坐火车英语,火车的历史(英语小短文)

A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track (permanent way) to transport freight or passengers from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway. Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate locomotive, or from individual motors in self-propelled multiple units. Most modern trains are powered by diesel locomotives or by electricity supplied by overhead wires or additional rails, although historically (from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century) the steam locomotive was the dominant form of locomotive power. Other sources of power (such as horses, rope or wire, gravity, pneumatics, and gas turbines) are possible.

The word ‘train’ comes from the Old French trahiner, itself from the Latin trahere ‘pull, draw’.

介词in ,on和by都可以与表示交通工具的名词搭配,表示交通方式,但其用法各不相同坐火车英语：

1．用“by＋交通工具名词”表示交通方式.此时交通工具的名词只能用单数,不能用复数,也不能被冠词或物主代词等限定.如：by bike（骑自行车）,by bus（乘公共汽车）,by car（乘出租车）,by train（乘火车）,by ship（乘轮船）,by plane（乘飞机）等.如：

They often go home by bus．他们经常坐公共汽车回家.

I come here by taxi．我乘出租车来这儿的.

He goes to work by bike．他骑自行车去上班.

2．用“by＋交通路线的位置”来表示交通方式.如：by land（从陆路）,by water（从水路）,by sea（从海路）,by air（乘飞机）等.如：

They go to England by air．他们乘飞机去英国.

3．用“in（on）＋交通工具名词”.此时交通工具名词前必须有冠词、名词所有格形式或形容词性物主代词等限定词修饰.其用法与“by＋交通工具名词”相似.如：

He often goes to school on a（his）bike．他经常骑自行车去上学.

Don’t come here on ／in the ship．不要坐船来这里.

We go there in a car．我们乘小汽车去那里.

4．用“take a（the）＋交通工具名词”表示交通方式.如：take a bus（乘公共汽车）,take a train（乘火车）,take a ship（乘轮船）,take a plane（乘飞机）；但“骑自行车”要用 ride a bike来表示.如：

Will you take a bus to go there?你乘汽车去那儿吗?

5．表示“步行去某地”,可用下列两种句式：

（1）go to ＋某地＋ on foot.如：

She g oes to w ork on foot．她步行去上班.

注意：on foot不可说成 on feet,on a ／the ／my foot,by foot等.

（2）walk to ＋某地.如：

He walks to school every day ．＝He goes to school on foot every day ．

他每天步行去上学.