On July 1 this year, when the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong railway was put into operation, Lin Jiachen, a sophomore from Zhangjiagang Senior High School, was one of the first passengers.
今年7月1日，滬蘇通鐵路開通運(yùn)營，來自張家港高級中學(xué)的高二學(xué)生林鎵陳便是首批乘客之一。

“I was so proud and excited at that moment,” Lin said.
“當(dāng)時我特別自豪激動，”林鎵陳表示。

The Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge is the world’s first bridge spanning more than 1,000 meters, serving both cars and trains. For many people, it is merely a means of transportation. For Lin, it is something much more.
滬蘇通大橋是世界上首座跨度超千米的公鐵兩用橋梁。在許多人看來，這座大橋僅僅是種交通方式。而對于林鎵陳而言，這座大橋的意義不僅于此。

Ever since 2014 when the bridge was set to be built, Lin has been keeping a close eye on it.
自2014年大橋開始建設(shè)以來，林鎵陳便一直在關(guān)注它。

His love for high-speed railway started in his childhood. Lin’s grandfather has been a big fan of the rails. The young Lin used to stand on the pedestrian overpass near a railway station with his grandfather to observe how trains pull in and pull out.
他從小便喜歡高鐵。林鎵陳的外公是個鐵路迷。小時候林鎵陳會跟著外公站在火車站附近的人行天橋上，觀察火車進(jìn)進(jìn)出出。

One night in 2007, Lin decided to go outside to see the D Train, a new kind of China Railway high-speed train being put into operation at that time.
2007年的一個晚上，林鎵陳決定出門看看動車，在當(dāng)時，這是一種中國剛投入運(yùn)行的全新鐵路高速列車。

After waiting for almost three hours, he had a chance to see a D train pulling into the station. “I was very satisfied at that time,” Lin said. Besides observing the trains, Lin has also been paying attention to major projects related to railway construction.
在等了將近三小時后，他終于有機(jī)會看到一輛動車進(jìn)站?！拔耶?dāng)時十分滿足，”林鎵陳說道。除了觀察火車之外，林鎵陳還會注意與鐵路建設(shè)相關(guān)的大型項(xiàng)目。

Living nearby the Shanghai-Suzhou-Nantong Yangtze River Bridge, Lin would go to the construction site of the bridge every two days in order to get the latest news about it.
就住在滬蘇通大橋附近的林鎵陳每兩天就會去一次大橋的建筑工地，了解最新情況。

The construction of the bridge was drawing to a close as Lin grew up. Lin decided to keep a record of this period along with his like-minded friends. They assembled an industrial camera to record the process of its closure from June in 2019. Pinned on a lamppost, the camera automatically took photos twice a day at a specific time and uploaded the photos to a website.
隨著林鎵陳長大，大橋的建設(shè)也即將完工了。林鎵陳決定要與他志趣相投的朋友們一起記錄下這段時光。從2019年6月開始，他們組裝了一個工業(yè)相機(jī)，記錄下了大橋合龍的過程。相機(jī)就固定在一個燈柱上，每天兩次在特定時間自動拍攝，并將照片上傳至一個網(wǎng)站上。

Lin was responsible for monitoring the operation of the device. If something went wrong, he would repair it with his friends. Six months later, they wrapped up the filming project. Lin picked up some photos and made a one-minute video, which was listed as one of the most popular photography works in a contest organized by the China Railway Shanghai Group in May.
林鎵陳負(fù)責(zé)監(jiān)控設(shè)備的運(yùn)行。如果相機(jī)發(fā)生故障，他會和朋友們一起維修。六個月后，他們完成了拍攝項(xiàng)目。林鎵陳挑選了一些照片，做成了一段1分鐘的視頻，這段視頻今年5月在中國鐵路上海局集團(tuán)舉辦的一次活動中被評為最受歡迎的攝影作品之一。

“I hope more people realize that our country’s infrastructure facilities are strong,” said Lin.
“我希望越來越多人認(rèn)識到我們國家的基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施強(qiáng)大了，”林鎵陳表示。

Speaking of his future plans, he said, “I’ll choose a major related to bridge architecture when applying for universities.”
在談到自己的未來打算時，他表示：“我會在大學(xué)里選擇與橋梁建筑相關(guān)的專業(yè)?！?/span>

以上文章內(nèi)容選自《21世紀(jì)學(xué)生英文報高中版》，詳情請見《21世紀(jì)學(xué)生英文報高中版》高二810期