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智课网TOEFL备考资料伦敦奥运火炬中途熄灭一托福阅读机经背景 Olympic torch goes out after just three days in Britain Its been going for just three days and 115 miles but the Olympic Torch Relay has already burnt out, organisers confirmed today. 伦敦奥组委今天证实，刚刚传递了3天、走过了115英里的奥运火炬传递中途熄灭。 Shortly before 10am the torch that was attached to the side of Para-badminton star David Folletts wheelchair went out during his leg of the relay in Great Torrington, Devon. 当天的传递在英国德文郡的大托林顿进行。上午将近十点钟，固定在英国轮椅羽毛球运动员大卫-弗利特轮椅一侧的火炬就熄灭了。 But just up the road in Hatherleigh, an extremely unofficial torch kept burning despite the wind. 但就在哈瑟利大道上，一个极其不正式的火炬却在大风中熊熊燃烧。 Back in Great Torrington, a spokeswoman for LOCOG said: The flame went out due to a malfunctioning burner. 让我们把目光转回大托林顿。伦敦奥组委的一位女发言人说：“火炬熄灭是由于燃烧器故障导致的。” It is not uncommon for a flame to go out and this can happen for a number of reasons, for example, in extreme winds. “火炬熄灭并非罕见，在极端大风的天气等情况下都有可能发生。” A replacement torch was brought out from the convoy of vehicles and was lit from the mother flame. “工作人员从护送火炬的车上取了另一支替代火炬，而后用奥运火种点燃。 We keep the mother flame in specially designed miners lanterns so if the flame does go out for some reason on the relay we relight it from the source of the flame, the spokeswoman added. 这位女发言人补充说：“我们把奥运火种保存在特制的‘矿工灯’火种罐里，因此当火炬因为某种原因在传递过程中熄灭时，我们就可以用奥运火种重新点燃。” The torch relay entered its third day today and will see dozens of unsung and hard-working individuals get their moment in the spotlight as they carry the torch from Exeter to Taunton. 奥运火炬传递今天进入第三天，有数十名普通但勤劳的民众会在今天成为媒体的焦点，把火炬从埃克塞特传递到陶顿。 However, some of the Olympic torchbearers have caused a stir after cashing in ontheir once-in-a-lifetime privilege by selling their torches on eBay. 但一些奥运火炬手在网上售卖他们的火炬，通过这一千载难逢的机遇赚钱，引发了争议。 Before the first day of the relay was completed, the gold torches appeared on the online auction site. A torch used during the relay on Saturday is currently attracting bids of more than ￡30,000. 在火炬传