" Good morning, " said the railway switchman.

“早上好。”扳道工说道。

" No one is ever satisfied where he is, " said the switchman.

“没有人满足于他所在的地方。”扳道工说。

" These are not the same ones, " said the switchman. " It is an exchange."

“这些不是同样的人。”扳道工说，“这是一个交换。”

" I sort out travellers, in bundles of a thousand, " said the switchman.

“我给旅客分类，按每千人一批。”扳道工说。

And a brilliantly lighted express train shook the switchman's cabin as it rushed by with a roar like thunder.

这时，一列灯火明亮的快车在它雷鸣般地咆哮着闪过时，使扳道工的小木屋震动不停。

One the way there, they met a switchman in the switchyard.

路上，他们在铁路调车场遇到一名铁路扳道工。

" They are lucky, " the switchman said.

“他们真幸运。”扳道工说。

A spontaneous switchman on the railway would be a menace to the traveling public.

铁路上自发的扳道工会对旅行的公众构成威胁。

" Not even the locomotive engineer knows that, " said the switchman. And a second brilliantly lighted express thundered by, in the opposite direction.

“开机车的人自己也不知道。”扳道工说道。于是，第二列灯火通明的快车又朝着相反的方向轰隆轰隆地开过去。

" No one is ever satisfied where he is, " said the switchman. And they heard the roaring thunder of a third brilliantly lighted express.

“人们是从来也不会满意自己所在的地方的。”扳道工说。此时，第三趟灯火明亮的快车又隆隆而过。

A spontaneous switchman, one who opens switches as and when he pleases without regard to orders from those above him who know better, would be a menace to the traveling public.

一个自发的扳道工，一个随心所欲地打开开关的人，而不考虑他更了解的上级的命令，这将对旅行的公众构成威胁。