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HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF IN THE CITY
在城市中如何照顧自己
The next day the boys were up bright and early. After a good breakfast they talked over the program for the day.
第二天，男孩們一大早起來。吃完美味的早餐后，他們討論起了一天的計(jì)劃。
"I think we had better just take a walk this morning." Arthur said, "so that you can see how things look. Everything will be new to you. We'll take a street car down town and walk around where the big stores and the tall office buildings are. They call these buildings skyscrapers, because they are so high."
“我覺得我們今天早上最好去散散步，”亞瑟說，“這樣你可以看看周圍的事物。對(duì)你而言，一切都是新鮮的。我們將乘電車去商業(yè)區(qū)，并在大商店和高大的辦公樓間走走，他們稱這些建筑是摩天大樓，因?yàn)樗鼈兎浅８摺！?/div>
When the car had reached the street at which they were to get off, both boys stepped from the platform with their faces toward the front. Then George started to cross the street, just behind the car.
當(dāng)車到達(dá)他們的目的地時(shí)，兩個(gè)男孩面朝前從臺(tái)上下來。喬治打算從車后面穿過馬路。
"Wait a minute," said Arthur. "Stand right here in the middle of the street until our car gets out of the way, so that we can see what is coming. Look! There's a car coming right in our direction, and it might have hit us if we had started to cross the street without looking. If you want to keep from being run down by a street car that is moving in the other direction from the one you have just left, you must always look both ways before starting to cross the street."
“等一下，”亞瑟說，“站在馬路中間，直到我們的車開走，這樣我們才能看到路上的車。看！有一輛車正向我們這邊駛來，如果我們剛剛沒有觀察就穿馬路，可能會(huì)被它撞上。下車后，如果你不想被對(duì)面開來的電車撞到，必須在過馬路前看看兩邊。”
After the way was clear, the boys walked quickly to the sidewalk, and turned to watch the street traffic. What a different sight it was from the quiet country roads! It was the hour when thousands of men and women were going to their places of work. The sidewalks were crowded with hurrying people. The streets were full of automobiles and heavy trucks and clanging cars.
確定道路安全后，男孩們迅速走上了人行道，并轉(zhuǎn)身觀察街道交通。跟寧靜的鄉(xiāng)村相比，這是多么不同的一番景象啊！此時(shí)正是成千上萬的人前去上班的時(shí)間。人行道上擠滿了匆匆趕路的人，馬路上到處都是汽車、重型卡車和發(fā)出叮當(dāng)聲的小汽車。
As George looked at the strange sight in the busy city, he said to his cousin, "My! I wonder how so many people can cross these crowded streets without being run over."
喬治看著繁忙城市的奇特景象時(shí)，對(duì)堂弟說，“我的天哪！我想知道多少人過這些擁擠的馬路時(shí)沒有被車撞倒。”
