France’s national rail operator SNCF has sparked ridicule after ordering a multi-million pound fleet of trains that are too tall to fit in Italy’s tunnels.
法國(guó)國(guó)家鐵路公司最近鬧了大笑話：該公司耗資幾百萬英鎊訂購(gòu)的一批新列車由于太高而無法進(jìn)入通往意大利的隧道。

The spectacular blunder from rail bosses means the cross-Europe trains will have to stop before entering Italy, where passengers will have to board a smaller train.
鐵路運(yùn)營(yíng)商釀成的大錯(cuò)意味著，本應(yīng)橫跨歐洲的列車無法駛?cè)胍獯罄丝捅仨殦Q乘更矮小的列車才能前往意大利。

The new trains are several millimetre higher than the maximum height of the tunnels along the Riviera coastline route, according to Nice Matin newspaper.
據(jù)法國(guó)《尼斯晨報(bào)》消息，相較于里維埃拉海岸線隧道的限定高度，這批列車的車身高出了幾毫米。

French rail operator SNCF says the trains will be put into service this week - but only as far as the French border.
法國(guó)國(guó)家鐵路公司表示，這批列車將于本周投入使用，不過僅限于法國(guó)境內(nèi)。

Last year, the national rail operator cost taxpayers dearly after they bought 2,000 trains that are 1.2in too wide for its platforms. As a result, 1,300 stations were upgraded, with workers chopping off the edges of platforms.
去年，法國(guó)國(guó)家鐵路公司購(gòu)置了2000列火車，結(jié)果車身比月臺(tái)寬了1.2英寸，因此，公司不得不請(qǐng)工人擴(kuò)建1300個(gè)月臺(tái)，這讓納稅人付出了沉重的代價(jià)。

Vocabulary

blunder: 大錯(cuò)

英文來源：每日郵報(bào)

譯者&審校：許晶晶

編輯：侯瑋萍

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