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Officials apologize for expensive food on train

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Chinanews, Beijing, Dec. 14 –The Minister of Railways apologized on Tuesday to people for expensive food provided on passenger trains.

According to Beijing News, Jiang Haicheng, an ordinary citizen in Beijing, took K280 train from central China's Hubei Province to Beijing on Sept. 28, and ordered the cheapest meal “cabbage with black fungus” on the dinner coach. Then Jiang found very few cabbages and funguses in the dish, and he said that he was still hungry after he took the 30-yuan (US$3.83) meal.

Jiang wrote a letter of complaint to Liu Zhijun, Minister of Railways, as soon as he returned home. “Soon after, I received a phone call from an official of the Ministry¹ of Railways, promising² me to solve the problem as soon as possible. Yesterday an official from Wuhan Passenger Transport Bureau also called me and made a formal apology to me,” he said.

Several officials from the bureau made their visited Jiang in his home on Tuesday, including a discipline inspection³ official, the head of K280 train crew and the head of the dinner coach. Jiang got 20 yuan ($2.55) as compensation⁴.

Jiang was satisfied and hoped every passenger can have the opportunity to enjoy high-quality meals on railway dinner coaches.

Officials from the ministry vow⁵ not to allow such incidents to happen again in the future and plan to make more strict regulations on passenger train’s service.

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1 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 promising
adj.有希望的，有前途的
参考例句：
The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。 We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

3 inspection
n.检查，审查，检阅
参考例句：
On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。 The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

4 compensation
n.补偿（或赔偿）的款物，补偿，赔偿
参考例句：
Workers who have been unfairly dismissed may claim compensation.被无理开除的工人可以要求补偿。 Equal compensation should be given to men and women for equal work.男女同工应同酬。

5 vow
n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓
参考例句：
My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。 I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

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