A woman has finally passed her driving test after 23 years.MariaMcCarthy went through 10 instructors and 250 lessons in herattemptto gain a licence.
在经历了23年的痛苦学车后,一名英国妇女近日终于通过了她的驾照考试。
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She first got behind the wheel aged 17 but didnt qualifyuntilher 40th birthday nearly a quarter of a century later. Shesays shesuffered a form of driving dyslexia which saw her unabletonegotiate roundabouts and corners. She was so bad that duringher23-year apprenticeship she was only ever ready to take two tests—and passed the second.
据《每日电讯》1月22日报道,23年前,年仅17岁的玛丽亚开始学车,但直到她40岁生日临近时,在几乎过了四分之一个世纪后,她才通过了驾照考试。23年的学车经历让玛丽亚痛苦不已,她最终只参加了两次驾照考试,并在第二次考试中通过。
She says her particular trouble spots were mini-roundaboutsanddual carriageways which both made her very nervous. Butaftermore than two decades of attempts she has finally made thegradeand has bought a blue Vauxhall Astra.
麦卡西说,由于患上了一种名为“驾驶困难症”的病,她有些时候不能正常驾驶,如每次遇到转弯或拐角她都非常紧张。在经历了23年的尝试后,她最终克服心理障碍,获得了驾照。
She said: I was so bad, I could never get to test level. Itwasdown to a mixture of nerves and lack of ability.
麦卡西说:“我以前很差劲,驾驶技术一直不合格,这可能源于我的紧张心理和学习新东西能力差。”
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