{"language": "en", "segments": [{"text": " Today, people ride buses to places near and far.", "start": 1.94, "stop": 5.56, "id": 0}, {"text": " Today, we are taking a long bus ride.", "start": 6.72, "stop": 9.1, "id": 1}, {"text": " Bus station, we must first buy a ticket.", "start": 10.0, "stop": 12.42, "id": 2}, {"text": " George and his father are buying their ticket.", "start": 13.94, "stop": 15.74, "id": 3}, {"text": " They are just in time for us coming into the station.", "start": 18.28, "stop": 24.94, "id": 4}, {"text": " It is big and cold.", "start": 25.6, "stop": 26.84, "id": 5}, {"text": " Mr. Fisher drives our bus.", "start": 28.94, "stop": 31.0, "id": 6}, {"text": " This man tells us when the bus is ready.", "start": 32.94, "stop": 35.1, "id": 7}, {"text": " He talks through the loudspeakers. 730 coach for Somerville, Easton,", "start": 36.6, "stop": 43.04, "id": 8}, {"text": " Harrisburg, Bedford, Pittsburgh, West.", "start": 43.64, "stop": 46.84, "id": 9}, {"text": " Time to go. Many people are going with us.", "start": 47.48, "stop": 50.44, "id": 10}, {"text": " The porter puts away our baggage in a space under the seats.", "start": 51.64, "stop": 54.94, "id": 11}, {"text": " Mr. Fisher takes George's ticket.", "start": 59.62, "stop": 61.64, "id": 12}, {"text": " Inside, the passengers are finding their seats.", "start": 67.94, "stop": 70.9, "id": 13}, {"text": " George likes to sit in front so he can watch the driver.", "start": 74.3, "stop": 77.68, "id": 14}, {"text": " Before Mr. Fisher starts the bus, he closes the door and starts the motor.", "start": 79.0, "stop": 83.9, "id": 15}, {"text": " Then he backs the bus away.", "start": 87.6, "stop": 89.74, "id": 16}, {"text": " Out of the station we go and on our way.", "start": 91.34, "stop": 94.64, "id": 17}, {"text": " Right on time, too.", "start": 97.48, "stop": 99.42, "id": 18}, {"text": " Mr. Fisher drives carefully in crowded city streets, watching", "start": 104.58, "stop": 108.72, "id": 19}, {"text": " out for cars and people.", "start": 108.72, "stop": 110.3, "id": 20}, {"text": " He switches a signal, a soul to warn drivers behind", "start": 112.28, "stop": 116.16, "id": 21}, {"text": " him that he wants to make a turn.", "start": 116.16, "stop": 117.84, "id": 22}, {"text": " One last look at the tall buildings as we leave the city behind.", "start": 120.04, "stop": 125.7, "id": 23}, {"text": " Soon we are out on the open highway, a highway that is like a river", "start": 129.44, "stop": 135.02, "id": 24}, {"text": " flowing from city to city.", "start": 135.02, "stop": 136.88, "id": 25}, {"text": " Cars, buses and trucks roll over it day and night.", "start": 139.24, "stop": 143.0, "id": 26}, {"text": " George likes to see the big trucks like these, hauling all kinds of goods", "start": 147.24, "stop": 152.48, "id": 27}, {"text": " to factories and stores.", "start": 152.48, "stop": 154.0, "id": 28}, {"text": " But Mr. Fisher keeps his eyes on the road, watching the road and the", "start": 156.04, "stop": 161.68, "id": 29}, {"text": " other cars all the time.", "start": 161.68, "stop": 163.32, "id": 30}, {"text": " A traffic light stops us.", "start": 167.84, "stop": 170.02, "id": 31}, {"text": " We will lose a minute or two here and Mr. Fisher has to keep track of the time.", "start": 172.68, "stop": 178.78, "id": 32}, {"text": " 956. He's still on schedule.", "start": 183.96, "stop": 187.02, "id": 33}, {"text": " But now the stoplight is changing to go. He shifts gears.", "start": 189.22, "stop": 193.76, "id": 34}, {"text": " He moves ahead quickly.", "start": 197.1, "stop": 198.78, "id": 35}, {"text": " He still has many miles of driving to do.", "start": 200.28, "stop": 202.7, "id": 36}, {"text": " He knows just how fast to go on each part of the road, to keep on", "start": 203.4, "stop": 207.4, "id": 37}, {"text": " time and to drive safely.", "start": 207.4, "stop": 209.26, "id": 38}, {"text": " Now watch this driver coming out of a side road.", "start": 211.24, "stop": 213.46, "id": 39}, {"text": " Mr. Fisher has to look out for all kinds of careless drivers on the highway.", "start": 215.94, "stop": 222.68, "id": 40}, {"text": " He sees in a big mirror cars coming from behind. Here comes a car pass now.", "start": 225.36, "stop": 231.92, "id": 41}, {"text": " Here comes another.", "start": 234.84, "stop": 236.72, "id": 42}, {"text": " Mr. Fisher always drives safely and never passes another", "start": 239.48, "stop": 243.16, "id": 43}, {"text": " car when he can't see the road ahead.", "start": 243.16, "stop": 244.88, "id": 44}, {"text": " Now we are riding through a fine farm country.", "start": 247.44, "stop": 250.76, "id": 45}, {"text": " Look there, farm boys and girls wishing the driver good luck as we roll onward.", "start": 258.88, "stop": 264.86, "id": 46}, {"text": " The train is coming.", "start": 268.54, "stop": 270.64, "id": 