to be much traffic; people don’t work on Sundays, so the roads aren’t usually very busy.

   Everything was going well until suddenly I saw a queue of cars on the road in front of me. I had no choice but to join the queue and wait to get past whatever was causing the delay. It turned out that it was caused by some roadworks, and it took me an extra 30 minutes to get past them.

   Getting stuck in traffic congestion doesn’t usually make me angry, but this time it did, mainly because I wasn’t expecting it and I knew that my friends were waiting to meet me for lunch. I felt frustrated and powerless because there was nothing I could do to change the situation, and I had no idea how long I would be sitting there waiting. When I finally saw the reason for the congestion, I was relieved that I was close to getting past the roadworks, but I still felt a bit stressed knowing that I was half an hour late.

Vocabulary:

Lunchtime: the time in the middle of the day when people usually eat their lunch

زمان ناهار: زمانی در وسط روز که مردم معمولاً ناهار خود را می خورند

Causing: to make something happen, especially something bad

موجب- سبب- علت: اتفاق افتادن، به ویژه اتفاق بد

Roadworks: repairs that are being done to a road

تعمیرات جاده ای: تعمیراتی که در یک جاده انجام می شود

stuck:  impossible or unable to move from a particular position

گیر افتاده- گیر کردن: غیرممکن است یا قادر به حرکت یا بیرون رفتن از یک موقعیت خاص نیست

congestion: the problem of too much traffic in a place

ازدحام: مشکل ترافیک زیاد در یک مکان

frustrated: feeling annoyed, upset, and impatient, because you cannot control or change a situation, or achieve something

درمانده- سرخورده: احساس آزردگی، ناراحتی و بی حوصلگی، زیرا نمی توانید موقعیتی را کنترل یا تغییر دهید، یا به چیزی برسید

powerless: unable to stop or control something because you do not have the power, strength, or legal right to do so 

ناتوان: نمی توانید چیزی را متوقف یا کنترل کنید زیرا قدرت، یا حق قانونی این کار را ندارید

a bit:  a little

کمی: یک کم