關於火車票實名制Real name Train Ticket
The Real-name Train Ticket Purchase System Launched
火車票購買實名制實施
With the largest population in the world and an underdeveloped railway system，China is notorious for making train tickets particularly hard to purchase for ordinary citizens, especially during the Spring Festival when the railway is the primary means of transportation. As a result， ticket scalpers have proliferated, monopolizing a large quantity of tickets by either hiring people to buy tickets or conspiring with the ticket sellers within the railway stations.
中國擁有世界上最多的人口，但鐵路系統卻欠發達，中國多年來在讓普通民衆極難順利的買到車票上一直是臭名昭著； 尤其是在春節期間，火車作爲人們主要的交通手段，一票難求。這樣一來，票販子們層出不窮，壟斷了很大一部分票源。其做法有二：一是僱人購票，二是與火車站內的售票員狼狽爲奸。
As the entire nation’s outrage over ticket scarcity keeps mounting， the Chinese government has introduced the drastic measure that citizens purchase train tickets with valid personal IDs. The system is designed primarily to crack down on ticket scalpers whose business has developed into a major industry. By allowing each individual to buy only one ticket， the system seeks to make tickets accessible to people in real need， rather than controlled by a small number of profit-seeking and illegal scalpers.
隨着全體國民對購票難的憤慨之情日趨高漲，中國政府已引入了一項重大的舉措，即公民憑有效個人身份證件購票。該制度主要旨在打擊倒賣車票的黃牛黨，其販票生意幾已形成一個龐大的產業。由於每個人只允許購買一張車票，購票實名制似乎能使車票到達真正有需求的人的手中，而不是被控制在一小撮違法亂紀、唯利是圖的黃牛黨手中。
However， this reformatory measure， while somewhat easing ticket scarcity， creates new problems. Buyers find the whole buying process troublesome and time-consuming. When boarding the train， the passenger who forgets to bring his valid ID certificate will be denied access to the train. I believe the introduction of each new system is coupled with shortcomings and there must be ways to improve the system as it is enforced. Of course， we look forward to the day when China’s railway networks are so sufficiently developed that tickets are readily available to anyone at any time.
然而，這一改革性舉措，對票源緊缺雖有所緩解，也帶來了一些新問題。購票者們發現，整個購票過程甚爲繁瑣，十分耗時。此外，持票登車時，忘帶有效身份證件的旅客將被禁止上車。我相信，每個新體制的引入，都會伴隨着這樣或那樣的弊端。隨着這一體制的不斷實施，必將有方法來完善這一體制。當然，我們期盼着有朝一日，中國的鐵路網變得如此之發達，以至於火車票對於任何人，在任何時候，都能得來不費吹灰之力。
