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Requiem for a queen

机译:女王的安魂曲

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Barring a last minute reprieve, America's last proper paddle-wheeled steamboat may disappear by the end of the year. For decades the Delta Queen has been one of the most magnificent sights on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, forging through the water as her calliope steam organ blasts merrily away.rnBut it looks as though the federal Coast Guard, applying the same regulations to riverboats as to ocean-going ships, will no longer allow the Delta Queen to carry passengers on overnight excursions. The problem is the wooden superstructure, the white wedding-cake of decks above the boat's mighty hull. In 1966 federal regulations banned any vessel with wooden superstructures from carrying more than 50 passengers on anything longer than day-trips. Congress granted the Delta Queen an exemption because she is never more than a few hundred yards from the safety of the river bank should a fire occur. Since then, the exemption has been extended nine times. But probably not for a tenth.
机译:除非获得最后一分钟的缓刑,否则美国的最后一艘适当的桨轮汽船可能会在今年年底前消失。几十年来,三角洲女王一直是密西西比河和俄亥俄河上最壮观的景点之一,随着她的老茧蒸气器官的爆炸而在水中water锻。到远洋轮船上,将不再允许三角洲皇后号载客过夜。问题在于木制的上层建筑,即船强大船体上方甲板的白色婚礼蛋糕。 1966年,联邦法规禁止任何具有木制上层建筑的船只载运超过50名乘客的一日游。国会授予三角洲女王豁免权,因为如果发生火灾,她离河岸的安全距离不会超过几百码。自那时以来,豁免已扩大了九倍。但可能不是十分之一。

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    《The economist》 |2008年第8589期|61|共1页
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