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Miraculoussurvival?BBC英语六分钟练起来(2023.03.12)TranscriptNote:ThisisnotawordforwordtranscriptDan

Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish–theshowthatbringsyouaninterestingtopic,authenticlisteningpracticeandsixnewitemsofvocabulary.I'mDan…Neil

AndI'mNeil.Inthisepisodewe’llbediscussingmiraculoussurvivals.Dan

Haveyoueverhada

near-deathexperience,Neil?

Neil

A

near-deathexperience,meaningasituationwhereIverynearlydied?Well,Ioncefelloffthesideofamountain,butIwassavedbyatree.Dan

That'sincredible!

Neil

Whydoyouask?Dan

Well,IrecentlyheardastoryaboutAlcidesMoreno.Neil

Who'sthat?

Dan

He'sawindowcleaner.HecleanedthewindowsontheskyscrapersinNewYork.Exceptoneday,hefell.

Neil

Ohmygoodness.Dan

Yes.Andwhat'smoreis.Hesurvived.Neil

Wow!Howfardidhefall?Dan

Ah,well,allwillberevealedafterthisweek’squestion.AccordingtotheBBC,whatchanceofsurvivaldoesahumanhavewhenfallingtothegroundfromaround3storeys?a)

30%b)

50%c)

70%Neil

Andbystoreys,youmeantheentirefloorofabuildingincludingallitsrooms.Well,Ithinkit’sgottobeb)50%Dan

Well,we'llfindoutifyou'rerightornotlater.So,doyouwanttohearthestory?Neil

Ofcourse!Dan

Well,onthe7thofDecember,EcuadoriansAlcidesMoreno,andhisbrother,Edgar,wentuptothetopoftheSolowTowerinNewYorktocleanthewindowsliketheydideveryday.Neil

Andhowtallisthatbuilding?Dan

It's47storeys.Neil

Andhowdidtheyusuallycleanit?Dan

Well,theyuseda

scaffold,whichisastructureofinterconnectedpipesandboardsthatcreatesaframeorshapeNeil

Ah,sointhiscasetherewasaplatformwhichwasattachedbycables,orlargemetalropes,andhungovertheedgeofthebuildingandwhichthewindowcleanerscouldraiseandlower.Dan

Exactly.So,asusualtheyfilleduptheirbucketsandclimbedontothe

scaffold.Neil

And…Dan

Well,unfortunatelythecableswereloose,andthescaffoldfellfromthebuilding.Bothbrothersfell47storeys.Neil

That'sterrible!Whathappenednext?Dan

I’llletJoFidgen,presenteroftheBBCshowOutlook,explainINSERT

JoFidgen–BBCOutlookpresenter

Whenfirefightersarrivedonthescene,theyfoundacrowdofdistraughtonlookerspointingtowardsanalleyway.Edgarhadlandedonafenceandcouldn'tbehelped,butAlcideswasfoundcrouchinginapileoftwistedmetalstill

clutching

thecontrolsofthescaffold.Hewasbreathing…eventryingtostandup…Neil

So,firefightersarrivedtofindagroupofdistraught,whichmeansextremelyworriedandupset,peopleshowingthemwherethetwomenhadcomedown.Dan

Yes,andthough,unfortunately,Edgardidn'tsurvive,Alcideswasfound

clutching,orholdingextremelytightly,tothecontrolsofthescaffold.Neil

DidIhearcorrectlythathewastryingtostandup?Didheescapetheaccident

unscathed?Dan

Unscathed

meanswithoutanyinjuryatall.And,no,hefellintoacomafor3weeksandneeded24pintsofblood.

