Describe a piece of local news that people were interested in.
You should say:
what it was
where you learnt about it
who was in the news
and explain why people were interested in it.
Recently I heard about a local accident caused by some children, in the outcome of which a business was forced to close. I was very shocked to hear that a group of local children had been playing with firecrackers in the Beijing hutongs when their game got out of hand. Normally, this is something that the local authorities can deal with very quickly and efficiently, but this time it seemed too much for them to handle. 中文:最近我聽說當(dāng)?shù)匕l(fā)生了一起由一些孩子造成的事故。一個(gè)企業(yè)被迫關(guān)閉。一群當(dāng)?shù)氐暮⒆釉诒本┖姹夼,場面就失控了。通常,?dāng)?shù)卣梢苑浅?焖、高效地解決這件事,但這一次的事很難處理。
The children managed to set a parked vehicle on fire, due to a leaking petrol tank that left a trail of gasoline along the road to a puddle under the large van in question. The van burned very fast. The huge fire caused a lot of destruction to the surrounding buildings, including the local business whose staff owned the van. It turned out that the van was illegally parked when the fire broke out, so the business were very heavily fined for causing so much damage, even though it was the kids who actually set it alight! 中文:孩子們把一輛停著的車點(diǎn)著了,油箱漏了,汽油沿路流到一輛大貨車下面。車很快被點(diǎn)燃了。巨大的火苗燒造成很多周圍很多的建筑焚毀,包括車主的店。調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)貨車起火時(shí)是非法停車,所以車主被大額罰款,雖說車是被孩子點(diǎn)著的。
I learnt about this piece of news through friends who live in the area, one of whom actually saw the fire just after it had broken out. He said that a local newspaper ran a story and that he saw a very short report on a TV news show. I think this news is interesting because it shows how the local authorities handle such situations, displays how a small incident can affect a local community and demonstrates that even minor news will be reported widely. 中文:我從在這一地區(qū)的朋友們那里聽到的這個(gè)消息,有一個(gè)朋友還看到了爆炸之后的火苗。他說當(dāng)?shù)匾患覉?bào)紙報(bào)道了此事,他在一個(gè)新聞節(jié)目里看見一個(gè)很短的報(bào)告。我認(rèn)為這個(gè)消息有趣之處在于它展示了地方政府如何處理這種情況,以及在小地方一件小事會(huì)被廣泛地傳開。