Chapter 4

CHAPTER FOUR Joe the Train Driver Joe jumped up into the engine of the train. A bright fire was burning there, as it was a steam train. He looked at all the shining handles and wheels. "How shall I know which is which?" he asked the driver.

第四章 火车司机乔 乔跳上了火车的机车驾驶室。 炉子里烧着明晃晃的火，因为这是一辆蒸汽火车。 他看着所有闪闪发亮的把手和操纵轮。 “我怎么分得清哪个是哪个呀？”他问司机。

"Well," said the driver, pointing to the different knobs and handles. "That's the starting wheel- and that's to make the whistle go- and that's to go slow- and that's to go fast. You can't make a mistake. Don't forget to stop at the stations, will you? And oh- look out for the road crossing gates, in case they are shut. It would be dangerous not to take care there."

“这个嘛，”司机指着不同的旋钮和把手说。 “那是启动轮——那个是拉响汽笛的——那个是减速的——那个是加速的。 你不会搞错的。 别忘了到站要停车，知道吗？ 还有哦——路过道口栏杆的时候要留神，别赶上栏杆关着。 在那儿不小心的话会很危险的。”

Joe felt tremendously excited. Rick looked up longingly. "Joe! Could I come too?" he begged. "Please let me. Just to watch you." "All right," said Joe. So Rick hopped up on to the engine. Beth, Frannie, Moon- Face and Silky got into a carriage just

乔兴奋得不得了。 里克眼巴巴地抬头看着。 “乔！我也能上去吗？”他恳求道。 “求求你带我去吧。 我就看着你操作就行。” “好吧。”乔说。 于是里克也跳上了机车。 贝丝、弗兰妮、月亮脸和丝绸仙子就坐上了后面的

behind. The guard ran alongside waving a flag and blowing his whistle. "The signal's down!" yelled Rick. "Go on, Joe! Start her up!" Joe twisted the starting wheel. The engine began to chuff-chuff-chuff and moved out of the station.

车厢。 列车员沿着车边跑，一边挥着旗子一边吹哨子。 “信号落下来了！”里克大喊。 “快开呀，乔！ 启动吧！” 乔拧动了启动轮。 机车开始噗嗤噗嗤响，慢慢驶出了车站。

"Joe's really driving the train!" cried Beth. "Oh, isn't he clever! He's always wanted to drive an engine!" The engine began to go very fast- too fast. Joe pulled the "Go Slow" handle, and it went more slowly. He was so interested in what he was doing that he didn't notice they were coming to a station. He shot right through it!

“乔真的在开火车呢！”贝丝大叫起来。 “哇，他可太厉害啦！ 他一直都想开机车的！” 机车开始跑得飞快——快得过分了。 乔拉了“减速”把手，车速就慢下来了。 他太专注于手里的操作，完全没注意到他们正要开到一个车站。 他直接开着车冲过去了！