Neil

I'mspeechless.Idon'tunderstandhowhelived.Dan

Youaren'ttheonlyone.ListentowhatDr.PhilipBarie,fromNewYork-PresbyterianHospital,saidaboutthewholeincident.INSERT

PhilipBarie,NewYork-PresbyterianHospitalIdon'tknowwhatadjectiveyou'dcaretouse:

unprecedented,extraordinary…ifyouareabelieverin

miracles,thiswouldbeone.Neil

Wow.Sohecan’texplainiteither.Hesaiditwas

unprecedented

whichmeansneverhappenedordonebefore.Dan

Yes,andhealsosaidthatthiswasa

miracle,whichisanunexplainablepositiveoutcometoabadsituationthatpeoplesaywastheinterventionofagod.Neil

Iguesswe'llneverknow.ButonethingIcanknowistheanswertothisweek'squestion.Dan

Ah,yes.Iaskedyouwhatchanceofsurvivaldoesahumanhavewhenfallingtothegroundfromaround3storeys?a)

30%b)

50%c)

70%Neil

AndIsaidb)50%Dan

Andyouwereexactlyright.Welldone.Neil

Wow!It'safirst!Dan

Shallwelookatthevocabularythen?Neil

Firstwehad

anear-deathexperience,whichisanexperiencewhereapersonverynearly,orcouldeasilyhavedied.Haveyoueverhadone,Dan?Dan

WhenIwas14Ifelloutofacanoeintoariverandgotstuckbetweentheboatandarockwithmyheadunderwater.Ithoughtitwastheend.But,somepeoplepulledmeout.Thenwehad

scaffold.A

scaffold

isastructureofinterconnectedpipesandboardsthatcreatesaframeorshape.Nameaplacethatyoumightsee

scaffolding,Neil.Neil

Theyareusuallyputuparoundhouseswhenbuildersareworkingontheroof.Thenwehad

clutching.Ifyou

clutch

something,itmeansyouholditextremelytightly.Thereisawell-knownidiomthatusesthisword.Soundfamiliar,Dan?Dan

Ah,

you'reclutchingatstraws,Neil,whichmeansyouaretryingtofindareasonorhopetosucceedwhenit’sextremelyunlikely.Whatwasafterthat?Neil

Afterthatwehad

unscathed.Ifyouare

unscathed,youareuninjured.Weoftentalkabout

escaping

something

unscathed.Haveyouever

escaped

anaccident

unscathed?Dan

Well,whenIwas6,Ifellthroughaholethatsomebuildershadmadewhiledoingrennovation.Ihitthegroundinthegarage,butsomehowI

escapedunscathed.Maybe,Ibounced?Thenweheard

unprecedented.Ifsomethingis

unprecedented,ithasneverhappenedorbeendonebefore.Canyouthinkofanexample,Neil?Neil

NeilArmstrongwalkingonthemoonwas

unprecedented

in1969.And,finally,wehad

miracle.A

miracle

isanunexplainablepositiveoutcometoabadsituationthatpeoplesaywastheinterventionofagod.Theadjectivesis

miraculous.Doyoubelievein

miracles,Dan?Dan

Well,I'veneverseenorexperiencedone,butwhenyouhearastorylikethis,it'sdifficultnotto.And,that'stheendoftoday's6MinuteEnglish.Pleasejoinusagainsoon!Neil

Andweareonsocialmediatoo-Facebook,Twitter,InstagramandYouTube.Seeyouthere.Both

Bye!

