铁路边的孩子们：THE RAILWAY CHILDREN（英文朗读版）

　　《铁路边的孩子们》讲述的是一家人在困境中的生活故事，爸爸因被人陷害而被关进了监狱，妈妈独立支撑起整个家庭。但是整个故事让我们感受到的不是艰难困苦，而是妈妈努力维护的温馨生活，还有孩子们健康快乐的成长。就在这个铁路边，孩子们机智地避免了一场可怕的铁路灾难，救助了另一位在隧道中摔伤的少年，还扑灭了运河轮船上的火情，和妈妈一起收留了一位流亡的俄罗斯作家。他们高尚的行为赢得了所有人的尊重，最后又在好心人的帮助下为爸爸洗清了冤屈。The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit first published in 1906. In this much-loved children's classic， the comfortable lives of a family with three children-Roberta， Peter and Phyllis-are greatly altered， when one evening two men arrive at the house and take their father away…　They had to leave their London home and move to the countryside and settle in a much smaller house which was quite messy. Their mother made a living by writing stories， articles， poems， etc. One day in search of a garden they land up behind their house only to find a railway track where they meet Perks， the porter. Every day they wave at the 9.15 train， since that train goes to London and， assuming their father was in London， they want to convey their good wishes.　They also befriend the station master and learn about engines. One day they notice that stones have fallen on to the railway line， so they wave a red flannel petticoat like a flag to stop the train， and thus avert the accident. They also prevent a house from catching fire and rescue a young boy who they find lying unconscious in the tunnel with a fractured leg. Once they saw three people coming out of the 11.54 train. Roberta quickly realises that the third man is their father， and the family is happily reunited

　　伊迪斯·内斯比特（Edith Nesbit），英国著名作家。伊迪斯是一位多产的作家，一生出版过各种文体作品的一百多部，其中包括诗歌、小说和剧本等。她是一位充满想象力的儿童文学作家，一生共出版了四十多部儿童文学作品，其中大部分已经成为世界儿童文学中的经典之作。伊迪斯的儿童文学主要分为两类：一类是小说，代表作有《寻宝六人组合》、《闯祸的快乐少年》、《想做好孩子》和《铁路边的孩子们》等，主要描写现实家庭的冒险故事，这类作品对儿童性格刻画鲜明，对家庭生活描写真切动人；另一类是童话故事，代表作有《五个孩子和一个怪物》、《魔堡》等，这些故事悬念重重、曲折离奇、想象力丰富，给孩子以身临其境、真实可信的感觉。

Chapter 1  THE BEGINNING OF THINGS 

Chapter 2  PETER'S COAL-MINE 

Chapter 3  THE OLD GENTLEMAN 

Chapter 4  THE ENGINE-BURGLAR 

Chapter 5  PRISONERS AND CAPTIVES 

Chapter 6  SAVIOURS OF THE TRAIN 

Chapter 7  FOR VALOUR 

Chapter 8  THE AMATEUR FIREMEN 

Chapter 9  THE PRIDE OF PERKS 

Chapter 10  THE TERRIBLE SECRET 

Chapter 11  THE HOUND IN THE RED JERSEY 

Chapter 12  WHAT BOBBIE BROUGHT HOME 

Chapter 13  THE HOUND'S GRANDFATHER 

Chapter 14  THE END