1. The struggle to succeed in one of the world's most competitive societies is starting earlier and earlier, and is most evident in the growing popularity of special schools that train students during evenings and weekends to pass the examinations requi
    日本是当今世界竞争最为激烈的社会之一，在这里，成功之搏开始得越来越早，最明显的证据是一些特殊学校的生源剧增。这些学校在晚上和周末上课，训练学生通过进入私立中学和大学的入学考试。

2. Total travel time, including getting on and off the train: 1 hour, 35 minutes.
    包括上下火车，总共需要的时间为1小时35分钟。

3. The key to escape is the smaller tunnel that runs between the two train tunnels.
    逃生出口的关键所在是运行于两条火车主隧道间的一条小隧道。

4. The train comes to a stop and Ann gets off.
    列车停了，安下了车。

5. Queen Elizabeth and French President Francois Mitterrand will ride a train downward into the $15 billion Channel Tunnel today, crossing the English Channel by land for the first time since it was a marsh 8,000 years ago.
    今天，伊丽莎白女王和法国总统弗朗索瓦·密特朗将乘火车进入造价达150亿美元的海峡隧道，首次由陆地穿越8,000年前曾是一片沼泽地的英吉利海峡。

6. Neither was I surprised when the train stopped at Widley, a tiny station a few miles alone the line.
    火车开出几英里即在一个小站威德里停了下来。对此，我不觉得奇怪，

7. Rules could not be broken. And she had to watch that train disappear towards her destination while she was left behind.
    规章制度不能破坏，姑娘只得眼看那趟火车消逝在她要去的方向而撇下了她。

8. Houses and trees seem to recede as we ride past in a train.
    当我们乘火车经过时，房屋和树木似乎向后退。

9. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.
    他主动提出教授门多萨，而年少的门多萨一学就会。

10. Hardly anyone can positively enjoy sitting in a train for more than a few hours.
    很少有人能够真正喜欢坐几个小时以上的火车。