初中进阶新闻万花筒：京广高铁开通了！【上海学生英文报】

京广高铁通车，大大缩短两地间的行车时间。

World’s longest high-speed train line opens

It used to take 20 hours to travel by train from Beijing to Guangzhou. But since December 26, the travel time has been cut to eight hours—as the Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed rail line opened.

过去，从北京到广州的火车旅程需要20个小时，但是从12月26日开始，由于京广高速铁路的开通，这段时间将缩短到8个小时。

Two trains left stations in Beijing and Guangzhou at 9 a.m. and 10 a.m., respectively, to mark the opening of the 2,298-km line.

两辆火车分别于9时和10时停靠于北京站和广州站，见证这段2,298公里的铁路线的启动仪式。

The rail line runs through over half of China. It is the longest high-speed rail line in the world. It takes China a step closer to building its massive railway network.

这条铁路线途径大半个中国，它是全世界最长的高速铁路线路。这也加快了中国构建中国铁路网的步伐。

A total of 155 pairs of trains will run on the line every day at an average speed of 300 km per hour. Different schedules have been made for weekends and the busiest travel times, according to the Ministry of Railways (铁道部).

每天总共会有155组列车以平均300公里/小时的速度行驶在这条铁路上。根据铁道部的消息，针对周末及高峰期的不同时刻表也已经制定。

The new line has a series of measures in place to make sure it’s safe. Safety when traveling by high-speed rail has been a big concern. A train crash near the city of Wenzhou left 40 people dead in July 2011.

这条新铁路有一系列的措施来保证其安全性，高速列车的安全性已被认定是重大问题，2011年7月温州动车碰撞事件造成40人死亡。

The measures include increasing maintenance for equipment and improving the control system to try to solve possible problems, according to Sun Shuli, a chief engineer behind some designs of the new line.

这条新铁路的主要工程师之一孙树礼说，这些措施包括增加对设备的维修，提升控制系统以解决可能发生的问题。

The old Beijing-Guangzhou line will still be in use. There will be 183 pairs of trains running daily on the line.

原先的京广铁路仍会继续运营，每天会有183组列车行驶于这条铁路上。

A second-class seat on the new high-speed line costs 865 yuan while a sleeper on the old line sells for around 430 yuan.

新高铁线路的二等车座需要花费865元而旧线路的卧铺票售价430元。