VOA常速英语2018--火车模型成圣诞节必不可少的元素（在线收听）

We have 31 different train station models here, and they really cover the breadth of United States all the way from Hawaii to Washington State to Florida. It’s gorgeous. Every year they amazed with the beauty that they, you know the ingenuity, the creativity.

我们在这里展出了31个不同的火车站模型，跨度美国很广的范围，从夏威夷到华盛顿州再到加州不一而足。这里很棒。每年，这里都会以其靓丽的独创性让人惊叹。

And we use the trains because I think trains really celebrate the holiday season for people from 2 to 92. I think people get excited about trains.

我们之所以采用火车是因为我认为火车可以恰如其分地代表节日季，从2岁-92岁都可以自得其乐。我认为大家都很喜欢火车。

Oh, it’s beautiful. All the stations from the different locations are really well done. He likes that the trains are moving, and he can see the train station and the surrounding of the train station, too. You know, I think model trains are so synonymous with trees and Christmas trees, especially that in the United States, where a lot of families will have a small train to go around their tree. She loves the trains. They are everywhere. It’s something that not everyone rides all the time anymore, and so I think there’s a little bit of whimsy associated with them.

这里太美了。这里有来自各地的火车站，设计都十分精巧。他很喜欢的一点是——火车是会动的，而且他还可以看到火车站及其周边。不知道您是否有同感，反正我是觉得火车模型跟圣诞树的代表性不相上下，尤其是在美国，因为这里的很多家庭都会在圣诞树周围放上火车的小模型。她本人很喜欢火车。到处都有火车。火车已经不是大家在任何地方任何时候乘坐的主要工具了，所以我认为在火车身上可以引发出很多有意思的情结。