[00:01.75]LESSON 25
[00:03.50]railway
[00:04.88]铁路
[00:06.27]The railway station was big,black and dark.
[00:08.93]火车站很大，又黑又暗。
[00:11.60]A man killed himself on the railway.
[00:13.88]一个男人卧轨自杀。
[00:16.17]porter
[00:17.49]搬运工
[00:18.81]I did not know the way to my hotel,so I asked a porter.
[00:22.14]我不知道去饭馆的路该怎么走，于是向一个搬运工打听。
[00:25.47]The porter,however,could not understand me.
[00:28.41]然而搬运工却不明白我的话。
[00:31.35]The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.
[00:34.02]我和搬运工相视一笑。
[00:36.70]She called a porter to help her with the heavy luggage.
[00:39.68]她叫来一个搬运工帮她搬运沉重的行李。
[00:42.66]He cannot support his family,working as a porter.
[00:45.32]靠搬运为生，他养活不了家人。
[00:47.99]several
[00:49.50]几个
[00:51.02]I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.
[00:54.64]我把问话重复了好多遍，他终于听懂了。
[00:58.25]To explain the word,I gave students several examples.
[01:01.22]为了解释清楚这个单词，我给了学生几个例句。
[01:04.18]The plane was delayed several hours by the heavy fog.
[01:07.16]因为雾大，飞机延误了数小时。
[01:10.14]Many foreigners have got used to chopsticks.
[01:12.78]许多外国人已习惯使用筷子。
[01:15.42]My identity as a foreigner caused me a lot of trouble living in the small town.
[01:19.24]外国人的身份给我在小镇上的生活带来了许多麻烦。
[01:23.07]wonder
[01:24.49]感到奇怪
[01:25.92]I wondered.
[01:27.54]我感到奇怪。
[01:29.16]I wondered how she could manage to finish a thick novel within a week.
[01:32.28]我奇怪她怎么能在一星期内读完一本厚厚的小说。
[01:35.40]Many people wondered how such an incompetent could be elected mayor.
[01:38.82]很多人感到奇怪这样一个没有能力的人怎么会被选为市长。