美澳车队迷路游完伦敦才到奥运村_BEC初级作文

美澳车队迷路游完伦敦才到奥运村

伦敦奥委会派去迎接澳大利亚和美国代表团的车辆在离开希思罗机场后，因司机不认路、车内导航不好用等原因，带着两国队员游转大半个伦敦后才最终到达奥运村。据悉，搭载澳大利亚代表团30名官员和医务人员的大巴花了三个半小时才赶到奥运村，而美国运动员的车辆则花了4个小时才抵达目的地，途中经过了白金汉宫和国会大厦等景点。这些车辆迷路的原因主要是大巴司机之前没有走过机场到奥运村的路线，也没有人在其上岗前进行路线指导；而同时大巴上的导航系统很难操作，运动员村等地点均无法显示。伦敦奥组委称，从机场到奥运村的预计车程大约为2小时，比之前预计的时间要长一些，不过对美澳队员车辆迷路事宜未作回应。

Members of the Australian team on Monday night told how their bus journey from Heathrow Airport to the Olympic Village turned into a 3½-hour marathon, accidentally taking them past a series of central-London landmarks before getting lost in West Ham.

The Australians, among the first wave of the 16,500 athletes due to compete at the Olympic Games to arrive in London, had hoped for a speedy transfer from the airport to the athletes’ accommodation, which opened on Monday.

In what could have been a script for the BBC comedy Twenty Twelve, the bus driver containing the Australian contingent of 30 officials and medical staff took his passengers past Buckingham Palace and the back streets of West Ham.