Not many people get to park their car here – bang in the middle of Heathrow airport, on the taxiway just a stretch of grass away from where a line of passenger planes is coming in to land.(没有多少人能把车停在这里——就在希思罗机场正中央，滑行道上，与一排正在降落的客机仅隔一片草地。)
没有多少人能把车停在这里——就在希思罗机场的正中央，滑行道上，与一排正在降落入场的客机仅隔一片草地。
It’s close enough to see the shimmering air and smoke as nose tyres hit the tarmac(停机坪；柏油碎石路面). “An A380 will put down as much rubber as a car’s entire tyre,” Jack Quantick-Thorne says. He knows – part of his job is to ensure the runway team scrape(刮掉，擦去)s it off and patches things up overnight. And it is all recycled, he adds.
近得足以看见前轮触地时空气中闪烁的热浪和烟雾。“一架A380降落时磨损的橡胶量相当于一辆汽车整个轮胎的橡胶量，”杰克·夸蒂克-索恩说。他清楚这一点——他的部分工作就是确保跑道团队在夜间将橡胶刮掉并修补跑道。而且这些橡胶都会被回收利用，他补充道。
The airfield operations officer is not in the limelight(处于公众关注的中心) much, but is one of a host of(许多，大量) unsung(未被赞颂的，默默无闻的) workers keeping transport moving. And some jobs far from the public eye(远离公众视线) turn out to be(结果是，证明是) not only essential, but surprisingly challenging.
这位机场运行官并不常处于聚光灯下，但他是众多维持交通运转的无名工人之一。而且，一些远离公众视线的工作不仅至关重要，而且出人意料地具有挑战性。
Jack Quantick-Thorne, airfield operations officer, Heathrow
杰克·夸蒂克-索恩，希思罗机场运行官
Chris Thackaberry, network traffic controller, Transport for London
克里斯·萨克伯里，伦敦交通局路网调度员
Sarah, railway signaller, York
莎拉，约克铁路信号员
Jamie *, public service vehicle engineer, Manchester
杰米*，曼彻斯特公共服务车辆工程师
Frankie *, baggage handler, Gatwick
弗兰基*，盖特威克行李搬运工