Vocabularyanear-deathexperience

anexperiencewhereapersonverynearly,orcouldeasilyhavediedscaffold

astructureofinterconnectedpipesandboardsthatcreatesaframeorshapeclutching

holdingextremelytightlytosomethingunscathed

uninjuredunprecedented

neverhappenedordonebeforemiracle

anunexplainablepositiveoutcometoabadsituationthatpeoplesaywastheinterventionofagodTranscript双语版Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish–theshowthatbringsyouaninterestingtopic,authenticlisteningpracticeandsixnewitemsofvocabulary.I’mDan…大家好,欢迎收听六分钟英语。该节目会奉上有趣的话题,地道的听力练习,以及六个新词汇。我是丹……AndI’mNeil.Inthisepisodewe’llbediscussingmiraculoussurvivals.我是尼尔。在这期节目中,我们要讨论生存奇迹。Haveyoueverhadanear-deathexperience,Neil?尼尔,你曾有过濒死的经历吗?Anear-deathexperience,meaningasituationwhereIverynearlydied?Well,Ioncefelloffthesideofamountain,butIwassavedbyatree.濒死经历,就是我差点死掉的情况?嗯,有一次我从山上掉下来,但被一棵树救了。That’sincredible!真是不可思议啊!Whydoyouask?你问这个干嘛?Well,IrecentlyheardastoryaboutAlcidesMoreno.这个嘛,最近我听到了一个关于阿尔喀德斯·莫雷诺的故事。Who’sthat?这个人是谁?He’sawindowcleaner.HecleanedthewindowsontheskyscrapersinNewYork.Exceptoneday,hefell.他是一个玻璃窗清洁工,在纽约清洁摩天大楼的窗户。有一天,他摔了下来。Ohmygoodness.噢,我的天啊。Yes.Andwhat’smoreis,hesurvived.是啊,但更重要的是,他活下来了。Wow!Howfardidhefall?哇哦!他摔出去多远?Ah,well,allwillberevealedafterthisweek’squestion.AccordingtotheBBC,whatchanceofsurvivaldoesahumanhavewhenfallingtothegroundfromaround3storeys?a)30%b)50%c)70%啊,先看本周的问题,再来揭晓所有答案。根据本期BBC节目,一个人从约三层楼高的地方摔下来,生存的几率有多大?a)30%b)50%c)70%Andbystoreys,youmeantheentirefloorofabuildingincludingallitsrooms.Well,Ithinkit’sgottobeb)50%.这里说的“楼层”,指的是包括所有房间在内的一栋建筑的整层楼。嗯,我觉得答案应该是b)50%。Well,we’llfindoutifyou’rerightornotlater.So,doyouwanttohearthestory?我们一会儿就知道你的答案是否正确了。那么你想不想听听这个故事呢?Ofcourse!当然了!Well,onthe7thofDecember,EcuadoriansAlcidesMoreno,andhisbrother,Edgar,wentuptothetopoftheSolowTowerinNewYorktocleanthewindowsliketheydideveryday.12月7日,厄瓜多尔人阿尔喀德斯·莫雷诺和他的兄弟埃德加像往常一样,上到了位于纽约的索洛塔顶部清洁窗户。Andhowtallisthatbuilding?这栋建筑有多高?It’s47storeys.47层。Andhowdidtheyusuallycleanit?他们平时是怎么清洁的呢?Well,theyusedascaffold,whichisastructureofinterconnectedpipesandboardsthatcreatesaframeorshape.他们会使用脚手架,也就是有着相互连结的管道和板子的结构体,可以搭建出框架或是形状。Ah,sointhiscasetherewasaplatformwhichwasattachedbycables,orlargemetalropes,andhungovertheedgeofthebuildingandwhichthewindowcleanerscouldraiseandlower.啊,所以在这种情况下,就有了一个装有缆绳或是巨大金属绳索的平台,悬挂在建筑物的边缘,窗户清洁工就可以上下工作了。Exactly.So,asusualtheyfilleduptheirbucketsandclimbedontothescaffold.没错。所以他们像往常一样,将桶装满,爬上了脚手架。And…然后……Well,unfortunatelythecableswereloose,andthescaffoldfellfromthebuilding.Bothbrothersfell47storeys.不幸的是缆绳松开了,脚手架从楼上掉了下来。两兄弟都从47层楼上摔了下来。That’sterrible!Whathappenednext?真是太可怕了!后来怎么样了?I’llletJoFidgen,presenteroftheBBCshowOutlook,explain.我们来让BBC《展望》节目的主持人乔·菲詹来解释一下吧。Whenfirefightersarrivedonthescene,theyfoundacrowdofdistraughtonlookerspointingtowardsanalleyway.Edgarhadlandedonafenceandcouldn’tbehelped,butAlcideswasfoundcrouchinginapileoftwistedmetalstillclutchingthecontrolsofthescaffold.Hewasbreathing…eventryingtostandup…消防员赶到现场的时候,看到一群慌乱的旁观者指向一条小巷。