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[0:47] China High-Speed Rail Experience: Fast, Safe, and Comfortable Travel

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The article introduces the fast, safe, and comfortable features of China's high-speed rail, combined with beginner English reading practice content, helping readers improve their listening skills while learning about high-speed trains.

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Learn English easily in just one minute a day! This website offers short English readings suitable for beginners, each with audio and the original text. The content is interesting and moderately challenging. By sticking to one article per day, you can develop a sense of the language and improve your reading and listening skills. Start your English improvement journey now! Below is a collection of beginner English reading exercises, with daily short English passages prepared by the qicai.com editor.

China's high speed rail goes really fast. Like a plane. The high speed train is clean and tidy, and the seats are comfortable.

China's high speed rail is a very safe, fast and smooth means of transportation. My parents and I have taken high speed rail to many cities in China and had a lot of fun.

I look forward to taking it again in the future.

That concludes the beginner English reading exercises collected by qicai.com editor Xiao Wu. We hope you gained something after listening!

Listening Comprehension

  • smooth

    noun

    1. the act of smoothing

    e.g. he gave his hair a quick smooth

  • comfortable

    adj

    1. providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal)

    e.g. comfortable clothes
    comfortable suburban houses
    made himself comfortable in an armchair
    the antihistamine made her feel more comfortable
    are you comfortable?
    feeling comfy now?

    Synonym: comfy

    2. free from stress or conducive to mental ease
    having or affording peace of mind

    e.g. was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared
    the comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong
    was comfortable in his religious beliefs
    she's a comfortable person to be with
    she felt comfortable with her fiance's parents

    3. in fortunate circumstances financially
    moderately rich

    e.g. they were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
    easy living
    a prosperous family
    his family is well-situated financially
    well-to-do members of the community

    Synonym: easyprosperouswell-fixedwell-heeledwell-offwell-situatedwell-to-do

    4. sufficient to provide comfort

    e.g. a comfortable salary

    5. more than adequate

    e.g. the home team had a comfortable lead