与美国小学生一起学英文第5册 第23期:铁路

　　Railroad¹ 铁路

　　Do you often travel by train? 你经常乘火车旅行吗？

　　It is a very interesting experience. 那经历是非常有趣的。

　　The history of the steel railroad is not that old. 铁路的历史并不那么久远。

　　It is about 200 years old. 大约有200年的历史。

　　Before that, people had a very hard time to travel far away. 在那之前，人们出远门是非常困难的。

　　At that time, people had to travel by horse or walk. 那时，人们不得不骑马或徒步旅行。

　　Believe it or not, the very first railroad was made with stone in Greece during the 6th century B.C. 信不信由你，公元前6世纪，希腊就已用石头建造了第一条铁路。

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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。