His first home was a shack made of wooden railway sleepers, soaked in creosote to keep the termites out.

他的第一个家是一间用铁路枕木搭成的棚屋，木头浸泡在木馏油里以防白蚁进入。

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After three months, we found some railway sleepers and my uncle brought us a tarpaulin.

三个月后，我们发现了一些铁路枕木，我叔叔也给我们弄来一些油布。

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Investigations discovered four smouldering railway sleepers, one with a hole burnt through it.

调查发现是四根铁路枕木在闷烧，其中一根枕木烧穿了一个洞。

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Measures being used to combat cable theft, she told MPs, included increased use of surveillance, reinforcing railway sleepers and spraying tracks with traceable liquid to deter thieves.

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Land Girls took on all types of agricultural work while the Women's Timber Corps worked in the forests supplying wood for use in everything from railway sleepers to pit props.

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Trees now grow where the railway sleepers once lay.

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