Unit One 1
Text A Technology of Maglev 磁悬浮技术 1
Learn to Say Everyday English Ⅰ 日常生活用语(一) 7
Text B Existing Maglev Systems 既有磁悬浮体系 9
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅰ 列车运行(一) 10
Unit Two 12
Text A Classification Yard 编组站 12
Learn to Say Everyday English Ⅱ 日常生活用语(二) 16
Text B Selkirk Yard 塞科克编组站 17
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅱ 列车运行(二) 18
Unit Three 20
Text A Light Rail 轻轨 20
Learn to Say Everyday English Ⅲ 日常生活用语(三) 26
Text B History of the Light Rail 轻轨的历史 27
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅲ 列车运行(三) 28
Unit Four 29
Text A Railroad Car 铁路车辆 29
Learn to Say Everyday English Ⅳ 日常生活用语(四) 37
Text B Superliner 高级客车 38
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅳ 列车运行(四) 39
Unit Five 41
Text A Monorail 单轨 41
Learn to Say Everyday English Ⅴ 日常生活用语(五) 44
Text B Partial List of Monorail Systems 部分单轨一览表 46
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅴ 列车运行(五) 48
Unit Six 49
Text A Train 列车 49
Learn to Say At the Station Ⅰ 车站用语(一) 55
Text B Tilting Trains 摆式列车 56
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅵ 列车运行(六) 58
Unit Seven 60
Text A High-Speed Rail 高速列车 60
Learn to Say At the Station Ⅱ 车站用语(二) 65
Text B High-Speed Rail around the World 全世界的高速列车 66
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅶ 列车运行(七) 69
Unit Eight 71
Text A Train Station 火车站 71
Learn to Say At the Station Ⅲ 车站用语(三) 75
Text B Terminal Stations 终点站 76
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅷ 列车运行(八) 77
Text A Rapid Transit Ⅰ 地铁(一) 79
Unit Nine 79
Learn to Say At the Station Ⅳ 车站用语(四) 83
Text B Extent of Rapid Transit 地铁的使用范围 84
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅸ 列车运行(九) 86
Unit Ten 87
Text A Rapid Transit Ⅱ 地铁(二) 87
Learn to Say At the Station Ⅴ 车站用语(五) 92
Text B History of Rapid Transit 地铁的历史 93
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅹ 列车运行(十) 95
Text A Metro Signalling 地铁信号 96
Unit Eleven 96
Learn to Say At the Station Ⅵ 车站用语(六) 100
Text B Modern Railway Signalling 现代铁路信号 102
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅺ 列车运行(十一) 104
Unit Twelve 105
Text A Chongqing Monorail 重庆轻轨 105
Learn to Say In the Train Ⅰ 列车上用语(一) 108
Text B Las Vegas Monorail 拉斯维加斯单轨 110
Reading Material Train Operations Ⅻ 列车运行(十二) 111
Text A Maglev 磁悬浮 112
Unit Thirteen 112
Learn to Say In the Train Ⅱ 列车上用语(二) 115
Text B Maglev Trains 磁悬浮列车 116
Reading Material Train Operations ⅩⅢ 列车运行(十三) 118
Unit Fourteen 119
Text A Guangzhou Subway 广州地铁 119
Learn to Say In the Train Ⅲ 列车上用语(三) 122
Text B Shanghai Metro Light Rail System of China 上海地铁轻轨体系 123
Reading Material Train Operations ⅩⅣ 列车运行(十四) 125
Text A Beijing-Shanghai Passenger Dedicated Line in China 京沪客运专线 127
Unit Fifteen 127
Learn to Say In the Train Ⅳ 列车上用语(四) 132
Text B Shinkansen 新干线 133
Reading Material Train Operations ⅩⅤ 列车运行(十五) 135
Unit Sixteen 136
Text A The Qinghai-Tibet Railway:an Engineering Miracle 青藏铁路——一个工程的奇迹 136
Learn to Say In the Train Ⅴ 列车上用语(五) 144
Text B The Qinghai-Tibet Railway:Focus of the World Attention 青藏铁路——世界关注的焦点 145
Reading Material Train Operations ⅩⅥ 列车运行(十六) 147
Supplementary Reading Materials 补充阅读材料 149
Useful Words and Phrases 实用词汇和短语 187
References 参考文献 199