after it was used by traffic chiefs to highlight the danger of jaywalking. 
近来，英国披头士乐队具有代表性的专辑《艾比路（Abbey Road）》封面①成为印度交通宣传提示牌，以警示乱过马路的人们。这成功地帮助印度东北部的港口城市加尔各答降低了20%的车祸死亡率。

The album, which was released in 1969, flawlessly demonstrates one of the cornerstones of the highway code as John, Paul, George and Ringo use a zebra crossing to cross a road in St John's Wood, London.
该专辑发行于1969年，它通过展示约翰、保罗、乔治、林戈穿过伦敦圣.约翰.伍德（St John's Wood）穿过一条斑马线完美地诠释了交通法规最重要的部分②。

Now Indian road chiefs have used the image to warn pedestrians about the dangers of ignoring the safety laws in an attempt to cut the large number of road deaths in Calcutta.
如今印度交通方面的负责人利用这个形象以警醒步行者③忽视交通法规过马路的危险，此举旨在降低加尔各答人因横穿马路而造成死亡的数量。

Some 140,000 people die in road accidents each year in India, the highest rate in the world. By comparison the UK has just over 2,000 road deaths per year and the USA around 32,000.
印度每年有14万人死于交通事故，为世界首屈一指。与之形成鲜明对比的是英国每年仅有2000多人死于交通事故，而美国大约有32000人死于交通事故。

Hundreds of signs bearing the album artwork, along with the slogan "If they can, why can't you?", have been put up around Calcutta in recent months.
最近几个月，加尔各答几百个指示牌上都有这个唱片的插图④，并附有宣传语“如果他们能，为什么你不能？”

More than 400 people die every year in Calcutta in 3,000 road traffic accidents, with more than 2,000 being injured, but since the posters went up the accident rate has fallen by around 20 per cent, officials said.
交通官员说，过去在加尔各答每年有3000多起交通事故，有400多人死于这些交通事故，2000多人受伤，但自从贴了这些海报后，交通事故发生的比率下降⑤了20%左右。

词语解释 Notes to the Words：
① 封面：n. cover
② 最重要的部分：n. cornerstone
③ 步行者：n. pedestrian
④ 插图：n. artwork
⑤下降：v. to fall