They were old second-class cars, but instead of cane seats or glass windowpanes that could be raised or lowered, they had wooden benches polished by the warm, unadorned bottoms of the poor.

• 这是老式的二等车厢，但不是藤制座位和可以升降的玻璃挡板，其木头座位已经被穷人温暖、朴实的臀部磨得锃亮。