Coming to the Rescue原版英文小故事内容:
A 20-year-old man, driving under the influence and at excessive speed early yesterday evening along New York Drive, died after clipping another car. Buddy1 Allen was dead at the scene of the accident. Apparently2, he was not strapped3 into his seat belt at the time he collided with a car in front of him.
Allen was doing about 60 mph on the 35 mph street when his SUV overtook and hit a car driven by Steve Frohman. Frohman, a scratch golfer, had just finished an unpleasant round of golf. He said he was doing the speed limit when he happened to look in his rear view mirror and saw a car coming up on him fast.
Certain that he was about to get rear-ended, Frohman managed to get halfway4 into the adjoining lane. The speeding car hit Frohman’s new sedan, then hit a curb5, and became airborne. Allen flew out of the car, landing on grass near the base of a light pole. Frohman, braking to a stop, saw Allen land on the grass. But the unthinkable happened. Upside down but also flying through the air, the SUV struck the light pole and dropped straight down, landing squarely on Allen.
Frohman ran over to the SUV. Seeing both of Allen’s feet under the SUV, Frohman tried to rock it back and forth6 so that it would roll off Allen. Not succeeding, he dialed 911 on his cell phone. Police and paramedics arrived within a few minutes. Frohman was still trying to roll the SUV off the victim when they arrived. The police told him to move back. Four of them rolled the SUV off the dead body. The paramedics did not even check the airway7; they knew a dead person when they saw one.
One of the police officers congratulated Frohman on his attempt to save Allen.
“I wasn’t trying to save him,” said Frohman. “I was planning to knock his teeth out for damaging my car.”
1 buddy n.(美口)密友,伙伴
参考例句:
Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气,老兄。有什么麻烦吗?
Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了,你这家伙!
2 apparently adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
参考例句:
An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
3 strapped adj.用皮带捆住的,用皮带装饰的;身无分文的;缺钱;手头紧v.用皮带捆扎(strap的过去式和过去分词);用皮带抽打;包扎;给…打绷带
参考例句:
Make sure that the child is strapped tightly into the buggy. 一定要把孩子牢牢地拴在婴儿车上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
The soldiers' great coats were strapped on their packs. 战士们的厚大衣扎捆在背包上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 halfway adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
参考例句:
We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
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