A Night on the Train
火車上的一夜
— English reading, B1
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I had always wanted to travel by night train, so last autumn I booked a sleeper from Vienna to Rome. The journey took fourteen hours.
我一直想搭夜車旅行，所以去年秋天訂了從維也納到羅馬的臥鋪。整趟旅程花了十四個小時。
My compartment was tiny, and I was sharing it with two strangers. One was a retired teacher from Canada, and the other was a student who was studying art in Florence.
我的包廂很小，和兩個陌生人共用。一位是加拿大來的退休老師，另一位是在佛羅倫斯念藝術的學生。
While the train was crossing the mountains, we shared snacks and stories. I didn't sleep much because of the noise, but I didn't mind.
火車穿越山區的時候，我們分享零食，也聊了很多故事。因為噪音，我沒怎麼睡，但我不在意。
When I woke up, the sun was rising over Italian hills. A flight would have been faster, of course. But I would never have met two such interesting people.
我醒來時，太陽正從義大利的山丘升起。當然，搭飛機會快得多。可是那樣我就永遠不會遇到這麼有趣的兩個人了。
生詞
book 預訂
sleeper 臥鋪
journey 旅程
compartment （火車）包廂
stranger 陌生人
retired 退休的
cross 穿越
mind 介意