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【在生活中學習語言】《中英對照讀新聞》Beer helps man walk again 啤酒幫助男子能夠再次行走
◎羅彥傑

 

A one-legged man who needed a £40,000 bionic limb to walk again got one free after popping into his local for a pint.

一名需要4萬英鎊裝設仿生義肢才能再次行走的單腿男子，在不經意地上當地酒館喝一杯後，得到一個免費的義肢。

David Huckvale, 42, was sipping a beer when he was tapped on the shoulder by Alistair Gibson, one of only 10 doctors in the world who can fit the computer-controlled limb.

42歲的大衛哈克瓦爾，在輕啜啤酒時，阿里斯泰爾吉布森輕拍了他的肩膀，吉布森是全球能安裝電腦控制義肢的10名醫師之一。

The surgeon could see Mr Huckvale was struggling to stand and told him he had a spare leg lying under the desk in his surgery in America - and he could have it for nothing.

這位外科醫師可能見到哈克瓦爾正努力要站起來，所以告訴他，他把一條備用義腿放在美國門診室內的辦公桌底下，而且可以讓他免費安裝。

He was fitted with a false knee in his teens after a benign tumour was removed. But the knee joint kept breaking and eventually doctors had to amputate his leg above the knee.

他因為切除一個良性腫瘤，在十多歲時裝了一個假膝蓋。但這個膝蓋關節一直會折斷，所以最後醫師必須切除膝蓋上方的腿。

The NHS fitted a false leg, but it didn’t work properly, so Mr Huckvale spent most of his time in pain on crutches or in a wheelchair.

英國國家衛生服務局幫他裝了一個假腿，但用起來效果不佳，所以哈克瓦爾拄著枴杖或坐輪椅的大部分時間都很痛。

But then in 1998 he read about a bionic leg only available in America. The trouble was the limb would cost £40,000 - and after almost 10 years of saving he had just £3,000.

但後來到了1998年，他得知只有美國才有的仿生義肢。問題在於這種義肢要價4萬英鎊，而在存了近10年的錢後，他僅有3000英鎊。

 

新聞辭典

pop：動詞，冷不防地出現，或不經意地來到某處。例句：Why don’t you pop in for a cup of coffee?（你為什麼不過來喝杯咖啡？）

for nothing：片語，不花錢地、免費奉送。例句：He did give me some books, but not for nothing.（他的確給我幾本書，但不是白送的。）

in pain：片語，在痛苦中、在苦惱中。例句：When you are in pain all the time it stops you doing anything.（當你老是疼痛，你就沒法做任何事情。）

 

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