女子面部嵌入实弹手榴弹竟奇迹生还的疯狂故事：英语精读讲义

The human body is fragile

人体是很脆弱的，

and yet some people can tell you survival stories 表達脈絡

但有些人却能告诉你一些生存故事，

that might make you start believing in miracles. 語法

让你开始相信奇迹。

We might recall the gruesome tale

我们或许还记得那个可怕的故事，

of the 12-year-old amateur racing driver Chris Stewart.

讲述的是12岁的业余赛车手克里斯·斯图尔特。

He crashed in 2006 in the UK

2006年，他在英国遭遇车祸，

and suffered an internal decapitation.

遭受了内部斩首（颈椎断裂）。

The BBC wrote that the little guy was okay in the end

BBC当时的报道称，这个小家伙最后平安无事，

after having his head reattached.

在他的头被重新接好之后。

Yep,

是的，

that's exactly how it was reported.

报道的原话就是这样。

Maybe those Brits are made of tough stuff. 習語

也许那些英国人真的是铁打的。

In 2001,

2001年，

a young woman from England

一位来自英格兰的年轻女子

was on a parachuting holiday in the US.

在美国度跳伞假。

Her chute didn't open

她的降落伞没能打开，

and she fell thousands of feet to the ground.

导致她从数千英尺的高空坠落地面。

She's up and running now, 習語

她现在已经活蹦乱跳了，

but her dad told the press she was very keen on parachuting, 短語搭配

但她父亲告诉媒体，她曾经非常热衷于跳伞，

but she is in two minds now. 習語

但现在有些犹豫了。

No kidding.

别开玩笑了。

Now let's tell you one of the strangest tales of survival 語法

现在，让我们给你讲一个最离奇的生存故事，

there is or perhaps will ever be.

无论是过去还是未来。

Imagine this.

想象一下这个场景。

You wake up in the morning,

你在早上醒来，

turn off the trusty alarm,

关掉可靠的闹钟，

take a shower,

洗个澡，

make breakfast for your three kids,

给你的三个孩子做早餐，

and head out to work. 短語動詞

然后出门去上班。

Your days are fairly routine.

你的日常十分规律。

You set up your street food stall

你支起你的街头小吃摊，

after buying the seafood at the local market.

在这之前刚从当地市场买了海鲜。

It's an oppressively hot summer day in Culiacán,

这是库利亚坎（Culiacán）一个闷热难耐的夏日，

the biggest city in the state of Sinaloa,

锡那罗亚州（Sinaloa）最大的城市，

Mexico.

位于墨西哥。

There you are,

你站在那儿，

standing in the baking sun,

顶着烈日暴晒，

waiting for people to pass by

等着人们路过，

and hand over some pesos for a bit of fried fish. 短語動詞

递过来一些比索来买点炸鱼。

And then,

然后，

bang.

砰。

That's what you hear.

这就是你听到的声音。

You don't know where the sound came from

你不知道声音从哪儿来，

or what really happened,

也不知道到底发生了什么，

but what you do instantly recognize 語法

但你立刻意识到的是，

is that the bang affected you.

这声巨响波及了你。

You're on the floor,

你倒在地上，

dazed,

头晕目眩，

and you feel a pain in your face.

并且感到脸部一阵剧痛。

You touch your cheek with your hand

你用手摸了摸脸颊，

and feel something hard.

感觉到了某种坚硬的东西。

You're afraid,

你很害怕，

in shock,

处于休克中，

in pain.

痛苦不堪。

There's blood on your hands,

你的手上沾满了鲜血，

dripping on the floor,

滴落在地板上，

but you have no idea what just happened.

但你完全不知道刚刚发生了什么。

Then everything turns to black

接着一切变得漆黑，

and the next thing you know, 表達脈絡

等你再次恢复意识时，

you're in a hospital

你已经身处医院，

and standing around you are a bunch of very concerned-looking hospital staff. 語法

站在你周围的是一群神情凝重的医护人员。

This happened to a 32-year-old called Karla Flores

这一切发生在32岁的卡拉·弗洛雷斯（Karla Flores）身上，

in 2011.

时间是2011年。

She had no idea what had changed the state of her face,

她完全不知道是什么改变了她脸部的状态，

but she would soon find

但她很快就会发现，

after being rushed to the hospital

在被紧急送往医院后，

that a live fragmentation grenade

一枚活的破片手榴弹

had been lodged into her cheek. 用詞

已经嵌进了她的脸颊。

Yes,

是的，

a live grenade.

一枚活手榴弹。

It hadn't exploded for some reason.

