新概念第三册课文翻译及学习笔记【Lesson43、44、45】

新概念第三册课文翻译及学习笔记【

Lesson43

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【课文】

Insurance companies are normally willing to insure

anything. Insuring public or private property is a standard

practice in most countries in the world. If, however, you

were holding an open air garden party or a fete it would be

equally possible to insure yourself in the event of bad

weather. Needless to say, the bigger the risk an insurance

company takes, the higher the premium you will have to pay.

It is not uncommon to hear that a ship ping company has made

a claim for the cost of salvaging a sunken ship. But the

claim made by a local authority to recover the cost of

salvaging a sunken pie dish must surely be unique.

Admittedly it was an unusual pie dish, for it was

eighteen feet long and six feet wide. It had been purchased

by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked

for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best

way to transport the dish would be by canal, so they insured

it for the trip. Shortly after it was launched, the pie

committee went to a local inn to celebrate. At the same time,

a number of teenagers climbed on to the dish and held a

little party of their own. Dancing proved to be more than the

dish could bear, for during the party it capsized and sank in

seven feet of water.

The pie committee telephoned a local garage owner who

arrived in a recovery truck to salvage the pie dish.