1·Unbuttoning his shirt, folding his trousers into a neat pile on the sink, he gave the impression of a man who had spent his life on the rails and was now, at 78, preparing for one final departure.
他解开衬衣扣子，在水槽上把裤子整齐地折叠起来，给人的印象是一个在铁路上度过了一辈子的男人。 而现在，在78岁的高龄，他准备做最后的出发了。
2·It's a symbolic shift, because it wasn't so long ago that it was Russian engineers who toiled away to lay rails across the steppes of Central Asia.
这是一个具有象征意义的转变，因为就在不那么久以前，在中亚大草原上辛勤铺设铁路的，还是俄罗斯的工程技术人员。
3·Life improved greatly, he recalls, when he learnt to ride a bike and could go properly off the rails.
他回忆说，当他学会了骑自行车，能像模像样在铁路旁骑行时，生活好了许多。
4·Within a month, every fuel tank would be dry, all our gauge needles would point to "e," and the roads, rails and skies would be virtually empty.
一个月内，每个油桶都会用干，我们车上的指针都跳到E，到那时公路、铁路和天空会空荡荡的。
5·Mr Giesbers aims to have a million Cargoshells plying the seas, rails and roads by 2020, equivalent to 4% of the market.
吉斯·贝斯的目标是在2020年前有一百万个“货物外壳”进入水路、铁路、陆路运输业，相当于4%的市场份额。