Meditation beyond high-speed rail of China

重慶市萬州上海中學 楊艷妮

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高鐵是中國的“新四大發明”之一，中國的高鐵見證著古老的中華民族重新崛起的速度，改變著世界對中國的認知。穿越呼嘯的高鐵聲，你有什么樣的新思考呢？

My parents have always said that they never felt comfortable traveling by train when they were my age.It's always a mystery to me when they talk about the cramped and stuffy(狹窄而悶熱的)train compartments(車廂)，wheels clicking on the rails,and the boring and exhausting journeys.

However,train travel is quite a different experience today,especially after the high-speed rail was widely put into service in China.Nothing can match train journeys for comfort and speed.

Few things could be more impressive than China's high-speed rail system,especially the speed at which it developed—and is still developing.Such speed is known as“China speed”.

China speed means a lot to the country.The past 30 years have witnessed China's rapid development in various areas,like the economy and technology.We've seen dozens of tall buildings spring up almost overnight,with roads and highways connecting every corner.And mobile payments and online shopping are playing increasingly important roles in everyone's life.China speed has changed our country and impressed the whole world.

But as we enjoy the benefits of China speed,the problems it brings us can't be ignored,such as the air pollution or traffic problems.As a high price is being paid,maybe we should think about what China speed will bring us in the next 30 years.

We need to know that our future depends on the choices we make today,so it is our duty to give China speed a new definition.If you pay close attention to the word “speed”,you might notice that each letter stands for something interesting:Society,Progress,Economy,Environment and Development.Our society's progress relies largely on the balance among our economy,the environment,and the development of our future.That is what we need to keep in mind as China continues to speed ahead.

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我父母總是說，他們在我這個年紀的時候，坐火車旅行從來都不舒服。當他們談論擁擠的火車車廂、敲擊鐵軌的車輪，以及無聊而累人的旅程時，這對我來說一直是個謎。

然而，今天的火車旅行是一種完全不同的體驗，特別是高速鐵路在中國被廣泛投入使用之后，沒有什么能比得上火車的舒適度和速度了。

沒有什么事情比中國的高速鐵路系統更令人印象深刻了，特別是它發展的速度——而且現在還在發展，這種速度被稱為“中國速度”。

中國速度對國家來說意義重大，30年來，中國在經濟、科技等各個領域迅速發展，幾十座高樓大廈幾乎一夜之間涌現出來，公路和高速公路連接著每個角落，移動支付和網上購物在每個人的生活中扮演著越來越重要的角色。中國速度改變了我們的國家，給全世界留下了深刻的印象。

但是，在我們享受中國速度帶來的好處的同時，它給我們帶來的問題是不容忽視的，例如空氣污染或交通擁堵問題。由于付出了高昂的代價，也許我們應該考慮一下中國速度在未來30年會給我們帶來什么。

我們要知道，我們的未來取決于我們今天所做的選擇，所以我們有責任給中國速度一個新的定義。如果你關注“速度”這個詞，你可能會注意到，每一個字母都代表著一些有趣的東西：社會、進步、經濟、環境和發展。我們的社會進步在很大程度上取決于我們的經濟、環境和未來的發展之間的平衡，這就是我們在中國繼續加速前進時需要牢記的。