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railway: 铁路
the train track
There are gates around the railway for people’s safety. 铁路周围有保护人们安全的防护门。 Do you think we could arrive at the railway station before 10:00 a.m.?
你觉得我们可以在上午十点之前到达火车站吗？platform: 站台，月台
a raised area or structure where people can stand (waiting for train or bus etc.)
Be careful with the steps on the platform. 请小心站台上的台阶。 The train will depart from platform 9 in ten minutes.
这辆火车将于10分钟之后从第9站台发车。well-designed: 设计很好的
made or done very well
The bridge was well-designed at that time and has been used for many years.
这座桥当初设计的很好，已经使用好多年了。To publicize our company, the advertisement should be well-designed and cover general information of our company.
为了宣传我们的公司，广告应该设计精美，并包含公司的基本信息。long-distance: 长途的
having a great distance from one place to another
There relationship became long-distance once she left for college.
在她上大学之后，他们开始了异地恋。It is a long-distance trip and let’s bring some food and drinks.
这是段长途旅行，我们带一些吃的，喝的吧。express train: 特快列车
a train that stops at only a few stations and can therefore travel more quickly.
特快列车指的是时刻表上停站少的列车（例如中国的T字头列车），这种列车不一定就是high speed train / bullet train（例如中国的G字头高铁）。 
You should take the express train if you want to get there faster. 如果你想尽快到达，那就坐特快列车吧。 Tickets for the express train are only a few dollars more expensive.
特快列车的票价只贵几美元而已。waiting room: 候车室
a room for people to wait for trains or buses to arrive
There were six other people ahead of him in the waiting room.
在候车室里，他前面还有六个人。The waiting room in this train station is quite good with tea and coffee offered to passengers.
这个火车站的候车厅非常好，里面为旅客提供了茶和咖啡。Grammar
symbol 和 sign的区别
symbol一般指 “象征意义” 的标志，是实物也有可能是虚有的。
- The lion is the symbol of courage.
- The cross is the symbol of Christianity. sign是普通名词，指 “标记”或“记号”或“路标”，也可以指某种“征兆，动作，表情”等。
- Look out for a sign to the motorway.
- Dark clouds are signs of raining.
- She gave us a sign to leave the room by pointing to the door.
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