欧美文化博览 超级城市纽约 (8)

PATH is one of the world's smallest railways, just 23 kilometers, but it links Northern New Jersey¹ to all 1,300 kilometers of the New York subway system. Each day, the trains make hundreds of trips, carrying almost 200,000 commuters. Like the subway, PATH trains stay in perpetual² motion³.

帕斯是世界上最小的铁路之一,只有23公里,但它把新泽西以北和全部1300多公里的纽约地铁系统联系到了一起。每一天,列车会有数以百计的旅行,承载几乎200000名乘客。就像地铁一样，帕斯列车也在永恒的运动中。

I mean some people come from other places and they tell me, "oh what time do I have to be back from the city?", "you know, or what time we shall last". I said, "we run 24 hours."

我的意思是有些人来自其他地方但他们告诉我“哦,我得什么时候才能回到城市?”，“你知道，这会持续多久”。我说,“我们跑24小时。”

Bob Garcia has been a PATH conductor for 2 decades.

鲍勃·加西亚是一名从业20年的调度员。

I enjoy being in the crowd with passengers and I think the passengers feel a lot safer, too. You have to remember. Since 9.11, things have changed. We lost our innocence⁴ because... Now, any little delays and anything that happens on our system, passengers tend to look up.

我喜欢在人群中,而且我认为乘客也会感到很安全。你必须记住。自9.11年以来,事情已经改变。我们失去了我们的纯真,因为……现在,任何一点延迟和凡发生在我们的系统里的事情,乘客都会抬起头来看。

Every day, Garcia pulled into the PATH station beneath the twin towers.

每一天,加西亚都会穿梭于双子塔下的帕斯地铁站里。

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 perpetual   

adj.永久的，长期的，无休止的

参考例句：

• He is on a perpetual search for truth.他毕生在寻求真理。
• The wind and the water were carrying on their perpetual quarrel.风和海水正进行着它们那永无休止的争吵。

3 motion   

n.打手势，示意，移动，动作，提议，大便；v.运动，向...打手势，示意

参考例句：

• She could feel the rolling motion of the ship under her feet.她能感觉到脚下船在晃动。
• Don't open the door while the train is in motion.列车运行时，请勿打开车门。

4 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。