(中英對照讀新聞)/Man in Guinness for getting hit by car /被車撞的男子列入金氏世界紀錄
Matthew McKnight hopes nobody manages to top his feat in the Guinness Book of World Records. That’s because McKnight holds the record for "Greatest Distance Thrown in a Car Accident" in the book’s 2008 edition.
馬修.麥奈特希望沒有人能超越他在金氏世界紀錄的功勳。那是因為麥奈特是金氏紀錄2008年版「在車禍中被撞飛到最遠距離」的世界紀錄者。
The 29-year-old record-holder lived to tell about being thrown 118 feet by a car that hit him while traveling about 70 mph . He was struck on Oct. 26, 2001, while trying to help accident victims along Interstate 376 in Monroeville, about 15 miles east of Pittsburgh .
這名29歲的紀錄保持人逃過一劫後,訴說有關他被一輛時速70英里 的車撞飛到118呎遠的事蹟。他在2001年10月26日 被撞,當時他正試著協助蒙羅維爾376號州際公路旁的車禍傷亡者,蒙羅維爾位於匹茲堡以東15公里 處。
He suffered two dislocated shoulders plus a broken shoulder, pelvis, leg and tailbone. He spent two weeks in the hospital and 80 days in rehab before returning to work in April 2002. McKnight is a volunteer firefighter and paramedic, though he wasn’t on duty when he stopped to help the accident victims.
他的雙肩脫臼,外加一肩、骨盆、一腿與尾椎骨骨折。他在2002年4月回到工作崗位前,在醫院待了2週,並花了80天復健。麥奈特是一名義消與醫務輔助員,然而當他停下車來協助事故受害者之際,並不是在出勤。
McKnight’s emergency room physician, Dr. Eric Brader, submitted paperwork for the record, which Guinness recognized in 2003. It was not listed in the book until the 2008 edition, however.
麥奈特的急診醫師布萊德提交文件,爭取該紀錄,金氏於2003年認可,然而直至2008年版才被登錄進世界紀錄大全。
新聞辭典
Guinness World Records︰金氏世界紀錄大全。Guinness也是著名的愛爾蘭健力士黑麥啤酒。每年出版一次的金氏世界紀錄最早是在1954年,由該酒廠董事休比佛爵士出資編寫。
record-holder ︰紀錄保持人。hold,意為保持、握有、抑制。例句︰She could not hold back her tears.(她忍不住落淚。)
submit︰屈從、遞交,在法律上有建議、認為之意。I submit that full proof should be required.(我提議必須有充分證據才行。)
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