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【2021.6四级第2套】news

News Report 1(Questions1-2)

· 听力原文(中英逐句对照)

An 81-year-old manended up in Germany by accident after trying to get from Newcastle, GreatBritain, to Rome, Italy.

一名 81 岁的老人试图从英国纽卡斯尔前往意大利罗马,却意外地到了德国。

The old agepensioner was on a mission to see the Pope, who is head of the Catholic Church,and decided to make his way there by car.

这位领取养老金的老人此行是为了拜见天主教领袖教皇,并决定自己开车前往。

He was surprisedwhen his GPS system told him he had arrived, although there were no signs ofany of the famous buildings or architecture.

当他的 GPS 系统提示他已经到达时,他感到很惊讶,因为这里没有任何著名建筑或地标。

The man parked butdidn't put on the handbrake of his car properly.

他停了车,但没有正确地拉上手刹。

His car rolledbackwards, and in a striking display of irony, hit a sign saying"Rom"—the small town in North Germany he had mistakenly plugged intothe GPS system.

他的车向后滑行了,极具讽刺意味的是,它撞上了一块写着 “Rom” 的路牌 —— 这是他误输入 GPS 系统的德国北部小镇。

Police said thatthe car had come to a halt after hitting the sign, but did not appear to beseriously damaged, although an ambulance was called to check on the pensioner.

警方表示,汽车在撞到路牌后停了下来,虽然叫了救护车检查老人的情况,但汽车似乎没有严重损坏。

The man, who livesin the UK and is originally Italian, might have been confused by the fact thatRome is written "Roma" in Italian and "Rom" in German.

这位住在英国、原籍意大利的老人可能是因为罗马在意大利语中写作 “Roma”,在德语中写作 “Rom” 而感到困惑。

· 问题(中英对照)

1. What did the old age pensioner plan to do?

这位领取养老金的老人原本计划做什么?

2. What finally happened to the old man?

这位老人最后发生了什么?