埃德加掉在了栅栏上,当场死亡,但阿尔喀德斯蜷缩在一堆变形的金属中,还紧紧地抓着脚手架的控制装置。他还有呼吸……甚至试图站起来……So,firefightersarrivedtofindagroupofdistraught,whichmeansextremelyworriedandupset,peopleshowingthemwherethetwomenhadcomedown.所以,消防员赶来后,看到了慌乱的人们,即极度担心、烦乱的人们,他们向消防员指出这两个人是在哪里掉下来的。Yes,andthough,unfortunately,Edgardidn’tsurvive,Alcideswasfoundclutching,orholdingextremelytightly,tothecontrolsofthescaffold.对,但不幸的是埃德加没能存活下来,阿尔喀德斯抓着,或者说紧握着脚手架的控制装置。DidIhearcorrectlythathewastryingtostandup?Didheescapetheaccidentunscathed?他还试图站起来?我没听错吧?他毫发无损地逃过了这场事故?Unscathedmeanswithoutanyinjuryatall.And,no,hefellintoacomafor3weeksandheneeded24pintsofblood.毫发无损的意思是说丝毫没有受伤。但不是的,他昏迷了三周,需要24品脱血。I’mspeechless.Idon’tunderstandhowhelived.真是让人咋舌。我不明白他是怎么活下来的。Youaren’ttheonlyone.ListentowhatDr.PhilipBarie,fromNewYork-PresbyterianHospital,saidaboutthewholeincident.你不是唯一一个对此感到疑惑的人。听听来自纽约长老会医院的菲利普·巴列医生对整个事件是怎么看的吧。Idon’tknowwhatadjectiveyou’dcaretouse:unprecedented,extraordinary…ifyouareabelieverinmiracles,thiswouldbeone.我不知道你们想使用什么形容词:史无前例的,非同寻常的……如果你们相信奇迹的话,你们可以用这个词。Wow.Sohecan’texplainiteither.Hesaiditwasunprecedentedwhichmeansneverhappenedordonebefore.哇哦。所以他也解释不了咯。他说这是史无前例的,意思是之前从未发生过。Yes,andhealsosaidthatthiswasamiracle,whichisanunexplainablepositiveoutcometoabadsituationthatpeoplesaywastheinterventionofagod.对,他也说这是一个奇迹,即在糟糕的情况下,一个无法解释的,积极的结果,人们说这是神对这件事的干预。Iguesswe’llneverknow.ButonethingIcanknowistheanswertothisweek’squestion.我猜我们永远也不会知道了。但我所能知道的,是这周问题的答案。Ah,yes.Iaskedyouwhatchanceofsurvivaldoesahumanhavewhenfallingtothegroundfromaround3storeys?a)30%b)50%c)70%啊,对。我问过你,人从约三层楼的高的地方摔到地上,生存的几率有多大?a)30%b)50%c)70%AndIsaidb)50%.我的回答是b)50%。Andyouwereexactlyright.Welldone.完全正确。非常棒。Wow!It’safirst!哇哦!这可是第一次!Shallwelookatthevocabularythen?接下来我们看看词汇吧?Firstwehadanear-deathexperience,whichisanexperiencewhereapersonverynearly,orcouldeasilyhavedied.Haveyoueverhadone,Dan?首先是“濒死经历”,意思是一个人差点儿就死了,或者非常容易死亡。你曾经有过这样的经历吗,丹?WhenIwas14Ifelloutofacanoeintoariverandgotstuckbetweentheboatandarockwithmyheadunderwater.Ithoughtitwastheend.But,somepeoplepulledmeout.Thenwehadscaffold.Ascaffoldisastructureofinterconnectedpipesandboardsthatcreatesaframeorshape.Nameaplacethatyoumightseescaffolding,Neil.14岁的时候,我从一艘独木舟上掉到了河里,头在水下,我被卡在了船和一块石头之间。我觉得我完了。但有人把我拉了出来。然后是脚手架这个词。脚手架是指有着相互连结的管道和板子的结构体,可以搭建出框架或是形状。说出一个你可以看得到脚手架的地方,尼尔。Theyareusuallyputuparoundhouseswhenbuildersareworkingontheroof.Thenwehadclutching.Ifyouclutchsomething,itmeansyouholditextremelytightly.Thereisawell-knownidiomthatusesthisword.Soundfamiliar,Dan?施工人员在房顶工作的时候,经常会在房屋周围搭建脚手架。然后我们学了紧握这个词。如果你紧握着某样东西,意思是说你紧紧地抓着它。有一个众所周知的习语里就用到了这个词。听起来耳熟吗,丹?Ah,you’reclutchingatstraws,Neil,whichmeansyouaretryingtofindareasonorhopetosucceedwhenit’sex

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