Up here, 13 hundred metres above sea level, is not a view for the faint-hearted, and transporting people up this steep Swiss mountainside is not without its challenges.
这里的海拔高度是1300米，眼前的这片风景让胆小的人望而却步，而且要把人运送到这么陡峭的瑞士山峰上来的确充满了挑战 。
faint-hearted: adj. 胆小的
steep：adj. 陡峭的
Two years behind schedule, its taken 14 years of building with a price tag of 53 million dollars.
比预期完工的时间晚了两年，修筑这条铁路耗时14年，花费5300万美元。
But the Swiss are convinced the new funicular on the worlds steepest line is worth it.
但瑞士人相信这条新建的世界上最陡峭的缆索铁路是值得的。
“To construct a tunnel with a 110% gradient has rarely been done before.
“建造一条坡度为110度的地道是我们在过去难得一见的。
All the workers have to secure themselves. Sometimes they have to work hanging in the ropes.
建筑工人都必须保护好自己，有时他们得悬挂在绳索上作业。
We have to be very careful with the material. If you drop something it falls all the way down, and what’s even more dangerous - if you drop something, it can fall on the head of a worker further below.”
我们必须特别小心地处理这些建材，一旦掉了什么东西，它就会一直坠落至山底，而且更危险的是，坠落物很可能会砸到正在下方作业的工人的头。”
If the breathtaking climb itself doesnt leave you weak at the knees, then standing upright in the carriages shouldnt be a problem either.
如果列车沿缆索惊人的攀升都不会让你害怕得腿发软，那么直立地站在车厢里也应该不会是个问题。
weak at the knees：吓得腿软
They’ve been uniquely designed to allow the floors to adjust with the gradient as it travels.
车厢经过巧妙独特的设计，在运行时车厢底部会随着坡度的变化进行调整。
Each of the carriages can carry 34 people, at a speed of ten metres per second, meaning the climb or descent lasts no longer than four minutes.
每个车厢可以承载34人，列车的运行速度为每秒10米，这意味着不论是上山还是下山，单程运行时间都不会超过四分钟。
descent：[dɪ'sent] n. 下降
The line replaces an old funicular that had been operating between the valley town of Schwyz to the mountain village of Stoos since 1933.
这条线路取代了一条旧的缆索铁路，就是那条从1933年开始运行在河谷小镇施维茨到施图斯山村之间的铁路。
The new space-age looking carriages have been hailed an engineering success. It remains to be seen whether it will help take the areas tourism to new heights.
这些看上去充满太空时代感的车厢，被人们称赞为是一次工程设计上的胜利。该工程是否有助于将这个地区的旅游业推向新的高度，我们拭目以待。
