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Congo's wheels

机译:刚果的轮子

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Since the best place to pick up a fare in Kinshasa, Congo's capital, was outside the Grand hotel (for a time, the Intercontinental), that was where Pierre Mambele usually parked his car. There he would wait, with a bottle of Sprite, under the trees for shade. His car was nothing fancy. It was a dark blue 1976 Fiat which had seen service on plenty of bad roads. The side mirrors and windscreen-wipers had long gone, good riddance to them. The front doors could fly open at speed, so sometimes had to be tied to the chassis with plastic bags. The exhaust trailed. This car limped from one criminal mechanic to another, but as long as it ran, and people were willing to pay him for a ride, he wasn't bothered.
机译:由于在刚果首都金沙萨(Kingshasa)取车费的最佳地点是在大酒店外面(一度是洲际酒店),皮埃尔·曼贝勒(Pierre Mambele)通常将车停在那里。在那儿,他会拿着一瓶雪碧在树下等待阴影。他的车没什么花哨的。那是一辆深蓝色的1976菲亚特(Fiat),它曾在许多恶劣的道路上行驶。侧视镜和挡风玻璃刮水器早已不见了,对他们来说是很好的摆脱。前门可以快速打开,因此有时必须用塑料袋将其绑在底盘上。排气尾随。这辆车从一名犯罪技工缩到另一名犯罪技工,但只要它行驶了,而且人们愿意为他搭便车,他就不会打扰。

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    《The economist》 |2019年第9152期|70-70|共1页
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