法国购买2000辆火车因太宽无法进站显尴尬
文章来源:BBC | 更新日期:2014-05-23
French red faces over trains that are 'too wide'
The French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros are too wide for many regional platforms.
法国铁路运营商SNCF发现新订购的耗资150亿欧元的2000辆列车车体太宽，无法进入站台。
[句子结构分析] 这条句子要注意it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros是定语从句(省列了that)修饰 new trains。主句的谓语是系动词are。discover 后边是宾语从句。
The BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says that it is an embarrassing blunder that has so far cost the rail operator over 50m euros.
英国广播公司的克里斯琴弗雷泽在巴黎说，这是一个尴尬的错误，到目前为止铁路运营商已花了超过5000万欧元。
[句子结构分析] 这条句子有两个that, 第一个that引导宾语从句。第二个that引导定语从句。先行词 blunder 在定语从句中作主语。另外注意 so far 是状语，插入到has 和cost之间，其意思是 “至今，到目前为止”。
Our correspondent says that the cost is likely to rise even further.
我们的记者说成本可能会进一步上升。
Construction work has already started to reconfigure station platforms.
改造站台的建设工作已经开始。
The work will allow new trains room to pass through. But officials say that there are still 1,000 platforms to be adjusted.
这项工作将为新的列车提供空间让其能通过。但是官方说，仍然有1000个平台要进行整改。
[句子结构分析] 注意这里的room是直接宾语，trains 是间接宾语，allow为双宾动词。
The error seems to have happened because the national rail operator RFF gave the wrong dimensions to train company SNCF.
错误发生的原因好像是由于国家铁路运营商RFF给铁路公司SNCF提供了错误的尺寸。
Our correspondent says that they measured platforms built less than 30 years ago, overlooking the fact that many of France's regional platforms were built more than 50 years ago when trains were a little slimmer.
我们的记者说，他们对建造还不到30年的站台进行测量，但却忽略了法国还有许多站台是在50多年前建的，当时的列车比现在要瘦小一点。
The platform edges are too close to the tracks in some stations which means the trains cannot get in, officials say.
官方说在一些火车站，站台的边缘与轨道太接近，意味着火车不能进入。
A spokesman for the RFF confirmed they had “discovered the problem a bit late”.
RFF发言人证实，他们发现这个问题的时候已有点晚了”。
Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier blamed an “absurd rail system” for the problems.
运输部长弗里德里克库维利尔将问题归纠于 “荒谬的铁路系统”。
“When you separate the rail operator from the train company," he said, “this is what happens.”
“当你把铁路运营商和火车公司分开，” 他说，“结果就会发生这种事 。”
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The French train operator SNCF has discovered that 2,000 new trains it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros are too wide for many regional platforms.
法国铁路运营商SNCF发现新订购的耗资150亿欧元的2000辆列车车体太宽，无法进入站台。
[句子结构分析] 这条句子要注意it ordered at a cost of 15bn euros是定语从句(省列了that)修饰 new trains。主句的谓语是系动词are。discover 后边是宾语从句。
The BBC's Christian Fraser in Paris says that it is an embarrassing blunder that has so far cost the rail operator over 50m euros.
英国广播公司的克里斯琴弗雷泽在巴黎说，这是一个尴尬的错误，到目前为止铁路运营商已花了超过5000万欧元。
[句子结构分析] 这条句子有两个that, 第一个that引导宾语从句。第二个that引导定语从句。先行词 blunder 在定语从句中作主语。另外注意 so far 是状语，插入到has 和cost之间，其意思是 “至今，到目前为止”。
Our correspondent says that the cost is likely to rise even further.
我们的记者说成本可能会进一步上升。
Construction work has already started to reconfigure station platforms.
改造站台的建设工作已经开始。
The work will allow new trains room to pass through. But officials say that there are still 1,000 platforms to be adjusted.
这项工作将为新的列车提供空间让其能通过。但是官方说，仍然有1000个平台要进行整改。
[句子结构分析] 注意这里的room是直接宾语，trains 是间接宾语，allow为双宾动词。
The error seems to have happened because the national rail operator RFF gave the wrong dimensions to train company SNCF.
错误发生的原因好像是由于国家铁路运营商RFF给铁路公司SNCF提供了错误的尺寸。
Our correspondent says that they measured platforms built less than 30 years ago, overlooking the fact that many of France's regional platforms were built more than 50 years ago when trains were a little slimmer.
我们的记者说，他们对建造还不到30年的站台进行测量，但却忽略了法国还有许多站台是在50多年前建的，当时的列车比现在要瘦小一点。
The platform edges are too close to the tracks in some stations which means the trains cannot get in, officials say.
官方说在一些火车站，站台的边缘与轨道太接近，意味着火车不能进入。
A spokesman for the RFF confirmed they had “discovered the problem a bit late”.
RFF发言人证实，他们发现这个问题的时候已有点晚了”。
Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier blamed an “absurd rail system” for the problems.
运输部长弗里德里克库维利尔将问题归纠于 “荒谬的铁路系统”。
“When you separate the rail operator from the train company," he said, “this is what happens.”
“当你把铁路运营商和火车公司分开，” 他说，“结果就会发生这种事 。”
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