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原文
What mistake was made?
The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.
He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.
Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially built for him.
It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2, 500-horsepower engine.
Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour,
he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.
After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour.
However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made.
His average speed had been 301 miles per hour.
Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour.
Following in his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record.
Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.
译文
出了什么差错？
伟大的赛车手马尔科姆·坎贝尔爵士（Sir Malcolm Campbell）是第一个驾驶汽车时速超过300英里的人。
他在1935年9月于犹他州的博纳维尔盐滩（Bonneville Salt Flats）创造了新的世界纪录。
他驾驶的那辆名为“Bluebird”的汽车，是专门为他定制制造的。
它的长度超过了30英尺（约9米），配备了一台功率为2500马力的发动机。
尽管坎贝尔的速度超过了每小时304英里，
他在控制汽车时遇到了很大的困难，因为在第一次试跑中一个轮胎爆了。
尝试之后，坎贝尔得知自己的平均速度仅为每小时299英里，这让他感到非常失望。
然而，几天后他被告知，原来出现了一个错误。
他的平均速度是每小时301英里。
从那时起，赛车手的行驶速度已经超过了每小时600英里。
多年以后，马尔科姆爵士的儿子唐纳德追随父亲的足迹，也创造了一项世界纪录。
和他父亲一样，他驾驶着一辆名叫“Bluebird”的汽车。