千奇百趣学英文12.28

大话妹

China unveils 'world's fastest train link'
在中国，世上最快列车揭开面纱


BEIJING (AFP) – China on Saturday unveiled what it billed as the fastest rail link in the world -- a train connecting the modern cities of Guangzhou and Wuhan at an average speed of 350 kilometres (217 miles) an hour.


The super-high-speed train reduces the 1,069 kilometre journey to a three hour ride and cuts the previous journey time by more than seven and a half hours, the official Xinhua news agency said.


By comparison, the average for high-speed trains in Japan was 243 kilometres per hour while in France it was 277 kilometres per hour, said Xu Fangliang, general engineer in charge of designing the link, according to Xinhua.


Beijing has an ambitious rail development programme aimed at increasing the national network from the current 86,000 kilometres to 120,000 kilometres, making it the most extensive rail system outside the United States.


In September, officials said they planned to build 42 high-speed lines by 2012 in a massive system overhaul as part of efforts to spur economic growth amid the global downturn.


The network uses technology developed in co-operation with foreign firms such as Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom。



参考译文：

（北京法新社报道）星期六，中国了公布了世上最快列车线路——连接现代城市广州跟武汉两地，平均时速达到350公里（即217英里）。
据新华社报道，超级高速的列车将长达1069公里的旅途，缩小到三小时，将之前的路程时间减少达7.5个小时。

根据新华社的报道，一位负责设计这条快线的总工程师——徐范良说道：“如果与其它国家对比，在日本高速列车的平均速度为每小时243公里，法国为每小时277公里。”

北京目前正在雄心勃勃发展一项意旨增加国内网络连线的工程，令到目前八万六千公里增长到十二万公里，使它成为美国以外最广阔的铁路系统。

在九月，官方人员透露在2012年之前，计划建立一个承载42条高速线路的庞大系统，作为在全球低弥之中刺激经济增长的一个方案。

这个工程引进外国技术共同建设，参与的企业包括西门子Bombardier跟Alstom。



Useful Expression

• ambitious [Am‘biFEs] adj.有雄心的, 野心勃勃的

• overhaul [、EuvE’hC:l] v.
  检查

• spur [spE:]  
  n.踢马剌, 剌激物, (鸟, 虫等的)距, 刺激
  v.
  鞭策, 刺激, 疾驰, 驱策

bluestone

Be proud about it ....Fast enough but ~also expensive....