穿越乌拉尔山脉

第三天早晨，火车在叶卡捷琳堡停下了。

On the third morning, the train stopped at Yekaterinburg.

加利娜在夜里离开了，帕维尔还在睡觉。两位新乘客上了车，一位是年轻的士兵，另一位是带着钓鱼工具箱的老先生。

Galina had left in the night. Pavel was still asleep. Two new passengers had come on. A young soldier and an older man with a fishing tackle box.

叶卡捷琳堡是乌拉尔山脉最大的城市。乌拉尔山脉将欧洲和亚洲分开。它们不高，但非常古老，已有五亿年的历史，是地球上最古老的山脉之一。

Yekaterinburg is the biggest city in the Urals. The Ural Mountains divide Europe from Asia. They are not tall, but they are very old. They are 500 million years old. They are some of the oldest mountains on Earth.

西伯利亚大铁路在这里穿越乌拉尔山脉。铁轨旁有一个小标记，一边写着“欧洲”，另一边写着“亚洲”。

The Trans-Siberian crosses the Urals here. There is a small marker by the tracks. One side says EUROPE. The other side says ASIA.

新乘客打开了他的钓鱼工具箱，把鱼饵摆在桌子上，并按颜色排列。

The new passenger with the tackle box opened it. He laid out his fishing lures on the table. He arranged them by colour.

“你在哪里钓鱼？”波莉问。

"Where do you fish?" Polly asked.

“贝加尔湖，”他说，“三天后。欧姆鱼，贝加尔湖的特产鱼，全世界只有这里有。”

"Lake Baikal," he said. "In three days. Omul. The fish of Baikal. You will not find it anywhere else in the world."

后来，火车经过了小空地里的标记，一边是“欧洲”，另一边是“亚洲”。三位游客向火车挥手，帕维尔在车内也挥手回应。

Later, the train passed the marker in a small clearing. EUROPE on one side. ASIA on the other. Three tourists waved at the train. Pavel waved back from inside.

火车就像穿过一条小街一样，跨越了一个大陆。

The train had crossed a continent the way you cross a small street.