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Australian man takes car on a 6,200km "test drive" 試車試了6,200公里的「澳客」
Thursday, Mar 13, 2008,Page 14
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The president of Honda Motors, Takeo Fukui, poses with the new Accord during a press conference on March 4, 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland.
本田汽車公司的社長福井威夫，本月四日在瑞士日內瓦的一場記者會上，和該公司推出的新款雅哥合照。 照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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An Australian man took a new car on a test drive that lasted 6,200km. He has since been arrested.
Police said the 30-year-old man walked into a car dealership in the southern city of Melbourne earlier this month. He asked to take a 2008 Honda Accord for a spin.
The man chatted with a salesman for 20 minutes. He convinced the salesman he was a genuine buyer. He filled out the necessary papers. Then he took off in the car before the salesman could get into the car.
The man turned up five days later near the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek. He was about 3,700km away and on the other side of the continent.
Police picked the man up after he drove away from a garage without paying for fuel. They found toiletries and a toothbrush in the car.
Car dealer Ian McKenzie said the driver put 6,200km on the odometer.
"He's got to have been in the car nearly all day, every day," he said.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
一名澳洲男子試開一輛新車，這一開就開了六千兩百公里，後來他還是被警方逮到了。
警方表示，這名三十歲的男子本月初走進澳洲南部墨爾本市一家汽車展售中心，他請店家讓他駕駛一輛二ＯＯ八年的本田雅哥出去繞一繞。
這名男子和業務員談了二十分鐘，讓業務員深信他真要買車；在填妥必要文件後，他趁著業務員上車之前把車開走了。
五天後，這名男子在北領地的特南特灣鎮附近出現；位在澳洲另一端的特南特灣鎮，距離他的出發地約三千七百公里。
這名男子因加油不付錢，在駛離加油站後被警方逮捕；警方在車上找到一組盥洗用品和牙刷。
業者伊恩．麥坎齊說，車子的里程數總共增加了六千兩百公里。
他說：「他這幾天一定幾乎天天二十四小時都待在車上。」
（法新社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| Today's Words 今日單字 |
| 1. test drive n.
試車 (shi4 che1)
例: Once I took a Harley for a test drive.
(我曾試騎過哈雷機車。)
2. dealership n.
經銷代理商 (jing1 xiao1 dai4 li3 shang1)
例: Vince got a job at a scooter dealership.
(文斯應徵上一家機車代理商的工作。)
3. continent n.
大陸 (da4 lu4)，陸地 (lu4 di4)
例: Asia is the biggest continent in the world.
(亞洲是全世界最大的陸地。)
4. odometer n.
里程表 (li3 cheng2 biao3)
例: How many miles are on your car's odometer?
(你的車子跑了多少英里？) |
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