生詞
高鐵
hāo tiě
high-speed rail
翻譯句子：
服務員為您提供各種飲料和零食。
Waiters serve you a variety of beverages and snacks.
朗讀（大聲讀）和翻譯：
雖然坐飛機快一些，但是加上去機場和安檢的時間，和坐高鐵差不多。
Although flying is faster, with the time to go to the airport and security check, it is almost the same as taking the high-speed rail.
高鐵的商務座，特等座的票價稍微貴一點兒，可是從天津到北京只需要35分鐘。
The fares for business seats and premium seats on the high-speed rail are a little more expensive, but it only takes 35 minutes from Tianjin to Beijing.
稍微
shāo wéi
a bit; a little
翻譯句子：
這個藥你愛吃也好, 不愛吃也好,反正你得吃。
Whether you like this medicine or not, you have to take it anyway.
朗讀（大聲讀）和翻譯：
每隔一段時間還有服務員為您提供各種飲料和零食。
Every once in a while there are waiters to provide you with a variety of drinks and snacks.
上了車以後，不但可以去餐車吃早飯，他還可以買售貨車提供的各種零食飲料。
After getting in the car, not only can he go to the dining car to have breakfast, he can also buy various snacks and drinks provided by the vending cart.
插座
chā zuò
socket
翻譯句子：
高鐵的車速是高速公路上車速的三倍。
The speed of the high-speed rail is three times that of the highway.
朗讀（大聲讀）和翻譯：
高鐵非常安全, 而且特別平穩。如果不看窗外，你跟本感覺不到列車在運行。
The high-speed rail is very safe and very smooth. You can't feel the train running if you don't look out the window.
車廂里的座位很寬敞，座位前面都有電源插座，手機電腦可以隨時充電，還可以無線上網。
The seats in the train car are very spacious, and there are power sockets in front of the seats. Mobile phones and computers can be charged at any time, and wireless Internet access is also available.
設施
shè shī
facility
翻譯句子：
高鐵的車速是高速公路上車速的三倍。
The speed of the high-speed rail is three times that of the highway.
朗讀（大聲讀）和翻譯：
由於安全原因，本次列車現在減速運行，我們向各位旅客表示歉意。
Due to safety reasons, the train is now running at a reduced speed. We apologize to all passengers.
凱麗父母是第一次坐高鐵，顯得很興奮。進了站以後，她的父母才發現中國的高鐵站比很多法國的飛機場更大更漂亮。
It was the first time for Kelly’s parents to take the high-speed rail, and they seemed very excited. After entering the station, her parents discovered that China's high-speed rail stations are bigger and more beautiful than many French airports.
歉意
qiàn yì
apology
Creating a sentence for 向 and one for 對 to show the different usages between them.
向：小孩子向媽媽要錢。
對：他對太太很好。
朗讀（大聲讀）和翻譯：
我看了一下顯示器，列車正以每小時275公里的速度運行，車速這麼快還要道歉，中國人真是太幽默了。
I looked at the monitor and saw that the train was running at a speed of 275 kilometers per hour. The Chinese people are so humorous that they have to apologize for such a fast speed.
不知不覺，一個小時就過去了。這時列車長宣佈: “杭州站要到了，列車開始減速。”很快列車就駛進了中國最美的南方城市-杭州。
Before I knew it, an hour passed. At this time, the train conductor announced: "Hangzhou Station is approaching, and the train starts to slow down." Soon the train entered the most beautiful southern city in China - Hangzhou.