GPS指揮老太太環(huán)游記
A Belgian woman took an astonishing 1,800 mile detour through six countries after her car navigation system went wrong.
一名比利時(shí)女子汽車上的導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)發(fā)生了故障，她開(kāi)車行駛了1800英里，穿越了6個(gè)國(guó)家，路程之遠(yuǎn)令人驚嘆。
Sabine Moreau, 67, had intended to drive to Brussels from her home in Solre-sur-Sambre to pick up a friend from the train station - a journey of just 38 miles.
67歲的薩賓·莫羅本打算從位于桑布爾河畔索勒爾市的家開(kāi)車去布魯塞爾，去火車站接她的一位朋友——總路程只有38英里。
But she took a catastrophic wrong turn and eventually ended up 900 miles away in Zagreb, Croatia.
但她在一個(gè)拐彎處犯了致命的錯(cuò)誤，最后將車開(kāi)至了900英里之外克羅地亞的薩格勒布市。
Despite crossing five borders and seeing multiple-language traffic signs, she did not stop to question her sat-nav until two days later when she realised that she may not be in Belgium any more.
盡管穿過(guò)了5個(gè)國(guó)界，看見(jiàn)了各種語(yǔ)言的標(biāo)志，她都沒(méi)有停下來(lái)想想是不是她的導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)出了問(wèn)題。直到兩天之后，她意識(shí)到自己可能已經(jīng)不在比利時(shí)了。
Although she stopped to refuel her car several times, Ms Moreau did not think her TomTom could be leading her down the wrong path.
雖然好多次她停下來(lái)給車加油，莫羅女士沒(méi)有想到過(guò)她車上裝的TomTom導(dǎo)航儀會(huì)帶她駛向錯(cuò)誤的方向。
‘I saw all kinds of traffic signs. First in French, then in German - Cologne, Aachen, Frankfurt,’ she told a Belgian news website. ‘But I didn't ask myself any questions. I was just distracted, so I kept my foot down,’ she added.
“我看到各種不同的交通標(biāo)志。先是法語(yǔ)的，然后是德語(yǔ)的——科隆、亞琛、法蘭克福這些城市的名字，”她對(duì)比利時(shí)一家新聞網(wǎng)站說(shuō)?！暗沂裁炊紱](méi)有問(wèn)自己。我當(dāng)時(shí)心不在焉，所以我也沒(méi)覺(jué)得不安，”她又補(bǔ)充說(shuō)。
Police believe she crossed through France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia before finally getting to Croatia. Then she faced another 900 mile journey back to get to her home in Solre-sur-Sambre. By this stage her worried son had reported her missing to police.
警方認(rèn)為，她在到達(dá)克羅地亞之前已經(jīng)經(jīng)過(guò)的法國(guó)、德國(guó)、奧地利和斯洛文尼亞。然后她必須再開(kāi)900英里，回到她在桑布爾河畔索勒爾市的家。現(xiàn)在她擔(dān)心的是，她的兒子已經(jīng)跟警方報(bào)告她失蹤了。
Officers searched her house and were about to launch a full scale manhunt when she phoned home to say she was in Zagreb.
當(dāng)她打電話回家說(shuō)她在薩格勒布市的時(shí)候，比利時(shí)的警方已經(jīng)搜過(guò)了她的家，準(zhǔn)備開(kāi)始大規(guī)模搜索了。
She told police: ‘I didn't really notice anything was wrong until I suddenly arrived in Zagreb and realised that I was no longer in Belgium.’
她告訴警方：“我一直沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)有什么不對(duì)勁，直到我突然發(fā)現(xiàn)自己到了薩格勒布，我才意識(shí)到我已經(jīng)不再比利時(shí)了?！?BR> When asked if she did not find the length of the journey - or the change in language - strange, Ms Moreau replied: ‘Maybe, but I was just preoccupied.'
當(dāng)被問(wèn)道她難道沒(méi)有發(fā)現(xiàn)路程長(zhǎng)得不對(duì)勁，或者語(yǔ)言已經(jīng)變了的時(shí)候，莫羅女士回答說(shuō)：“可能吧。但是我在想心事。”
So preoccupied that even after being forced to stop for petrol several times - as well as a snooze on the side of the road - Ms Moreau still did not question her satnav.
莫羅女士的心事可不少，雖然她好幾次需要停下來(lái)給車加油，在停在路邊打盹，就算這樣都沒(méi)有讓莫羅女士懷疑她的導(dǎo)航系統(tǒng)壞了。
I stopped several times for petrol and paid with my credit card. When I felt tired I stopped for a few hours sleep in the car on a lay-by,' she said. 'I was a bit absent-minded as I had a few things to think about, I suppose.' Ms Moreau finally made it home 60 hours after embarking upon her inadvertent odyssey.
“我想我大概有點(diǎn)心不在焉，我在想一些事情。”[/en][cn]“我停下來(lái)加了幾次油，用信用卡付的錢。累的時(shí)候我就停下來(lái)，在路邊的停車帶睡幾個(gè)小時(shí)，”她說(shuō)。莫羅女士最后在60小時(shí)漫不經(jīng)心的長(zhǎng)途跋涉后回到了家。
A spokesman for police in Belgium, who had been on the brink of launching a hunt for Ms Moreau after being alerted by her son, said: 'This is an incredible story.
比利時(shí)警方在收到莫羅女士?jī)鹤拥男畔⒅?，已?jīng)差點(diǎn)要發(fā)起搜索莫羅女士的行動(dòng)了，警方的一名發(fā)言人說(shuō)：“這個(gè)故事太不可思議了。”
These GPS systems cause problems from time to time but nothing like this. But this woman has done nothing wrong and we just have to believe her,' he added.
“GPS系統(tǒng)總是會(huì)帶來(lái)很多麻煩，不過(guò)還沒(méi)有像這樣的。不過(guò)這位女士什么都沒(méi)有做錯(cuò)，我們要相信她。”他又這樣補(bǔ)充道。
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