First, sometime in early 2011, California is expected to decide which company will build a high-speed rail link between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

首先，2011年年初左右，加州可能要决定要哪个公司来建造一条高速铁路来连接洛杉矶和旧金山。

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For city breaks, Los Angeles is a short flight away, and if the California High-Speed Rail is actually built, it will make the trip in two-and-a-half hours.

如果要到其它城市去逛一下，洛杉矶乘飞机很快就能到达。假如加利福尼亚高速铁路真的建起来了，从旧金山到洛杉矶只要两个半小时就可以了。

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But he thinks taking too much time will mean the end of the line for high-speed rail in California.

但Barker又觉得事情拖得太久的话，加利福尼亚州的高铁项目会不了了之。

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"In California alone it is estimated that 160,000 construction jobs could be created just to build those two high speed rail corridors."

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Mr Diridon, chairman emeritus of the California High Speed Rail Authority, was addressing like-minded folk at the annual meeting of the Midwest High Speed Rail Association.

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Remarkably, this estimate is 40 to 60% higher than the 3.1 million ton reduction the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) originally claimed in 2008 for the entire plan, including extensions to Sacramento and San Diego.

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The train is the most environmental form of transportsation, outpacing planes and cars (nice to see California going high-speed rail, every state should).

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