新西兰英语 113 Government to buy new trains

　　When the Labour¹ government bought Kiwi Rail² last year (see May 10 2008) the National Party said this was a big mistake. However, now the National government has to find some money to improve the trains. Today, we heard that the government will spend $115 million on new engines³ for the tourist trains from Picton to Christchurch and Christchurch to Greymouth. The engines will be made in China.
The government has $40 million for these new trains so will need to borrow the other $75 million. However, Kiwi Rail needs much more money than that, maybe as much as $3 billion in the future. There are no plans to find this money in the near future.

1 labour   

n.劳动，努力，工作；劳工，工人；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析，麻烦

参考例句：

• He has loved labour ever since he was a child.他从小热爱劳动。
• Labour creates the world.劳动创造世界。

2 rail   

n.栏杆，铁轨，扶手；v.以横木围栏，铺铁轨

参考例句：

• They will soon ship the goods by rail.他们很快就把货物用火车运去。
• She gripped the hand rail in the lift.她紧紧抓着电梯里的扶手。

3 engines   

n.发动机( engine的名词复数 )；引擎；火车头；火车机车

参考例句：

• the throaty roar of the engines 发动机的低沉轰鸣声
• We are having difficulty in firing up the ship's engines. 我们很难发动这艘轮船的引擎。 来自《简明英汉词典》