(单词翻译:单击)
Hello. I'm Rachel Hobson.
大家好。我是瑞秋·霍布森。
And I'm Marina Santee. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting.
我是玛丽娜·桑蒂。欢迎收听今天的重点报道节目。本报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
无论人们生活在世界的哪个角落，他们都很容易听懂本报道节目。
"I was going across the street. I thought I could beat the car. But I was wrong."
“我当时正在过马路。我以为我的速度比那辆汽车快。但我错了。”
Ricky Barker was 13 years old.
瑞奇·巴克当时13岁。
He was riding home on his two-wheel bicycle.
他当时正骑着两轮自行车回家。
He saw a car coming.
他看见一辆汽车开过来了。
He believed he could cross the street before the car did. He was wrong.
他认为他能比那辆汽车先穿过马路。他错了。
The car was travelling at eighty kilometres per hour.
那辆汽车以每小时八十公里的速度行驶。
It hit Ricky. And it threw him nine meters in the air.
它撞上了瑞奇。他被抛到九米高的空中。
He landed head first.
他的头先着地。
His head and neck hit the side of the road.
他的头和脖子撞到了路边。
The bone at the base of his head became separated from the bone at the top of his back.
他头底部的骨头与背部顶部的骨头分离了。
His head remained in the correct position--but it was only skin and muscles that held it there.
他的头保持在正确的位置上——但只有皮肤和肌肉在支撑着它。
Ricky lay on the ground.
瑞奇躺在地上。
But no one moved him or touched him.
但没有人动他，也没有人碰他。
This was very important.
这一点非常重要。
Moving an injured person can cause great damage.
移动受伤的人会造成很大的伤害。
Only trained medical workers should move an injured person.
只有接受过培训的医务人员才能移动受伤的人。
Ricky said: "If someone had moved me or touched me in some way, then I may not be talking to you right now. I may be dead."
瑞奇说：“如果有人当时以某种方式移动或触碰了我，那么我现在可能就不是在和你们对话了。我可能已经死了。”
An ambulance arrived to take Ricky to hospital.
救护车赶到现场，把瑞奇送往医院。
The medical workers tried hard to save him.
医务人员竭尽全力抢救他。
He was seriously injured.
他受了重伤。
He needed machines to help him breathe.
他需要机器来帮助他呼吸。
He could not talk. And he could not move his body.
他不能说话。他的身体动弹不得。
In fact, Ricky went into a deep sleep--a coma.
事实上，瑞奇进入了深度睡眠——昏迷。
At the hospital the doctors did not know if they could save him.
在医院里，医生们不知道他们是否能救得了他。
People with injuries like Ricky's usually die.
像瑞奇伤得如此重的人通常会死。
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