美国小学英语教材4:第42课 城市里安全第一(1)

 SAFETY FIRST IN THE CITY 城市里安全第一

BENJAMIN VEIT 本杰明·法伊特

Stop! Look! Listen! Did you even see those words on a sign at a railroad¹ crossing? 停！看！听！你在铁道十字路口的路标上看到过这些词吗？

They are good words to remember in these days of swift² automobiles³, street cars, and trains. 在有了快速的汽车、电车和火车的日子里，需要记住这些对我们有好处的词。

You may sometime⁴ have to do a dangerous thing, 有时，你可能不得不做一件危险的事情，

but to put yourself carelessly in the way of danger is foolishness, not bravery. 但是粗心地将自己置于危险之中是愚蠢行为，而不是勇敢之举。

Our country needs strong and healthy boys and girls. Be careful! 我们国家需要的是强壮健康的男孩和女孩。所以请小心！

WHAT IS TRAFFIC? 什么是交通？

After a happy ride of three hours, George Benton reached the city for his first visit. 经过三个小时的愉快旅行后，乔治·本顿第一次来到城市。

As he stepped off the train in the midst⁵ of the hurrying crowd, 乔治随着匆忙的人群下了火车后，

he looked about for his Uncle Robert and Cousin Arthur. 就四处寻找他的叔叔罗伯特和堂弟亚瑟。

Suddenly he saw them on another platform. 突然，乔治看到他们在另一个站台上。

"Hello, Arthur!" shouted George, starting to run across the two tracks⁶ that were between him and his relatives. “你好，亚瑟！”乔治喊道，他开始跑起来，想越过他和家人之间的两道铁轨。

"Hold on there, George!" cried his uncle. “站在那里不要动，乔治！”他的叔叔叫道。

"Don't cross those tracks. There's an engine coming. “不要穿过这些铁轨。有个火车头开过来了。

Just walk straight ahead to the gate, and we'll meet you there. We got on the wrong platform." 你往前直接走到门口，我们在那里会合。我们上错站台了。”

A few minutes later, George joined his uncle and cousin at the gate. 几分钟后，乔治在门口见到了他的叔叔和堂弟。

1 railroad   

n.铁路；vi.由铁路运输

参考例句：

• The railroad connects two cities,namely,New York and Chicago.这条铁路连接两个城市，即纽约与芝加哥。
• My brother is working on the railroad.我兄弟在铁路系统工作。

2 swift   

n.雨燕，大滚筒；adj.迅速的，快的，敏捷的，立刻的；adv.迅速地，敏捷地

参考例句：

• He is swift to hear,but slow to speak.他听力敏锐，但不善言辞。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery.他康复得相当快。

3 automobiles   

n.汽车( automobile的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• When automobiles become popular,the use of the horse and buggy passed away. 汽车普及后，就不再使用马和马车了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Automobiles speed in an endless stream along the boulevard. 宽阔的林荫道上，汽车川流不息。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 sometime   

adv.将来某一时候；改天

参考例句：

• He came sometime last month.上个月某个时候他曾经来过。
• It will happen sometime and somewhere.有朝一日这总会在什么地方发生的。

5 midst   

n.中部，中间，当中

参考例句：

• The hut is in the midst of the forest.小屋在森林深处。
• There is a thief in our midst.我们当中有小偷。

6 tracks   

n.小路( track的名词复数 )；跑道；路径；轨道v.跟踪( track的第三人称单数 )；跟踪摄影；留下（脏）足迹；追随（潮流等）

参考例句：

• Tracks led up the mountainside. 小径沿着山坡向上延伸。
• All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes. 所有的曲子都已经从原始录音带转录到了数码母带上。