(2017·全國丙卷)
話題:贈送機票 詞數:265W 難度:★★★
A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air ticket to the right woman. But restrictions apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallagher and have a Canadian passport .
Jordan Axani, 28, said (he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their relationship ended and he did not want her ticket to go to waste .) The ticket had a strict no-transfer(不可轉讓) policy , but since passport information was not required when booking , any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can use it.
“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to experience a lot of joy, ”said Axani. He posted his offer on a social networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with the right passports. “More interesting , there are hundreds of Canadians (who are interested in changing their name to Elizabeth Gallagher, )”Axani said. “It was absolutely out of control , thousands of e-mails, people around the world sharing their stories of travel. ”
Axani wrote in his post that he is not looking for anything in return and that the woman (who uses the extra ticket) can choose to either travel with him or take the ticket and travel on her own.
The trip is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before ending in Toronto on January 8. He said the lucky woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.
完形-2017年新課標全國卷III
一名多倫多的男子想為合適的女性提供一張環球旅行的免費機票，但這是有條件的。你必須名叫Elizabeth Gallahgher並且有加拿大的護照。
28歲的Jordan Axani說他和他的前女友Elizabeth Gallagher，在五月份預定了環球旅行的打折的機票，但是後來他們分手了，他不想浪費這張機票。這張機票有著不可轉讓的嚴格規定，不過由於在預定機票的時候，不必提供護照信息，所以任何持有加拿大護照和名叫Elizabeth Gallagher的女士都可使用這張機票。
“我只是想這張機票能被更好地使用，讓得到它的人能夠體驗到更多的快樂，” Axani說。他在社交網站上發佈了這個倡議，接著他收到了上千封郵件，其中包括30個名字為Elizabeth Gallagher並有加拿大護照的人。“更有趣的是，還有數百個加拿大人想把名字改為Elizabeth Gallagher，” Axani說。“事情已經完全失控了，收到了上千封郵件，並且來自世界各地的人們分享著他們旅行的故事。”
Axani在他的郵件裡說，他並不尋求任何回報，而且拿到這張免費機票的女士可以選擇跟他一起旅行或者取走機票獨自去旅行。
這次旅行預計12月21日從紐約出發，前往米蘭、布拉格、巴黎、曼谷和新德里，然後於1月8日在多倫多結束行程。他說得到這張免費機票的女士，屆時會在網上公佈，同時旅行全程他也將會在線與大家分享。
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