One Way Ticket is about people taking long distance trains. "Night Train" begins in an interesting way: a man of fifty who likes trains. Does that sound strange to you?
In Europe and North America, many boys enjoy playing with trains (Your teacher was one of them). Some people build model trains and train stations in their basements. Playing with trains is great fun! 歐美許多男生小時候都很喜歡玩火車 （筆者也是其中之一）。有些人在家裡的地下室鋪蓋模型鐵路、火車站。玩火車非常有趣！Mr Harris liked trains. ... When he was a boy of ten, he liked trains. Now he was a man of fifty, and he still liked trains.
If you have the book, remember to study the pictures. They definitely help you understand the story.
Here is one more picture and two short videos:
Lego trains are cheap, but some model trains cost much more money!
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| Spotting Mr. Freeze in front of the Lego Apple store ( flickr photo CC--BY JD Hancock) http://flickr.com/photos/jdhancock/2952792290/ |
In Western countries, some people continue playing with trains after they grow up. In the daytime, they are teachers, doctors, lawyers etc, but at night they build model train tracks, add buildings and trees and play with their trains. Below is a YouTube video of a man in Canada who built a life-size train in his basement. Is he crazy? Maybe he's a bit crazy (he says he's insane), but so what! Actually, I'm a little bit jealous.
在西方國家有些人長大以後還是一樣繼續玩火車。白天呢，他們當老師、醫生、律師等等，而晚上他們模型鋪鐵路、蓋房屋、種樹，玩起火車來了。加拿大有一位熱愛火車的人在自家的地下室造了一輛全尺寸模型火車廂。或許有人會說他有一點神經不正常，可是那又怎麼樣！他好像玩得自得其樂。其實我多少有一點羨慕他呢！
Tour of replica VIA train built in basement
The Guy with the Train in his Basement
How often did you play with trains when you were young? Do you think the man in Canada is crazy, or is he just an interesting person? Would you let your children play with trains? What about your husband? Why/why not?Please leave some comments.你小時候喜歡玩火車嗎？你認為這位加拿大人有趣嗎，還是神經病？你會讓自己的小孩玩火車嗎？玩到幾歲呢？如果那是你先生呢？下面請按鉛筆圖示，留幾句話（中英文都可以）。謝謝！
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