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Anyone who’s ever been stuck on a train must have thought this at least once: maybe it would be quicker on foot. 任何被困在车里的人估计都会想过：说不定走路都比坐车快。 James Heptonstall did more than just wonder – he got up and ran like the clappers. 英国小伙子詹姆斯·赫普顿斯托尔除了想还付出了行动，他起身飞奔与地铁展开了赛跑。 In a daredevil challenge of man versus machine, the 30-year-old England touch-rugby player burst out through the train’s open doors, sprinted fearlessly up flights of steps and belted through city streets in an attempt to beat it to the next stop. 在这场人与地铁的较量中，30岁的英触式橄榄球员詹姆斯在地铁到站、门刚一打开的瞬间就立刻冲出去，跨过台阶、穿过街道，一路狂奔，试图在地铁到达下一站时能赶上它。 Somewhere beneath him, the London Underground train he had just abandoned at Mansion House had already begun to clatter and trundle its way eastwards on the Circle Line, unhindered, and running perfectly on schedule. 一边是狂奔的詹姆斯，而另一边，他要挑战的那趟伦敦地铁也已从他下车的“市长官邸站”启动，准确无误地按行程路线向东行驶。 Had this been a Superman movie, our hero would have been billed as ‘Faster than a speeding train…’ 这要是在超人电影里，詹姆斯一定会是个“比地铁跑得还快的大英雄”。 | 
