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Huge Chocolate Spill Creates Sticky Situation in Poland
This is What's Trending Today...
Rescue officials in Poland are working quickly to clear one of the country's highways. The roadway is covered with a sticky brown substance. It is blocking cars from both directions.
What is causing the mess? Milk chocolate.
The problems began early Wednesday, after a huge vehicle carrying many tons of liquid chocolate overturned. Chocolate spilled out. It spread across six lanes of Poland's A2 highway.
The liquid chocolate solidified as it cooled, causing even more difficulties.
The accident happened near the western Polish town of Slupca. Bogdan Kowalski is with the fire brigade of Slupca. He told the Associated Press that "the cooling chocolate is worse than snow."
Videos published on social media showed rescuers and cleaners trying to move the sticky brown mess with a bulldozer.
The private Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported that the driver of the vehicle was taken to a hospital with a broken arm. The accident happened in the morning when there was little traffic. Nobody else was harmed.
The sticky situation became a trending topic on social media. Some people offered to help the cleanup workers.... by eating the chocolate themselves.
Marlene Kukawa is a media officer for Slupca police. She told The New York Times that rescue workers needed to remove the truck from the highway first. The cleanup, she said at the time "will take a few hours or more."
She added that accidents are rare in this part of the A2 highway. And, she told The New York Times, she is sure the area has never experienced something quite like a huge chocolate spill.
And that's What's Trending Today.
重点解析
1.Milk chocolate 牛奶巧克力
Milk chocolate has most epicatechin processed out of it.
牛奶巧克力里的大部分儿茶素都会在加工过程中流失。
2.social media 社交媒体
We have all witnessed the power of social media.
我们见证了社交媒体的实力。
3.spill out 溢出；洒出
The sway of the pail caused some milk to spill out.
桶一晃荡，泼出来一些牛奶。
4.worse than 比...更糟糕
Analysts fear the situation is even worse than the leadership admits.
分析家担心情况比领导层承认的还要糟。
5.It spread across six lanes of Poland's A2 highway.
spread across 席卷；遍布
The news spread across America to Europe and thousands of people joined in the search.
这个消息从美洲传到了欧洲，成千上万的人加入了淘金队伍中。
Our extended family is spread across the country.
我们这个大家庭遍布整个国家了。
6.The private Polish broadcaster TVN24 reported that the driver of the vehicle was taken to a hospital with a broken arm.
take sb to a hospital 送某人就医
The patient was taken to a hospital and treated free of charge.
男子随后被送往医院，医院为其提供了免费治疗。
He's in critical condition and has to be taken to a hospital immediately.
他的情况很危险要立刻送医院。
参考译文
大型泄漏事故！巧克力溢满高速公路
这里是《今日热点》节目。
波兰的救援人员正在迅速清理该国某条高速公路。这条道路被一层粘稠的褐色液体覆盖，造成双向交通受阻。
造成这场交通混乱的真凶是谁？牛奶巧克力。
周三早些时候，一辆装载大量液体巧克力的大货车发生侧翻。巧克力溢满公路，覆盖了A2高速公路上的六条车道。
巧克力浆液遇冷凝固，加大了清理的难度。
这起事故发生在波兰西部城市斯卢普卡附近。波格丹·科瓦尔斯基（Bogdan Kowalski）是斯卢普卡消防局的负责人。他告诉美联社，“凝固的巧克力比积雪还难清理。”
社交媒体上发布的视频显示，消防人员和清洁工试图用推土机铲走粘稠的褐色垃圾。
波兰私营电视台电视台TVN24报道称，货车司机手臂骨折被送往医院。这起事故发生在早晨，车少人稀。因此，没有人受伤。
这起棘手的交通事故迅速成为社交媒体上的热门话题。一些网友主动“请缨”帮助清理工人……吃掉巧克力。
马琳·库卡瓦（Marlene Kukawa）是斯卢普卡警局的新闻发言人。她告诉《纽约时报》，消防人员首先需要将货车从高速路上移走。她表示，清理工作“需要几个小时甚至更长时间”。
她补充说，A2高速公路的这一路段很少发生事故。此外，她还告诉《纽约时报》，她确信该地区从未发生过类似于大规模巧克力泄漏的事故。
以上为《今日热点》。
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