書(shū)蟲(chóng)3級(jí) 鐵路少年

他們生活中的變化發(fā)生得異常突然。此刻，他們還生活在一個(gè)幸福的家庭里，要什么有什么。瞬間之后，爸爸就被迫離開(kāi)——“出差去了”，媽媽是這么講的。但是她臉色蒼白，孩子們明白這是個(gè)壞消息。他們不得不離開(kāi)了他們?cè)趥惗氐哪莻€(gè)舒適的家，住到了鄉(xiāng)下的一座小房子里?，F(xiàn)在他們是窮人了，媽媽說(shuō)。雖然她竭力想讓自己的聲音聽(tīng)起來(lái)高興一些，無(wú)奈雙眼中卻充滿(mǎn)了傷感與憂(yōu)慮。

The change in their lives comes very suddenly. One minute they are all a happy family, with everything that they want. The next minute, Father has to go away— 'on business', Mother says. But her face is white, and the children know that it's bad news. They have to leave their nice home in London, and go and live in a little house in the country. They are poor now, Mother says. She tries to sound happy, but her eyes are sad and worried.

羅伯塔、彼得和菲利斯也為他們的爸爸擔(dān)心，但誰(shuí)都不能一直那么傷感。新生活開(kāi)始了，處處都充滿(mǎn)新奇的冒險(xiǎn)。從他們的新家往山下走，有一條鐵路，耀眼明亮的鐵軌通向倫敦;還有穿山隧道那黑洞洞的大口，在那里火車(chē)從黑暗中呼嘯而出，就像體型龐大的野獸……

Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis also worry about Father, but no one can be sad all the time. A new life is beginning, with adventures around every corner. And there, down the hill from their new house, is the railway, with its shining lines leading all the way back to London; and the black mouth of the tunnel, where trains come screaming out of the darkness like great wild animals...