The stagecoach had arrived with the mail.

已载着邮件抵达。

There would be one person that would be in the front of the stagecoach with a shotgun.

会有一个人拿着猎枪站在前面。

Stagecoaches traveled in stages, stopping every ten to fifteen miles for fresh horses.

分阶段行驶， 每十到十五英里停下来换新。

Some post-horses were arriving in the courtyard with a dilapidated chaise which had been hired at a neighbouring station.

几匹驾着一辆从邻近站租来破旧来到院子里。

As a young man, he had been a Pony Express rider, an army scout, and a stagecoach driver.

年轻时，他当过小快骑手、军队侦察员和司机。

Then he got a job as a Pony Express rider. The Pony Express used teams of men and horses to transport mail across the country.

后来他找到了一份担任信使工作。信使靠一队队人和把邮件运送到全各地。

The Russell, Majors and Waddell Company decided to show that this central route could be used all year. It began a speedy mail service called the Pony Express.

罗素、梅杰和沃德尔公司决定表明，这条穿过中部铁路全年通，由此开始了一项名为快信快递邮件服务。

By 1817, stagecoaches were running between Washington and Wheeling; by 1833 contractors had carried their work to Columbus, Ohio, and by 1852, to Vandalia, Illinois.

到 1817 年， 在华盛顿和惠灵之间运行； 到 1833 年，承包商将他们工作运到了俄亥俄州哥伦布， 到 1852 年， 运到了伊利诺伊州万达利亚。

Against the slow and leisurely stagecoach, they set the swift express, rushing from New York to San Francisco in less time than Washington consumed in his triumphal tour from Mt.

面对缓慢而， 他们搭上了快捷快，从纽约赶到旧金山所用时间比华盛顿从山上凯旋而归所用时间还短。

Then he would give his letters to another rider. In this way, the letters would be carried between California and Missouri. The first letters sent by Pony Express from California took ten days to reach Missouri.

随后，他会把信件交给另一位骑手。这样，信件就可以在加利福尼亚州和密苏里州之间往来。快信从加利福尼亚州寄来第一封信件，花了十天时间到达密苏里州。

The purpose of the person in the front was to protect people inside the stagecoach from people who may want to rob them – from thieves, people who try to steal their money.

前面那个人目是保护内人免受可能想要抢劫他们人伤害——防止小偷，那些试图偷他们钱人。

The servant lay down without undressing, that he might be the sooner ready for his journey in the morning, his master having informed him that the post-horses would be at the door before six o'clock.

仆人没有脱衣服就躺下了，以便他可以早点准备好明天早上旅程，他主人已经通知他，将在六点之前到达门口。

She saw all parts of the country, the homes of the rich and the log cabins of the frontier;she traveled in stagecoaches, canal boats, and on horseback; and visited sessions of Congress and auctions at slave markets.

她看到了全各地，富人家园和边境小木屋； 她乘坐、运河船和骑旅行；并参观了会会议和奴隶市场拍卖会。

In July, the brothers climbed aboard a stagecoach for the three-week journey from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Carson City, Nevada. Sam wrote that they were leaving the States and " all sorts of cares and responsibilities" behind them.

7 月，兄弟俩登上一辆，开始了从密苏里州圣约瑟夫到内华达州卡森城为期三周旅程。山姆写道，他们将把美和“各种关心和责任”抛在身后。

It required twenty-five days for a passenger to make the overland journey to California by the stagecoach system, established in 1858, and more than ten days for the swift pony express, organized in 1860, to carry a letter to San Francisco.

乘坐 1858 年建立系统，一名乘客需要 25 天陆路旅程才能到达加利福尼亚，而 1860 年组织快快则需要 10 多天才能将一封信送到旧金山。