News Report One

新闻报道一

A 104-year-old woman is selling the house she has lived in since she was two years old.

一位 104 岁的老人正在出售她从两岁起就居住的房子。

Nancy Gifford was born months after the end of the First World War and spent 102 years living in her three-bedroom house in the Somerset Village of Street.

南希・吉福德出生于第一次世界大战结束数月之后，她在斯特里特萨默塞特村这套三居室住宅里住了 102 年。

She is now putting it on the market, having lived in it through the Second World War and the invention of television.

如今她准备将房屋挂牌出售，她在此经历了第二次世界大战，也见证了电视的诞生。

Her family bought the house for 200 pounds in 1921.

1921 年，她的家人花费 200 英镑买下这栋房子。

And it is now priced at some 170,000 pounds.

如今这栋房子标价约 17 万英镑。

According to the Bank of England’s inflation calculator, 200 pounds in 1921 would be worth 7,750 pounds today.

根据英格兰银行通胀计算器测算，1921 年的 200 英镑相当于如今的 7750 英镑。

According to the estate agent, the house was built in 1882 and originally featured a well for the entire road.

房产中介介绍，这栋房屋建于 1882 年，最初配有一口供整条街道居民使用的水井。

Except for some changes in the toilet and wash area, much of the house remains the same.

除卫生间和洗漱区域经过改造之外，房屋大部分地方维持原貌。

Mrs Gifford is selling the house and moving to a nursing home in nearby Glastonbury because of her health.

由于身体健康原因，吉福德夫人决定卖掉房子，搬去附近格拉斯顿伯里的养老院。

Questions 1 and 2 are based on the news report you have just heard.

问题一、问题二基于你刚刚听到的这篇新闻报道。

Question 1. What does the news report say about Nancy Gifford?

关于南希・吉福德，新闻报道中提到了什么？

Question 2. Why is Mrs Gifford selling the house?

吉福德夫人为何要出售这栋房子？