摘要：译文：罗伯塔、彼得和菲利斯住在伦敦的一所大房子里。父亲在政府办公室努力工作。他从不生气，总是准备玩游戏。母亲几乎总是在家，准备和孩子们玩耍，给他们读书，帮助他们做家庭作业。 这三个幸运的孩子总是拥有他们所需要的一切：漂亮的衣服、良好的火源、一个可爱的游戏室和一

译文：罗伯塔、彼得和菲利斯住在伦敦的一所大房子里。父亲在政府办公室努力工作。他从不生气，总是准备玩游戏。母亲几乎总是在家，准备和孩子们玩耍，给他们读书，帮助他们做家庭作业。 这三个幸运的孩子总是拥有他们所需要的一切：漂亮的衣服、良好的火源、一个可爱的游戏室和一只名叫詹姆斯的狗。他们过着幸福的生活，但他们不知道这种幸福直到大房子里的美好生活结束了。 彼得有一个玩具引擎坏了。晚饭后，彼得向父亲展示了引擎。父亲检查了一下，答应星期六修好它。 就在那时，两个男人来找父亲。时间一分一秒地过去了。父亲的声音从书房里传来，又大又愤怒。 更多的时间过去了。然后母亲走了进来，说：“父亲被叫走了——出差。” 在他们父亲离开一周后，他们的母亲说：“现在，我们要搬到乡下。一座漂亮的小白房子，叫做三烟囱。” 全家人开始打包：衣服、盘子、蜡烛以及桌子和椅子。“我们好像把所有丑陋的东西都带上了，”罗伯塔说。 “我们带上的是有用的东西，”母亲说。“我们必须假装贫穷一段时间。” 彼得高兴地说：“我真的喜欢搬家！我希望我们能每个月搬一次。”母亲笑了，说：“我不喜欢搬家！” 当她转身离开时，罗伯塔看到了她的脸。她永远不会忘记它。 “哦，妈妈，”她低声说，“我是多么爱你啊！当你感到那样的时候，你足够勇敢地去笑！” 然后他们乘火车去了三烟囱。当母亲叫醒他们时，没有人知道他们在火车上已经待了多久。 他们站在黑暗的平台上的冷夜风中。那一刻，他们不知道车站和火车对他们来说会变得多么重要。他们不知道他们将成为铁路儿童。 -摘自《铁路儿童》

原文：Roberta，Peter and Phyllis lived in a large house in London.Father worked hard in a government office.He was never angry and always ready for a game.Mother was almost at home，ready to play with the children，and read to them，and help them do their home-lessons.
These three lucky children always had everything they needed：pretty clothes，good fires，a lovely playroom and a dog called James.They had a happy life，but they did not know how happy till the pretty life in the large house was over.
Peter had a toy engine and it broke.After dinner，Peter showed Father the engine.Father looked it over and promised to do it on Saturday.
At that moment two men came to see Father.Minutes passed.Father's voice came out from the study，loud and angry.
More time passed.Then Mother came in and said，"Father's been called away-on business."
A week after their father went away，their mother said，"Now，we're going to move to the country.A pretty little white house，called Three Chimneys.
The family started packing：clothes，plates，candles and also tables and chairs."We seem to be taking all the ugly things，"said Roberta.
"We're taking the useful ones，"said Mother."We've got to play at being poor for a bit.
Peter said joyously，"I do like moving!I wish we moved once a month."Mother laughed and said， "I don't like moving!"
As she turned away，Roberta saw her face.She never forgot it.
"Oh，Mother，"she whispered，"how I love you!You are brave enough to laugh when you're feeling like that!"
Then they took a train to Three Chimneys.No one knew how long they had been in the train when Mother woke them up.
They stood in the cold night air on the dark platform.At that moment they didn't know how important the station and the trains would become to them.They didn't know they were going to be the railway children.
-Taken from The Railway Children

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