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Young Boy Rescues Brother Trapped Under Furniture
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On one recent morning in the American state of Utah, 2-year-old twin boys Bowdy and Brock were playing in their bedroom.
The boys were climbing on a piece of furniture called a dresser. They were trying to get into some empty drawers and climb to the top of the dresser.
But as they both tried to climb up, the large dresser fell down on top of them.
The accident was recorded on a camera the boys' parents put in the bedroom. Some parents use these kinds of cameras to watch their children playing in another room.
One of the young boys, Bowdy, managed to escape from under the dresser. But his brother, Brock, remained stuck under it.
The video shows Bowdy walking around the dresser trying to find a way to free his brother. Almost two minutes pass. But Bowdy cannot move the dresser.
Eventually, though, Bowdy found a way to push the dresser toward the wall. His brother was then able to roll out from underneath the big piece of furniture.
Both boys are okay. They were not hurt.
Their parents decided to put a video of the incident on YouTube. They hoped it would be a warning to other parents around the world.
In just three days, the video has been viewed over 7 million times. It is the top trending video on YouTube.
Ricky Shoff is the father of the boys.
He posted the video to his Facebook page on January 1. He wrote: "I've been a little hesitant to post this. But I feel it's not only to bring awareness, but it is also incredible."
Shoff also told his friends to share the video and to make sure their furniture was secure. For example, big pieces of furniture should be safely attached to a wall or to the floor.
Kayli Shoff, the boys' mother, said when she first saw the video, she "felt like the worst mom."
But the parents said they made the video public even though they knew they would be criticized for not paying enough attention to their children.
This is not the first time falling furniture has made the news in recent months.
In December, furniture-maker Ikea agreed to pay $50 million to the families of three American boys, in three different states, killed by falling dressers.
The company is recalling its furniture. It is also offering customers a refund or free tools to attach the furniture to a wall.
And that's What's Trending Today.
I'm Jill Robbins.
词汇解析
1.a piece of 一块；一片
I picked up a piece of wood and started carving.
我拿起一块木头，开始雕刻起来。
2.get into 进入
I was working hard to get into Cambridge.
我为能上剑桥大学而刻苦学习。
3.climb up 攀登
Watching him climb up the precipice, everybody was breathless with anxiety.
看着他往悬崖上爬，大家都捏一把汗。
4.fell down 倒下
The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.
那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
内容解析
1.The video shows Bowdy walking around the dresser trying to find a way to free his brother.
find a way to 找到...的方法
We must find a way to resolve these problems before it's too late
我们必须及时找到解决这些问题的方法。
He thinks he can find a way to vaccinate the elephants from a safe distance.
他认为自己能找到一种从安全距离给大象接种疫苗的方法。
2.His brother was then able to roll out from underneath the big piece of furniture.
roll out 铺开；滚出
We'll give her some VIP treatment and roll out the red carpet
我们将给予她贵宾级礼遇，并且为她铺设红地毯。
Churchill's cadences began to roll out of the shortwave radio.
短波电台里开始传出丘吉尔那抑扬顿挫的声调。
参考译文
机智boy！2岁幼童巧移柜子救双胞胎弟弟
这里是《今日热点》节目。
近日一个早晨，美国犹他州的一对两岁的双胞胎鲍迪（Bowdy）和布罗克（Brock ）在卧室里玩耍。
当时，兄弟俩正在沿着梳妆台攀爬。他们想钻进空抽屉然后再爬上梳妆台。
然而当两人都试图向上爬时，被突然倾倒的梳妆台压倒在地。
父母安装在卧室的监控刚好记录下这一幕。很多父母用这种方式观察孩子在房间里的动态。
所幸弟弟鲍迪成功脱身。但是哥哥布罗克却仍然被困在梳妆台下。
录像显示，鲍迪绕着梳妆台打量了一番想救出布罗克。这就样，两分钟过去了。但是年幼的鲍迪搬不动庞大的梳妆台。
最后，鲍迪慢慢地将梳妆台推向墙角。随后，布罗克才顺利从梳妆台下脱身。
兄弟俩都没有大碍。他们也没有受伤。
他们的父母决定把这一幕传到YouTube网站。希望借此能否为全球的父母敲响警钟。
短短三天内，该视频的点击量高达700次。一跃成为YouTube网站最热门视频。
瑞奇·邵夫（Ricky Shoff）是两个男孩的父亲。
1月1日，他将该视频上传到个人的脸书主页。他写道：“再三犹豫后，我决定把影片上传到网上。我觉得这件事除了能够引起大家警觉外，而且很不可思议。”
邵夫还发动亲友转发该视频并检查自家的家具是否稳固。例如，大型家具应该安全地固定在墙角或者地面。
孩子的母亲凯莉·邵夫（Kayli Shoff）称，刚看到视频时，觉得自己是个“相当差劲的妈妈。”
然而，夫妻俩觉得即便会因为照看不力而饱受人们非议，但他们仍然选择公开这一视频。
近来，家具倒塌的新闻层出不穷。
12月份，美国三个州出现了3名幼儿因问题衣柜死亡，家居制造商宜家向涉事家庭赔偿约5000万美元
该公司正在召回所有的问题家具。宜家还为顾客提供退款服务和将家具固定在墙上的免费工具。
以上为《今日热点》。
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