Unit 1 Train Tickets 1
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 1
A Questions and Answers 1
B Dialogues 2
Section Ⅱ Reading 6
Passage A Purchasing Train Tickets 6
Passage B What's on Your Ticket 8
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 11
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 12
Unit 2 Waiting for the Train 15
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 15
A Questions and Answers 15
B Dialogues 16
Section Ⅱ Reading 19
Passage A China Train Network 19
Passage B China Train Classes 21
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 25
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 26
Unit 3 Luggage Service 30
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 30
A Questions and Answers 30
B Dialogues 31
Section Ⅱ Reading 34
Passage A Luggage Allowance 34
Passage B Baggage and Parcel Transportation 36
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 39
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 40
Unit 4 Departure and Transfer and Arrival 44
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 44
A Questions and Answers 44
B Dialogues 45
Section Ⅱ Reading 48
Passage A Boarding a Train 48
Passage B A Railway Story—Whose Fault 50
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 52
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 52
Unit 5 Service in the Coach 55
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 55
A Questions and Answers 55
B Dialogues 56
Section Ⅱ Reading 59
Passage A Accommodation Classes ofTrains Seat 59
Passage B How to Spend Time in a Coach 61
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 63
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 64
Unit 6 Sleepers 66
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 66
A Questions and Answers 66
B Dialogues 67
Section Ⅱ Reading 70
Passage A Sleepers on the Train 70
Passage B Package Tour Train Journey 72
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 73
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 74
Unit 7 Dinning Car 76
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 76
A Questions and Answers 76
B Dialogues 77
Section Ⅱ Reading 80
Passage A Food and Drink on Train Journey 80
Passage B American Legend—Super Chief 81
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 84
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 85
Unit 8 Health and Security 87
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 87
A Questions and Answers 87
B Dialogues 88
Section Ⅱ Reading 91
Passage A Health Services on the Train 91
Passage B Theft on the Train 92
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 95
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 96
Unit 9 Emergency Service 98
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 98
A Questions and Answers 98
B Dialogues 99
Section Ⅱ Reading 102
Passage A Weather's Impact on Railway Transportation 102
Passage B A Foggy Liverpool Train 105
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 107
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 107
Unit 10 High-speed Train 109
Section Ⅰ Listening and Speaking 109
A Questions and Answers 109
B Dialogues 110
Section Ⅱ Reading 113
Passage A High-speed Train in China 113
Passage B Pushing the Train 115
Section Ⅲ Writing and Translating 116
Section Ⅳ Skills Training Tasks 117
Appendix 1 Railway Law of People's Republic of China 119
Appendix 2 Words and Expressions of Railway Passenger Service 139
Appendix 3 Part of the Translation and Suggested Answers 151
References 180