不知为何它没有爆炸。

It was waiting to go off. 短語動詞

它正随时准备引爆。

The bang she had heard

她听到的那声“砰”

had been the release of the grenade

实际上是手榴弹释放的声音，

from its launcher.

从发射器里射出。

This is what she later told the press.

这是她后来告诉媒体的。

The doctor asked me what happened.

医生问我发生了什么事。

I told him

我告诉他

that I thought a stone hit me.

我以为是一块石头砸到了我。

Then they started to look and discovered

然后他们开始检查并发现

that it was some kind of projectile, 短語搭配

它是某种弹射物，

but they didn't know what it was.

但他们不知道具体是什么。

The thing was, 表達脈絡

问题在于，

this grenade should have gone off,

这枚手榴弹本应该爆炸的，

and now Karla was for all intents and purposes 習語

而现在的卡拉，无论从哪个角度来看，

a walking time bomb. 習語

都是一颗行走的定时炸弹。

Staff knew the risks of being near her.

医护人员深知靠近她的风险。

That grenade,

那枚手榴弹，

they were told,

他们被告知，

was powerful enough to kill anyone 語法

威力足以杀死任何人

within a 32-ft radius,

在32英尺（约9.7米）的半径内，

should it explode. 語法

一旦爆炸的话。

As for Karla, 表達脈絡

至于卡拉，

if that thing exploded,

如果那东西爆炸了，

she would have no more parts

她剩下的碎片绝对不会比

than a master jigsaw puzzle.

高难度拼图少。

X-rays had showed medical staff what they were dealing with 講解

X光片让医护人员看到了他们要处理的是什么，

and how the object might be removed.

以及可能如何移除这个物体。

Experts were already on the scene

专家们已经赶到了现场，

and that's why doctors knew

这也是医生们为何清楚

how much damage could be caused.

它可能造成多大的破坏。

As media reports,

正如媒体报道的那样，

one bad move 語法

一旦操作不当，

and that grenade could kill a lot of people.

那枚手榴弹可能会杀死很多人。

The doctors had the unenviable job

医生们接手了一项吃力不讨好的工作，

of trying to extricate the grenade

试图取出这枚手榴弹

and save part of Karla's right cheek

并保住卡拉右脸颊的一部分，

without killing her and themselves

同时不让她、他们自己

and the rest of the hospital staff nearby.

以及附近的其他医护人员丧命。

She was taken to an isolated part of the hospital

她被转移到医院的一个隔离区，

while they looked at her.

当他们为她检查时。

News reports say

新闻报道称，

that some doctors weren't happy about the conditions

一些医生对他们施展医术的环境

in which they were to apply their skills, 語法

感到不满，

but Karla was severely injured.

但卡拉受伤非常严重。

She could hardly breathe

她几乎无法呼吸，

and blood and saliva was filling her mouth. 語法

鲜血和唾液充满了她的口腔。

To make matters worse, 表達脈絡

更糟糕的是，

she couldn't really swallow,

她根本无法吞咽，

so she was close to choking 短語搭配

所以她快要被

on her own fluids.

自己的体液窒息了。

As we said,

就像我们说的，

not too many people were up for the task 習語

并没有太多人愿意承担这项任务，

of performing this particular operation.

来执行这场特殊的手术。

We're told

我们得知，

many doctors and staff just said no,

许多医生和工作人员直接拒绝了，

stating no doctor is obliged 用詞

声明没有医生有义务

to operate under these circumstances. 短語搭配

在这种情况下做手术。

It was the surgical procedure version

这简直是外科手术版的

of the movie in which you have to cut the red wire or the blue wire 文化背景

电影情节——你必须剪断红线或蓝线，

and one of those wires will trigger the bomb.

而其中一根线会引爆炸弹。

It was a doctor called Gaxiola Meza

是一位名叫加西奥拉·梅萨（Gaxiola Meza）的医生

who stood up and said,

站了出来，说道，

"Okay, guys,

“好了，伙计们，

someone has to do this.

总得有人来做这件事。

Who's going to volunteer?"

谁来做志愿者？”

Four people did.

有四个人站了出来。

There were two anesthesiologists called Felipe Ortiz

包括两位名叫费利佩·奥尔蒂斯（Felipe Ortiz）

and Cristina Soto,

和克里斯蒂娜·索托（Cristina Soto）的麻醉师，

a nurse called Rodrigo Arredondo,

一位名叫罗德里戈·阿雷东多（Rodrigo Arredondo）的护士，

and a doctor called Lydia Soto.

