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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.
我是瑪麗娜·桑蒂。歡迎收聽今天的重點報道節目。本報道節目用慢速英語的方式播報新聞。
It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live.
無論人們生活在世界的哪個角落，他們都很容易聽懂本報道節目。
"I was going across the street. I thought I could beat the car. But I was wrong."
“我當時正在過馬路。我以為我的速度比那輛汽車快。但我錯了。”
Ricky Barker was 13 years old.
瑞奇·巴克當時13歲。
He was riding home on his two-wheel bicycle.
他當時正騎著兩輪自行車回家。
He saw a car coming.
他看見一輛汽車開過來了。
He believed he could cross the street before the car did. He was wrong.
他認為他能比那輛汽車先穿過馬路。他錯了。
The car was travelling at eighty kilometres per hour.
那輛汽車以每小時八十公里的速度行駛。
It hit Ricky. And it threw him nine meters in the air.
它撞上了瑞奇。他被拋到九米高的空中。
He landed head first.
他的頭先著地。
His head and neck hit the side of the road.
他的頭和脖子撞到了路邊。
The bone at the base of his head became separated from the bone at the top of his back.
他頭底部的骨頭與背部頂部的骨頭分離了。
His head remained in the correct position--but it was only skin and muscles that held it there.
他的頭保持在正確的位置上——但只有皮膚和肌肉在支撐著它。
Ricky lay on the ground.
瑞奇躺在地上。
But no one moved him or touched him.
但沒有人動他，也沒有人碰他。
This was very important.
這一點非常重要。
Moving an injured person can cause great damage.
移動受傷的人會造成很大的傷害。
Only trained medical workers should move an injured person.
只有接受過培訓的醫務人員才能移動受傷的人。
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."
瑞奇說：“如果有人當時以某種方式移動或觸碰了我，那么我現在可能就不是在和你們對話了。我可能已經死了。”
An ambulance arrived to take Ricky to hospital.
救護車趕到現場，把瑞奇送往醫院。
The medical workers tried hard to save him.
醫務人員竭盡全力搶救他。
He was seriously injured.
他受了重傷。
He needed machines to help him breathe.
他需要機器來幫助他呼吸。
He could not talk. And he could not move his body.
他不能說話。他的身體動彈不得。
In fact, Ricky went into a deep sleep--a coma.
事實上，瑞奇進入了深度睡眠——昏迷。
At the hospital the doctors did not know if they could save him.
在醫院里，醫生們不知道他們是否能救得了他。
People with injuries like Ricky's usually die.
像瑞奇傷得如此重的人通常會死。
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