Suddenly another thought went through Kate’s mind like an electric shock. An express train was due to go past about thirty minutes later. If it were not stopped, that long train, full of passengers, would fall into the stream. “Someone must go to the station and warn the station-master,” Kate thought. But who was to go? She would have to go herself. There was no one else.
突然，另一个想法像触电一样在凯特的脑海中闪过。大约30分钟后，一列特快列车将要经过。如果它不停下来，那列满载乘客的长火车就会掉进溪流中。“必须有人去车站向站长报警，”凯特想。但谁去呢？必须自己去，没有其他人。
In wind and rain, she started on her difficult way. Soon she was at the bridge that crossed the Des Moines River, a bridge also built of wood, just like the bridge across Honey Creek. The storm had not washed this away, but there was no footpath across it. She would have to cross it by stepping from sleeper to sleeper. With great care, she began the dangerous crossing, sometimes on her hands and knees, hardly daring to look down between the sleepers into the wild flood waters below. If she should slip, she would fall between the sleepers, into the rapidly flowing stream.
风雨交加，她开始了艰难的旅程。很快，她就来到了横跨得梅因河的桥上，这座桥也是用木头建造的，就像横跨蜂蜜溪的桥一样。暴风雨并没有把它冲走，但没有人可通行的路，她只能一个枕木一个枕木穿过。她小心翼翼地开始了危险的穿越，有时用手和膝盖，几乎不敢从
枕木之间往下看下面汹涌的洪水。如果她滑倒了，她就从两个枕木之间掉落，掉进湍急的溪流中。
At last - she never knew how long it had taken her - she felt solid ground under her feet. But there was no time to rest. She still had to run more than half a mile and had only a few minutes left. Unless she reached the station before the express did, many, many lives would be lost.
最后——她永远不知道花了多长时间——她感到脚下有了坚实的地面。但没有时间休息。她还得跑半英里多，只剩下几分钟了。除非她在快车之前到达车站，否则将会有很多人丧生。
She did reach the station just as the train came into sight. Fortunately, the station-master was standing outside. “The bridge is down! Stop the train! Oh, please stop it!” Kate shouted breathlessly.
她就在火车进入视线时到达了车站。幸运的是，站长站在外面。“桥塌了！停下火车！唉，请停下！”凯特气喘吁吁地喊道。
The station-master went pale. He rushed into the station building and came back with a signal light. He waved the red light as the train came into the station. It was not a second too early.
站长脸色苍白。他冲进车站大楼，带着信号灯回来了。火车进站时，他挥舞着红灯，这一刻刚刚好。
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