时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  The Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce, said yesterday that some railway lines will probably be closed. The line between Napier and Gisborne, the northern Wairarapa line and the inland Taranaki line usually have just one train a week. It is possible that more logs 1 from forests could be carried on the Napier Gisborne line to keep the line open. If communities want railway lines to stay open, they have to find businesses which will use the lines. For example, Fonterra is now using more trains to carry milk to dairy 2 factories.

Most trains in New Zealand are used to carry freight 3: coal, milk, dairy products, logs and steel. They also carry containers of goods to and from the ports.

One of the problems with the inland Taranaki line is that it was damaged last year and is still not repaired. For 15 years, New Zealand rail was owned by private companies. The Labour government bought back the rail and called it KiwiRail in 2008. A lot of money is now needed for repairs to the tracks 4 and for new trains. Most trains are about 30 years old.

Problems with repairing tracks in Wellington have caused delays 5 for passengers recently. In the last 6 months of 2008, there were 6 million trips on the Wellington commuter 6 trains. In the last 6 months of 2009, this had dropped to 5.6 million and this year passenger numbers are down again. Many people are choosing to travel by car or bus instead.

However, KiwiRail says that the work they are doing on the Auckland 7 and Wellington railways is the first major work since the railway began there. When it has finished, they hope passengers will return. Auckland will have 20 new electric trains. The Auckland railways will all be electric in the future.

Listen to March 2nd 2009 for more information about KiwiRail.

Questions to think about

What is the advantage of electric trains?

Should Auckland and Wellington ratepayers subsidise rail in their area?

How can communities encourage businesses to use rail?



n.练习用球瓶;原木,木材,木料( log的名词复数 );航海[飞行]日志
  • logs for the fire 烧火用的木材
  • The logs were knocked together as they floated down the stream. 圆木顺流而下时互相碰撞着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.牛奶场,乳品店;adj.乳制品的
  • The yogurt sold by this dairy is delicious.这家乳品店出售的酸奶非常好喝。
  • He kept a few dairy cows.他养了几头奶牛。
n.货物,货运;vt.运送(货物)看,装货于
  • Tons of freight were flown into this airport every day.每天有许多吨货物被空运到这个机场。
  • There is ten yuan in the bill for freight.发票中包括运费十元。
n.小路( track的名词复数 );跑道;路径;轨道v.跟踪( track的第三人称单数 );跟踪摄影;留下(脏)足迹;追随(潮流等)
  • Tracks led up the mountainside. 小径沿着山坡向上延伸。
  • All the tracks have been digitally remastered from the original tapes. 所有的曲子都已经从原始录音带转录到了数码母带上。
(使)耽搁,延误( delay的第三人称单数 ); 推迟; 使延期; 使延迟
  • Commuters will face long delays on the roads today. 路远乘车上下班的人今天要在路上耽误很多时间了。
  • Things were working well when we were brought up against unexpected delays. 事情本来进行得很顺利,不料我们遇到了耽搁。
n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者
  • Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
  • She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
n.奥克兰(新西兰港市)
  • Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand.奥克兰是新西兰最大的城市。
  • Return to auckland by bus in afternoon.下午乘车返回奥克兰。
学英语单词
abuse in the granting of loans
adsorbent modifier
adulatoriously
Alzheimer's cells
amateur theatricals
Anabasis elatior
Antigonus II Gonatas
Aruwimi
athletique
Boea philippensis
canonical marriage
capacitor unit
carbonylh(a)emoglobin
carex siderosticata hce
cast-in situ
celiohystero-oothecectomy
chondria crassicaulis
Condé-sur-Huisne
conventional model
Crown I.
cruciferous vegetable
ctau
cut into pieces
cyclic hardening
delivery chute
drive magnet
economic development strategy of coastal areas
effective circulatory volume
electron path length
embrasured
Epherit
ex all
fibroserous membranes
fire warp
force of sliding friction
foxling
full-motion videos
fussed
gonocephalum kanoi
ground water resource
gutmann scale
Habor
have a thick hide
have in mind
immature creditor nation
interlocking panel
iron(iii) oxide
Jatibarang
joint cost
lobsterback
lunke
maceration
mammary feminism
McVeytown
mineral sludge
miswrite
Mitchell principles
mode of life
monchloroethane
monomer-induced
Morris columns
motor-home
N-CDMA
neurologic medicine
neutral resistance
off-gas holdup pipe
offence against social order
offending ship
parallel plate oil separator
Pedicularis muscoides
peltatifolia
persistent leaf
plumcots
pnigos
points of incidence
potassium filter
processor consistency model
pussiest
radiation length
residual fission products
sanded rail
scrappable
sector hole
selfer gene
smeghead
spring corn sheller
strong phoneme
superheater steam circuit
syndesmosis
t-chromosome(kattermann 1939)
tabanuss
tetraiodophthalein sodium
thin-film interferences
thrust build up
tractus corticothalamici
trait theory of leadership
turing number
unproselyting
vermicelloni
Vermontite
went at it
white gale warning