The train was delayed because a tree had fallen across the line.

火车晚点是因为有一棵树横倒在铁轨上。

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On Monday, 19 trains were delayed for hours after a network failure on the Tengzhou to Zaozhuang rail line section due to stormy weather.

周一，滕州至枣庄段因暴雨天气导致铁路网络故障，导致19列火车延误数小时。

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A blown fuse in north London delayed trains for over an hour. The night before, travellers on another line had been stranded for six hours, thanks to broken power cables.

伦敦北的保险丝烧断使火车延误一个多小时，而前一夜，另一条线的旅客因为电线断裂而被滞留六个小时。

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Wealth evaporates and recovery is delayed while people stand in line.

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However, a planned extension of the line to Cuiaba may be delayed, because the devaluation has made finance harder to raise.

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