評論
打印
Passage Two
段落二
During a 1995 roof collapse, a firefighter named Donald Herbert was left brain damaged.
在1995年的屋頂倒塌的時候，消防戰士唐納德·赫伯特左腦受損。
For ten years, he was unable to speak. Then, one Saturday morning, he did something that shocked his family and doctors. He started speaking.
10年來他都無法說話。然后，一個周六的早晨，他做了一件使他的家人和醫生都震驚的事。他開始說話了。
" I want to talk to my wife." Donald Herbert said out of the blue. Staff members of the nursing home where he has lived for more than seven years, raced to get Linda Herbert on the telephone.
“我想跟我的妻子說話。”唐納德·赫伯特突然說。他在護理之家住了七年多時間，工作人員立刻接通了林達·赫伯特的電話。
"It was the first of many conversations the 44-year-old patient had with his family and friends during the 14 hour stretch" Herbert's uncle Simon Menka said.
赫伯特的叔叔西蒙·曼卡說：“這是這個44歲的患者與他的親朋在14小時內多次談話中的第一段?！?/div>
"How long have I been away?" Herbert asked. "We told him almost ten years," the uncle said, "he thought it was only three months."
“我離開了多久？”赫伯特問?！拔覀兏嬖V他，快10年了”叔叔答。他以為只有3個月。
Herbert was fighting a house fire December 29,1995 when the roof collapsed, burying him underneath. After going without air for several minutes, Herbert was unconscious for two and a half months and has undergone therapy ever since.
1995年12月29日，赫伯特在救火時，屋頂坍塌了，他被埋在底下。之后的好幾分鐘都沒有空氣，赫伯特昏迷了兩個半月并治療至今。
News accounts in the days and years after his injury, described Herbert as blind and with little if any memory.
在赫伯特受傷后的新聞內容中，他被描寫為一個幾乎喪失記憶的盲人。
A video shows him receiving physical therapy but apparently unable to communicate and with little awareness of his surroundings.
一個視頻顯示他在接受物理治療，但顯然無法交流并無法意識到周圍的環境。
Menka declined to discuss his nephew's current condition or whether the apparent progress is continuing. "The family was seeking privacy while doctors evaluated Herbert", he said.
曼卡拒絕討論侄子目前的狀況或者是否仍有明顯的進展。他說：“在醫生檢查赫伯特的同時，他的家人希望保有隱私。”
As word of Herbert's progress spread, visitors streamed into the nursing home. "He's resting comfortably," the uncle told them.
關于赫伯特病情好轉的話一傳出來，探望者便涌入病房。他的叔叔告訴他們：“他正在安穩的休息。”
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.
基于你聽到的回答問題29至32。
Question 29 What happened to Herbert ten years ago?
問題29. 赫伯特在十年前出了什么事？
Question 30 What surprised Donald Herbert's family and doctors one Saturday?
問題30. 一個周六讓赫伯特的家人和醫生都吃驚的是什么？
Question 31 How long did Herbert remain unconscious?
問題31. 赫伯特昏迷了多久？
Question 32 How did Herbert's family react to the public attention?
問題32. 赫伯特的家人對公眾關注的反應是什么？
