Dr. Manwaring was especially happy.
曼瓦林醫生特別高興。
It was his technology that helped save Ricky's life.
正是他的技術拯救了瑞奇的生命。
Manwaring is not only a doctor. He is also an inventor.
曼瓦林不僅僅是一名醫生,他也是一位發明家。
He built a laboratory in his house.
他在自己的房子里建了一個實驗室。
Here he invents medical tools.
在這里他發明醫療工具。
He has invented five important tools.
他發明了五種重要的工具。
One of these tools helped to save Ricky's life.
其中一種工具幫助拯救了瑞奇的生命。
This tool is called the microneedle.
這種工具叫做微針。
It is long and thin. But the end of it is the size of one molecule.
它又長又細。但它的末端只有一個分子大小。
This small tool is very exact.
這種小工具非常精確。
It causes less bleeding and damage than a bigger tool.
它比更大的工具造成的出血和損傷更少。
This microneedle uses electric charges to cut through body skin, tissue and muscle.
這種微針利用電荷來切割人體皮膚、組織和肌肉。
It is also perfect for cutting around nerves.
它也非常適合用于神經周圍部位的切割手術。
Doctors used this needle on Ricky.
醫生用這種針給瑞奇做了手術。
So Ricky did not bleed very much--and his body healed faster.
所以瑞奇沒有流太多血——而且他的身體愈合得更快。
Ricky got better much quicker because of Dr. Manwaring's microneedle.
多虧了曼瓦林醫生的微針,瑞奇恢復得更快了。
A year later Ricky was still healing.
一年后,瑞奇仍在康復中。
By then he was in high school.
那時他已經上高中了。
He still could not move his left arm.
他的左臂仍然動不了。
At night he needed a machine to help him breathe.
晚上,他需要一臺機器來幫助他呼吸。
But he was able to climb steps and to run.
但他能夠爬樓梯和跑步。
Many people called Ricky the 'Miracle Boy'.
許多人稱瑞奇為“奇跡男孩”。
Ricky was very thankful for his life.
瑞奇對自己的生命充滿感激。
A television reporter asked Ricky what he learned about life from his experience. He told her:
一位電視臺記者問瑞奇,他從自己的經歷中學到了什么。他告訴她:
"I learned that you only have one life. And that there is a God."
“我明白了生命只有一次,上帝是存在的。”
"I am here. I am alive. I am happy with that."
“我在這里,我還活著,我對此很滿意。”
Ricky's thankfulness has helped him to be happy.
瑞奇懷有的感恩之情幫助他快樂起來。
He refused to let his accident stop him from living a normal life.
他沒有讓那場車禍妨礙他過正常的生活。
In fact Ricky wants to work with other people that have injuries to their backbones.
事實上,瑞奇想幫助其他脊椎受傷的人。
He wants to offer encouragement. He said:
他想給予鼓勵。他說:
"I would say to others do not give up. Continue.
“我會對其他人說,不要放棄,堅持下去。
Take times of sadness and anger, and turn them into willpower to continue."
把悲傷和憤怒轉化為堅持下去的意志力。”
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