47}, {"text": " But we need not stop for trains. Our highway goes under", "start": 273.26, "stop": 276.56, "id": 48}, {"text": " the railroad through this underpass.", "start": 276.56, "stop": 278.2, "id": 49}, {"text": " As our bus goes on, the passengers are having a pleasant time.", "start": 284.62, "stop": 288.96, "id": 50}, {"text": " Some watch the scenery. Others read. While others find napping", "start": 291.06, "stop": 296.56, "id": 51}, {"text": " the most pleasant way to travel.", "start": 296.56, "stop": 298.16, "id": 52}, {"text": " Look ahead, there's a car stalled on the highway.", "start": 300.72, "stop": 305.96, "id": 53}, {"text": " Our driver puts on the brake.", "start": 308.54, "stop": 310.24, "id": 54}, {"text": " And he turns out carefully. The driver must be ready to act quickly.", "start": 313.94, "stop": 318.58, "id": 55}, {"text": " At last we are coming into another city.", "start": 321.04, "stop": 324.52, "id": 56}, {"text": " The bus turns into a station much like the one from which we started.", "start": 328.0, "stop": 333.98, "id": 57}, {"text": " Here some of the passengers are leaving us.", "start": 341.12, "stop": 343.64, "id": 58}, {"text": " This is the end of the trip for Mr. Fisher too.", "start": 346.44, "stop": 349.04, "id": 59}, {"text": " And so George tells him goodbye.", "start": 353.26, "stop": 354.88, "id": 60}, {"text": " A new driver, Mr. Thompson, will take us on from here.", "start": 359.04, "stop": 363.4, "id": 61}, {"text": " Mr. Fisher turns over the tickets.", "start": 364.28, "stop": 366.26, "id": 62}, {"text": " Everything in order, Mr. Thompson is ready to go to work.", "start": 370.4, "stop": 373.58, "id": 63}, {"text": " Soon we are leaving the city on the second part of our trip.", "start": 378.8, "stop": 381.54, "id": 64}, {"text": " We cross a broad, beautiful river.", "start": 384.9, "stop": 388.66, "id": 65}, {"text": " Out on the road, Mr. Thompson settles to his work.", "start": 391.04, "stop": 394.08, "id": 66}, {"text": " In a little while we reach the entrance to a great superhighway.", "start": 397.44, "stop": 403.92, "id": 67}, {"text": " On this wide superhighway,", "start": 408.0, "stop": 414.54, "id": 68}, {"text": " Mr. Thompson can drive more safely and more easily.", "start": 415.0, "stop": 418.08, "id": 69}, {"text": " And passengers can ride more comfortably too.", "start": 419.6, "stop": 422.66, "id": 70}, {"text": " Cars that cross this highway have to use bridges overhead, like this one.", "start": 425.8, "stop": 430.4, "id": 71}, {"text": " Wide, separate lanes and well-built curves mean faster, safer driving.", "start": 436.94, "stop": 442.48, "id": 72}, {"text": " We are nearing a mountain ridge.", "start": 450.08, "stop": 452.16, "id": 73}, {"text": " It is a high wall across our path, but we plunge into this tunnel", "start": 453.84, "stop": 458.22, "id": 74}, {"text": " and right through the mountain.", "start": 458.22, "stop": 460.5, "id": 75}, {"text": " Out on the other side and down the mountainside into the valley beyond.", "start": 463.02, "stop": 467.7, "id": 76}, {"text": " Now we come to a place where the bus stops to give us a short rest.", "start": 476.08, "stop": 480.32, "id": 77}, {"text": " A place to stretch our legs and to eat lunch.", "start": 484.16, "stop": 487.74, "id": 78}, {"text": " A nice lunch room by the side of the highway.", "start": 490.92, "stop": 493.74, "id": 79}, {"text": " While George and his father and the other passengers have lunch, Mr. Thompson", "start": 497.7, "stop": 502.84, "id": 80}, {"text": " makes sure that big motor, plenty of water and oil.", "start": 502.84, "stop": 505.76, "id": 81}, {"text": " In a little while we are on our way again.", "start": 513.84, "stop": 519.88, "id": 82}, {"text": " The passengers settle down for the last hours of the trip.", "start": 521.38, "stop": 524.6, "id": 83}, {"text": " Mile after mile goes by as Mr. Thompson drives on.", "start": 533.12, "stop": 537.68, "id": 84}, {"text": " Now we cross a valley, a valley of steel mills and factories.", "start": 540.22, "stop": 546.94, "id": 85}, {"text": " We are nearing the end of our long ride.", "start": 547.7, "stop": 549.62, "id": 86}, {"text": " Mr. Thompson's work for the day is almost over.", "start": 553.94, "stop": 557.38, "id": 87}, {"text": " The passengers get ready to leave the bus. Hats and coats go on.", "start": 561.66, "stop": 566.32, "id": 88}, {"text": " Journeys end. Mr. Thompson has driven another long bus trip safely and on time.", "start": 567.78, "stop": 573.88, "id": 89}, {"text": " Tomorrow he will drive back over the same road.", "start": 575.9, "stop": 578.76, "id": 90}, {"text": " Now it's goodbye to Mr. Thompson and goodbye to George.", "start": 581.46, "stop": 585.72, "id": 91}, {"text": " Let's hope we'll take a bus trip together again very soon.", "start": 586.6, "stop": 590.7, "id": 92}]}