II.Translate the following into Chinese.
3. A metro or rapid transit system is a passenger transport railway system in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency of service, and grade separation from other traffic.
II.Translate the following into Chinese.
1. Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long-distance transportation in China.
铁路运输是中国最常用的长途运输方式。
2. The chief engineer of this railway was Zhan Tianyou, who is known as the Father of China's Railway.
5. China also leads in terms of the growth rate of transport volume and use of transport equipment.
中国在运量Decide wether the following statements true or false.
新交通系统（简称AGT）是完全自动运行的，无人驾驶的， 分层的交通系统，其车辆常常用橡胶轮胎，车辆自动沿着 导轨被引导着运行。
I. Decide wether the following statements true or false.
• 1. Trains with self-propelled payload-carrying vehicles are not normally
• 1. As opposed to rapid transit, a light rail system is a fully grade-separated
with lower capacity and higher speed. ( F )
• 2. A metro system is a grade-separated railway usually in an urban area with a
的能力，其唯一用途是牵引列车沿轨道行驶。 2. By the end of the 20th century, the steam power still in routine
passenger use in most parts of the world was on tourist railways mainly aimed at tourists and railroad hobbyists (rail-fans).
这条铁路的总工程师是詹天佑，他被誉为“中国铁路之父”。
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3. Not only has the Chinese railway network expanded in size since 1949, but it has also seen great technological advances. 自1949年以来，中国铁路不仅规模扩大，而且也见证了巨大的技术进步。
• 4. A metro or rapid transit train generally runs on separate tracks (underground or elevated) with a higher frequency, whereas a commuter rail train often shares tracks with intercity rail and freight trains and tends to
地下铁道或捷运系统是在市区运行的客运轨道系统，运力较大， 运营班次密集，并和其他交通系统分层行驶。 4. A monorail is a rail transportation system based on a single rail, which acts as its sole support and its guideway. It is opposed to the traditional track with two parallel rails.
largest, having six percent of the world's operating railways, and carrying 25 percent of the world's total railway workload. • ( T)5. China railway is developing very quickly to meet the demand of its economic development.
I. Decide wether the following statements true or false.
• ( T)1. In China, almost all rail transport is handled by the government.
• (esFt)a2b.liTshhemfeinrsttorfaNilerwoaCdhiinnaC.hina did not exist until the • ( T)3. Zhan Tian You was a great railway engineer in China. • ( T)4. China's rail transport volume is one of the world's
diesel locomotives, such as diesel-mechanical locomotive, diesel-hydraulic
locomotive and diesel-electric locomotive.( T )
• 4. Locomotives that are electrically driven with on-board fuelled prime mover
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1. Urban rail transit is a wide term for various types of local rail systems providing passenger service within and around urban or suburban areas. 城市轨道交通是一个包含范围较大的概念，泛指各种在市 区、近郊及其周边区域提供客运服务的地方轨道系统。 2. A light rail system is a form of urban rail public transportation with a lower capacity and speed than a metro system, but higher capacity and speed than a traditional street-running tram. 轻轨交通运输系统是一种比地铁运力低、运输速度慢，但比传统 的沿街行驶有轨电车运量大、速度快的城市轨道公共交通系统。
high capacity and frequency of service. ( T )
• 3. The traditional track is consisted of two parallel rails while a monorail is a
railway with single-railed track. ( T )
tracks. ( F )
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1. A locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. A locomotive has no payload capacity of its own, and its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. 机车是为列车提供动力的铁路车辆，本身不具备运输载重
travel at lower speeds.( F )
• 5. Different from conventional wheeled trains, a Maglev train is suspended a
short distance away from a guideway using magnetic levitation. (T )
独(单)轨交通是运行于单个轨道的交通系统，通过单一轨道梁支 撑车厢并提供引导作用，有别于传统的有两条平行轨的轨道。
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5. Automated guideway transit (AGT) is a fully automated, driverless, grade-separated transit system in which vehicles, often rubber-tired, are automatically guided along a “guideway”.
are also classified as electric locomotives. ( F )
• 5. Although electric locomotives have many advantages, they can not completely displace diesel locomotives due to the high cost of electrifying