011 铁轨上的麻烦

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One day the children were walking by the fence along the top of the hill, beside the railway line

一天，孩子们沿着山顶的栅栏散步，旁边就是铁路线。

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The ground was very rocky, but some grass and small trees grew

地面石头很多，但还是长了一些草和小树。

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The children were looking for wild cherries

孩子们正在找野樱桃。

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Suddenly they heard a noise

突然，他们听到了一个声响。

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The noise was soft but very clear, and slowly it began to get louder

那声响很轻，但非常清晰，慢慢地变大了。

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" Look at the tree over there!" shouted Peter

“看那边那棵树！”彼得喊道。

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The girls looked and saw a tree moving slowly down the hill

女孩们望去，看见一棵树正慢慢往山下移动。

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The tree was moving toward the railway line!

那棵树正朝着铁路线移动！

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" It's magic!" said Phyllis." I knew the railway was magic!

“太神奇了！”菲利斯说，“我就知道铁路很神奇！

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Look, some other trees are moving too!"

看，其他一些树也在动呢！”

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It really did seem like magic — all the trees seemed to be walking down the hillside!

这真的像魔法一样——所有的树都好像在沿着山坡往下走呢！

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A loud rumbling sound filled the air

一阵巨大的隆隆声弥漫在空气中。

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" Oh, I don't like it!

“哦，我不喜欢这样！

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Let's go home!" said Phyllis

我们回家吧！”菲利斯说。

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But they all watched as the trees slipped slowly down the hillside

但他们全都眼看着那些树缓缓地从山坡上滑了下去。

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Then some stones and loose earth fell down and rattled on the railway tracks far below

接着，一些石头和松散的泥土掉了下来，噼里啪啦地打在远远下方的铁轨上。

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A big rock began to move too

一块大岩石也开始移动了。

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" It's all coming down,"

“全都要塌下来了，”

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Peter tried to say, but he was too scared to speak

彼得想要说，但他吓得根本说不出话来。

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More rocks, grass, trees, and bushes slipped off the hill and crashed onto the tracks below

更多的岩石、草、树和灌木丛从山上滑落，重重砸在了下方的铁轨上。

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A cloud of dust rose up

一阵尘土飞扬起来。

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" It's blocked the tracks!" cried Phyllis

“它把铁轨堵住了！”菲利斯喊道。

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" Yes," said Peter, thinking

“是的，”彼得思考着说。

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" And the 11:29 hasn't gone past yet

“而且十一点二十九分的火车还没过去呢。

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We must let them know at the station, or there will be a terrible accident," Bobbie said

我们必须告诉车站的人，否则会发生可怕的事故，”博比说。

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" There isn't time!" said Phyllis

“来不及了！”菲利斯说。

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" It's after eleven now," Peter said

“现在已经十一点多了，”彼得说。

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They thought for a moment

他们想了一会儿。

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" We need something red to get people's attention," said Peter

“我们需要红色的东西来引起人们的注意，”彼得说。

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" Then we could go down and wave to the train."

“然后我们可以下去向火车挥手示意。”

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They started to walk down the hill

他们开始走下山坡。

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Bobbie was pale, and Phyllis was red-faced and worried

博比脸色苍白，菲莉丝满脸通红，一副担心的样子。

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" Oh, how hot I am!" she said

“哎呀，我热死了！”她说。

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" I thought it was going to be cold

“我还以为会很冷呢。

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I wish we hadn't put on our..."

我真希望我们没有穿上我们的……”

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She stopped suddenly and looked excited

她突然停下来，神情兴奋。

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" Our petticoats!" Phyllis cried

“我们的衬裙！”菲莉丝喊道。

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" They're red! Let's take them off!"

“它们是红色的！我们脱下来吧！”

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The girls took off their petticoats, and the three children ran to the sharp bend in the railway line

女孩们脱下衬裙，三个孩子跑向铁路线的急弯处。

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The train would be coming soon

火车很快就要来了。

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" Now," said Peter, taking hold of the largest flannel petticoat

“现在，”彼得说着，拿起最大的那条法兰绒衬裙。

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" You're not... you're not going to tear them?" asked Phyllis

“你不是……你不是要撕了它们吧？”菲莉丝问。

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" Phyllis, if we can't stop the train, there'll be a real accident, with people killed!" Bobbie said

“菲莉丝，如果我们拦不住火车，那可就真要出事故了，会死人的！”博比说。

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Peter divided each petticoat into three pieces

彼得把每条衬裙都撕成三块。

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Then he looked at his watch again

然后他又看了看手表。

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" We've got seven minutes

“我们还有七分钟。

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We'll need some sticks as well."

我们还需要几根棍子。”

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They found some sticks and tied the flannel onto them

他们找来几根棍子，把法兰绒布条绑在上面。

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Now they had six red flags

现在他们有了六面红旗。

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The children made two little piles of rocks on the tracks, and stuck a red flag in each

孩子们在铁轨上堆了两小堆石头，各插了一面红旗。

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Then Phyllis and Bobbie each took a flag

然后菲莉丝和博比每人拿了一面旗。

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" I will have two flags because I'm the one who tore them," said Peter

“我拿两面旗，因为是我撕的，”彼得说。

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" They're our petticoats though," Phyllis began to argue

“可那是我们的衬裙呀，”菲莉丝争辩起来。

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But Bobbie interrupted

但博比打断了她。

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" Who cares? We have to save the train!"

“谁在乎呢？我们必须救火车！”

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Perhaps Peter's watch was slow, or perhaps the train was late

也许是彼得的手表慢了，也许是火车晚点了。

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They seemed to wait for a long time

他们好像等了很久。