Contents
Unit 1 铁路货运 1
Passage A Rail Freight Transport 1
Vocabulary 4
Technical Terminologies 5
Exercises 6
Passage B Trans-Asian Railway 12
Vocabulary 15
Technical Terminologies 16
Exercises 16
Passage C Reforming Rail Freight 17
Unit 2 中欧班列 22
Passage A Why the China-Europe “Silk Road” Rail Network Is Growing Fast 22
Vocabulary 26
Technical Terminologies 29
Exercises 30
Passage B B&R Enhances Win-Win Partnership Between China,Europe Against
Global Uncertainties 38
Vocabulary 41
Technical Terminologies 42
Exercises 42
Passage C Freight CEO Task Force Meets from 9?10 July 2018
in Zurich (Part 1) 43
UIC Strengthens Eurasian Rail Freight Corridor Development Through
Cooperation (Part 2) 44
Unit 3 多式联运 47
Passage A Intermodal Freight Transport 47
Vocabulary 50
Technical Terminologies 52
Exercises 52
Passage B Intermodal Container 58
Vocabulary 62
Technical Terminologies 63
Exercises 63
Passage C New Look of China Railway Express 65
Unit 4 重载铁路 70
Passage A The International Heavy Haul Association 70
Vocabulary 73
Technical Terminologies 75
Exercises 76
Passage B Daqin Railway Co., Ltd. 83
Vocabulary 85
Technical Terminologies 87
Exercises 87
Passage C A Three-Year Freight Traffic Volume Increase Action by Railway
Department 88
Unit 5 轨距 93
Passage A Track Gauge 93
Vocabulary 96
Technical Terminologies 98
Exercises 98
Passage B Loading Gauge 104
Vocabulary 107
Technical Terminologies 108
Exercises 108
Passage C East African Railway Master Plan 109
Unit 6 铁路货车 114
Passage A Flat car 114
Vocabulary 117
Technical Terminologies 118
Exercises 119
Passage B Tank Car 126
Vocabulary 129
Technical Terminologies 130
Exercises 131
Passage C Refrigerator Car (Part 1) 132
China's First All-Refrigerated Container Transit Block Train Arrives
in Moscow (Part 2) 134
Unit 7 专用铁路 137
Passage A Mine Railway 137
Vocabulary 140
Technical Terminologies 142
Exercises 143
Passage B Industrial Railway & Forest Railway 149
Vocabulary 151
Technical Terminologies 152
Exercises 152
Passage C Englewood Railway 153
Unit 8 编组场与典型铁路 158
Passage A Classification Yard and Bailey Yard 158
Vocabulary 161
Technical Terminologies 162
Exercises 163
Passage B Union Pacific Railroad 169
Vocabulary 172
Technical Terminologies 173
Exercises 173
Passage C BNSF Railway 174
Unit 9 机车 178
Passage A Electric Locomotive 178
Vocabulary 181
Specialty Terminology 183
Exercises 183
Passage B Diesel Locomotive 191
Vocabulary 195
Technical Terminologies 196
Exercises 197
Passage C CRRC in Berlin 198
Unit 10 铁路危险品运输 203
Passage A Dangerous Goods 203
Vocabulary 207
Technical Terminologies 208
Exercises 208
Passage B FRA Factual Railroad Accident 214
Vocabulary 218
Specialty Terminology 219
Exercises 219
Passage C The Importance of Dangerous Goods Transport by Rail 220