驿马

除了骑士，经营驿马快信公司还需要其他的人手。

Besides riders , other people helped run the Pony Express .

驿马快递号准备好正等着你们的小队。

The Pony Express stands ready and waiting for your team .

驿马快信要比当时的公共马车快多了。

The Pony Express was much faster than the stagecoach .

他又说，“难道我们就不能租用驿马吗？”

He said ," but can 't we have post-horses ?"

你骑驿马多久才能把这封急信送到港口去？

How fast can you post to the port with this urgent message ?

当电报线在加利福尼亚设立后，驿马快信就停止了营运。

It stopped running when telegraph wires reached California .

尽管如此，仍然有年轻男士愿意在驿马快信公司当差。

Still , there were young men willing to ride for the Pony Express .

驿马快信当时很成功。

The Pony Express was successful .

驿马信使是建于1860年的一个服务机构，它向西部地区送去信件和新闻。

The Pony Express was a service started in1860 that carried mail and news throughtout the West .

1860年4月3日，驿马快信公司的一个骑士从密苏里州的圣约瑟向西驶去。

On April 3 , 1860 , one Pony Express rider rode west from St. Joseph , Missouri .

严冬马上到了。已经回来两拨人了，最后这次驿马差人和仆人在众人的欢迎中回来了。

Twice had icy winter returned before the bishop welcomed the horsemen and servants back to their home .

公共马车送信历时一月之久，而驿马快信则能在十日之内送到。

A stagecoach took one month to deliver mail . A Pony Express rider could do it in ten days .

当时有三个人组建了一个名叫驿马快信的公司，负责在美国西部运送邮件和新闻。

Three people started a company called the Pony Express . The Pony Express carried mail and news throughout the West .

驿马快信公司雇佣的都是年轻人，他们通常都在18岁以下，且身材极瘦。

The Pony Express hired young men . They were often younger than 18 years old . They were skinny , too .

连马也没有！”他又说，“难道我们就不能租用驿马吗？”

" Do you understand that , my dear Franz & no horses ?" he said ," but can 't we have post-horses ?"

骑驿马到各城镇递送.乘驿站马车的人在下一个驿站换马时下了车。

Post from town to town The people in the coach got off at the next stage , when the horses were changed .

驿马快公司的马匹都是体形小的野马，它们身高不过五英尺，奔跑时时速可达12英里。

The Pony Express ponies were mustangs . These were small , wild horses . The horses were less than five feet tall . They galloped almost twelve miles an hour .

在波罗底诺战役前几天，尼古拉领到经费和文件，派出一个骠骑兵先行，嗣后他乘驿马到沃罗涅日去了。

A few days before the battle of Borodino , Nikolay received the sums of money and official warrants required , and , sending some hussars on before him , he drove with posting-horses to Voronezh .