标题:India is turning into an SUV country

The culture and meaning of cars is changing as the country gets richer

正文：Getting to Bangalore, India’s startup capital, is easy: arrive at the gorgeous new garden-themed terminal, collect your bags, and zip down the buttery smooth National Highway 44 into the city. Getting around Bangalore is another matter. It is the most heavily gridlocked city in India, with average speeds during rush hour of 18kph (11mph). That has not stopped the city’s residents from buying ever more vehicles. The number of registered cars in Bangalore jumped from 2m in April 2020 to 2.4m by April this year. Last year it overtook Delhi, India’s car- dependent capital, to become the city with the highest number of private cars in both absolute terms and relative to the population. Bangalore adds a new car to its streets roughly every four minutes.

知识点：gorgeous adj.

very beautiful and attractive; giving pleasure and enjoyment非常漂亮的；美丽动人的；令人愉快的

a gorgeous girl/man漂亮的女郎；美男子

gorgeous weather (= warm and with a lot of sun) 宜人的天气

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