• minutes passed and we had not even covered half the distance. I asked a passenger if this was the Westhaven Express, but he had not even heard of it. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. Two hours later, I was talking angrily to the station master at Westhaven. When he denied the train's existence, I borrowed his copy of the timetable. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. Glancing at it briefly, he told me to look again. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: 'This service has been suspended.'
New words and expressions
1. The Westhaven Express #express n. 快车；adj. 高速的 express way: 高速公路 express train快车 special express 特快 through express 直快 stopping/ local train 慢车
• the journey lasted mere a hour and seventeen minutes. When I boarded the train, I could not help noticing that a great many local people got on as well. At the time, this did not strike me as odd. I reflected that there must be a great many local people besides myself who wished to take advantage of this excellent service. Neither was I surprise when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles along the line. Even a mighty express train can be held up by signals. But when the train dawdled at station after station, I began to wonder, It suddenly dawned on me that this express was not roaring down the line at ninety miles an hour, but barely chugging along at thirty. One hour and seventeen
3.After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. # condition v. 使习惯于 ==form a habit in Eg: This society has conditioned each of us. be conditioned to 习惯了…… Eg: Each of us has been conditioned to the soc iety.
3.Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services.
只有非同寻常的大雪才可能暂时打乱铁路运行。
# exceptionally 异常地；特殊地；例外地 # dislocate [ˈdɪsləkeɪt] vt. 使关节脱位;使（交 通，事务等）混乱
8. I determined to lodge a complaint as soon as we arrived. # lodge [lɒdʒ] v. 提出 make/ lodge complaint 提出抱怨 lodge vi. 存放;暂住;埋入
vt. 提出（报告、要求、申诉等）;容纳;寄存; 把（权利、权威等）授予 n. <古>小屋，草屋;（北美印第安人的）帐篷; （森林、猎场等的）看守小屋;（学校、工厂等的） 传达室
# asterisk [ˈæstərɪsk] n. 星号，星状物 vt. 加星 号于 # conduct v. 引向，引导 # suspend v. 暂停;悬;挂;延缓 Eg. The union suspended strike action this week 这周工会暂停了罢工。
# condition n.条件 on condition that 在……条件下如果 *on no condition 在任何情况下，用在句首句 子要倒装 Eg. On no condition must you be late. in good/ bad condition 情况良好/情况糟糕 change one's condition 结婚
Lesson37
The Westhaven Express
开往威斯特海温的快车
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We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. After years of conditioning, most of us have developed an unshakable faith in railway timetables. Ships may be delayed by storms; flights may be cancelled because of bad weather, but trains must be on time. Only an exceptionally heavy snowfall might temporarily dislocate railway services. It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong. The truth is that when mistakes occur, they are more likely to be ours than theirs. • After consulting my railway timetable, I noted with satisfaction that there was an express train to Westhaven. It went direct from my local station and
10. A tiny asterisk conducted me to a footnote at the bottom of the page. It said: 'This service has been suspended.‘ 一个小小的星形符号把我的目
光引到了那页底部一个说明上。上面写着：“此趟列车暂 停运行。”
9. There was a note of triumph in my voice when I told him that it was there in black and white. # triumph [ˈtraɪʌmf] n. 胜利; 心满意足 vi. 战胜;获胜;克服;打败 Eg. Her sense of triumph was short-lived 她只 感受了片刻成功的喜悦。
# faith n. 信任 keep faith with sb. 对……守信用 put one's faith in sth 对……有信心 on the faith of 在……的保障下，凭……的信用 辨析：faith 深信不疑，信仰，比belief 程度 重一点 belief 可信赖，可接受 conviction 坚定的信念 trust 相信，依赖 credit 对……完全相信
2.We have learnt to expect that trains will be punctual. # punctual adj. 准时的 be punctual in doing sth. 在做……方面非常 准时 be punctual to the minute 非常准时 punctually adv. unpunctual ant. punctuality n.严守时间 辨析：punctuation n.标点 # We' ve learnt to expect that …… 我们已经习惯于 期盼……
我突然感到这趟快车并没以时速90英里的速度呼啸前进，而 是卟哧卟哧地向前爬行，时速仅30英里。 # dawn [dɔ:n] n. 拂晓;醒悟 vi. 破晓;开始出现vt. （开始）被理 解；被想到 dawn on sb 渐渐被某人明白 # roar [rɔ:(r)] v. 吼叫n. 吼叫声，咆哮声; 大笑 chug 英[tʃʌg] vi. 发出突突声; （火车、汽船等）咔嚓咔嚓地 前进 n. 突突声 roar down ,chug along 呼叫向前, 慢慢向前 (形式一致) # barely==only