以及一位名叫莉迪亚·索托（Lydia Soto）的医生。

Two explosive experts from the Mexican army

两名来自墨西哥军队的排爆专家

also stood up to the challenge,

也迎接了这一挑战，

but it was decided

但大家决定

that the best place for this operation

这场手术的最佳地点

was an open field.

是在空旷的场地上。

Yeah,

是的，

you heard that right. 語氣意圖

你没听错。

They wheeled her outside, 用詞

他们把她推到了外面，

taking all the necessary equipment with them.

带着所有必需的设备。

There Karla was given a local anesthetic

在那里卡拉接受了局部麻醉，

and the first thing doctors did was perform a tracheotomy, 語法

医生们做的第一件事是进行气管切开术，

so Karla could actually breathe. 語法

这样卡拉才能真正呼吸。

The next part was the hard part.

接下来的部分才是最困难的。

Those explosive experts,

那些排爆专家，

guided by lights

在灯光的指引下，

as it was dark by now,

因为此时天已经黑了，

told the doctors

告诉医生们

how to remove the grenade

如何移除手榴弹

without blowing everyone to kingdom come. 習語

而不把所有人都炸上天。

Doctors were told

医生们被告知，

that in no way could the grenade be rotated 語法

无论如何手榴弹都不能被旋转，

and then it had to be pulled out in such a way 語法

并且必须以一种方式拔出，

it didn't really move at all

也就是它根本不会产生任何移动，

except for being pulled backwards. 語法

除了向后拉之外。

We should say here

我们在此必须说明，

that no one near Karla at this time

当时卡拉附近的所有人，

was wearing any kind of body armor.

都没有穿戴任何种类的防弹衣。

At around midnight,

大约在午夜时分，

the operation was complete

手术完成了，

and it was a success.

并且非常成功。

The downside was 表達脈絡

遗憾的是，

Karla was losing some of her face,

卡拉失去了一部分脸部组织，

many of her teeth,

还有很多牙齿，

and having to have parts of her face rebuilt.

并且不得不对面部进行重建。

It's said she went through another three years of operations 短語動詞

据说她又经历了三年的手术，

and you can see in the photos

你可以从照片中看到，

she's been left with some very large scars. 短語搭配

她的脸上留下了一些非常大的疤痕。

Still,

尽管如此，

in Mexico these days,

如今在墨西哥，

she is called the miracle woman.

她被称为奇迹之女。

To this day, 短語搭配

直到今天，

no one knows who fired the grenade

没人知道是谁发射了这枚手榴弹，

or if Karla was targeted

也不知道目标是不是卡拉，

or it had been intended for someone else.

还是原本打算袭击其他人。

Many reports suggest this was the work of the Mexican mafia 短語搭配

许多报道认为这是墨西哥黑手党干的，

and let's face it, 語氣意圖

面对现实吧，

what are the chances of such a wild event 語氣意圖

发生如此疯狂的事件，

in this part of Mexico

在墨西哥的这个地方，

being related to anything else?

它与其他事情有关的几率能有多大？

People were interviewed,

人们接受了走访，

but as usual, 語氣意圖

但像往常一样，

no one had anything to tell the cops.

没人能给警察提供任何线索。

Reading the Mexican press, 語法

在阅读墨西哥媒体时，

we found something

我们发现了一些

that was missed in the English language media.

英文媒体错过的信息。

That was how Karla got to the hospital.

那就是卡拉是如何被送到医院的。

We're told

我们得知，

it was a bystander 語法

是一个路人

who took her there

把她送到了那里，

with the press saying

媒体称，

nothing was heard of the angel 用詞

没人知道这位天使的音讯，

who left her in the hospital.

他把她留在医院就离开了。

According to that media,

根据该媒体的报道，

Karla wrote a letter of thanks to the doctors,

卡拉写了一封感谢信给医生、

the explosive experts,

排爆专家、

nurses,

护士们，

and the angel 習語

以及那位天使，

that took her in his car

那个开着车载她

during the low point of her life. 習語

在她人生最低谷时救下她的人。

We have one question for you

我们有一个问题要问你，

and that is,

那就是，

can you think of a more messed up 用詞

你能想到比这更离奇的

survival story than this one?

生存故事吗？

If so,

如果能，

maybe we'll do a show on it one day.

也许有一天我们会做一期关于它的节目。

Tell us in the comments.

在评论区告诉我们吧。

Also,

此外，

be sure to check out our other show.

一定要去看看我们的另一档节目。

Identity of Jack the Ripper

开膛手杰克的真实身份

has finally been revealed.

终于被揭晓了。

Thanks for watching

感谢观看，

and as always,

一如既往，

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下次再见。