為什么詹天佑的雕像建在張家口南站

今天的這段對話，在討論詹天佑，
 
為什么詹天佑的雕像建在張家口南站
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Here we are.
 
我們到了。
 
B: First of all, let’s buy two tickets at the ticket office.
 
我們先去售票處買兩張票吧。
 
A: Are all tickets booked here?
 
所有的票都在這兒買嗎？
 
B: No, there are booking offices in other parts of the city where you can book in advance. Which train do I take to Beijing, please?
 
不是。市里其他地方也有售票處。你可以提前訂票。請問到北京乘哪列車？
 
K606 at twelve o’clock.
 
C: 12點的快606次列車。
 
B: How long does it take?
 
請問需要多長時間？
 
C: It’s due in at noon. The entire trip takes 3 hours.
 
準(zhǔn)點的話應(yīng)該是正午到。整個旅程是3個小時。
 
B: OK. Two round-trips.
 
好的。兩張往返票。
 
C: Here you are.
 
給。
 
A: Oh, it’s a great building. Have we got time to look around3) before the train starts? When will the train leave? It’s my first time to go travelling by train. I’m so excited.
 
那座建筑真漂亮。出發(fā)前我們還有時間看看周圍嗎？火車什么時候開？這是我第一次坐火車出游，感覺很興奮。
 
B: The train will leave at twelve o’clock. Now it’s only eleven o’clock.
 
火車12點出發(fā)，現(xiàn)在才11點。
 
A: Great! What’s the statue over there?
 
太好了。那邊是什么雕像？
 
B: It's the statue of Jeme Tien Yow. He was a distinguished Chinese railroad engineer. He was the Chief Engineer responsible for construction of the Imperial Peking-Kalgan Railway.
 
那是詹天佑的雕像。他是中國著名的鐵路工程師，是京張鐵路的總工程師。
 
A: I see. This is the reason why his statue was built at Zhang Jiakou south station. It is to commemorate the works of him.
 
我知道了。這就是為什么他的雕像建在張家口南站的原因，是為了紀(jì)念詹天佑所做出的貢獻(xiàn)。
 
B: Right. In 1878，Jeme Tien Yow was admitted to Yale University. His major was Civil Engineering, with an emphasis on railroad construction. Jeme Tien Yow received his bachelor’s degree in 1881. He was also said to be an advisor of the construction of the Kowloon-Canton Railway.
 
對了。1878年，詹天佑被耶魯大學(xué)錄取，修讀土木工程，重點學(xué)習(xí)鐵路建設(shè)。1881年獲得學(xué)士學(xué)位。聽說他也參與了九廣鐵路的建設(shè)。
 
A: So he is often called the Father of China’s Railroad.
 
所以他被稱為“中國鐵路之父”。
 
B: Yes. Jeme Tien Yow was also responsible for setting many railroad standards that are still in force in China today. He was also the founding member of the China Institute of Engineers. Jeme Tien Yow was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by the University of Hong Kong in 1916. A museum was established near the Qinglongqiao railway station to memorize him.
 
對。詹天佑還厘定了許多現(xiàn)在中國仍在使用的鐵路工程標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。他也是“中華工程 師學(xué)會”的創(chuàng)始人之一。1916年，香港大學(xué)授予他榮譽(yù)博士學(xué)位。為了緬懷詹天佑，青龍橋火車站附近建有詹天佑紀(jì)念館。
 
A: I want to visit his museum.
 
我都想?yún)⒂^他的紀(jì)念館了。
 
B: We can visit the museum next time. We’d better get a move on if we don’t want to miss the train. All passengers are expected to be on the train a few minutes before it pulls out.
 
我們可以下次參觀。如果不想錯過火車，我們就要快點了。乘客需要要在火車離站前幾分鐘上車。
 
A: Which platform is ours?
 
我們在幾站臺？
 
B: No.4.
 
4站臺。
 
A: What a long train! Let’s see, fourteen carriages altogether. Which is our carriage?
 
好長的火車??！一共14節(jié)車廂。我們在哪一節(jié)車廂？
 
B: Here we are. Carriage number 6, seat numbers 6 and 7.
 
就是這兒。6車廂，6號和7號座位。
 
A: I really wonder how people construct the railroad in the rugged mountains.
 
我真想知道人們怎么能在高低起伏的山脈間建造鐵路。
 
B: I am not quite sure. But it just proves that Jeme Tien Yow is a great person.
 
我也不清楚。但這也證明了詹天佑的偉大。