女子臉部卡入實彈手榴彈竟奇蹟生還的瘋狂故事：英語精讀講義

The human body is fragile

人體是很脆弱的，

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

但有些人卻能告訴你一些生存故事，

that might make you start believing in miracles. 文法

讓你開始相信奇蹟。

We might recall the gruesome tale

我們或許還記得那個可怕的故事，

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

講述的是12歲的業餘賽車手克里斯·斯圖爾特。

He crashed in 2006 in the UK

2006年，他在英國遭遇車禍，

and suffered an internal decapitation.

遭受了內部斬首（頸椎斷裂）。

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

BBC當時的報導稱，這個小傢伙最後平安無事，

after having his head reattached.

在他的頭被重新接好之後。

Yep,

是的，

that's exactly how it was reported.

報導的原話就是這樣。

Maybe those Brits are made of tough stuff. 慣用語

也許那些英國人真的是鐵打的。

In 2001,

2001年，

a young woman from England

一位來自英格蘭的年輕女子

was on a parachuting holiday in the US.

在美國度跳傘假。

Her chute didn't open

她的降落傘沒能打開，

and she fell thousands of feet to the ground.

導致她從數千英尺的高空墜落地面。

She's up and running now, 慣用語

她現在已經活蹦亂跳了，

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

但她父親告訴媒體，她曾經非常熱衷於跳傘，

but she is in two minds now. 慣用語

但現在有些猶豫了。

No kidding.

別開玩笑了。

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

現在，讓我們給你講一個最離奇的生存故事，

there is or perhaps will ever be.

無論是過去還是未來。

Imagine this.

想像一下這個場景。

You wake up in the morning,

你在早上醒來，

turn off the trusty alarm,

關掉可靠的鬧鐘，

take a shower,

洗個澡，

make breakfast for your three kids,

給你的三個孩子做早餐，

and head out to work. 片語動詞

然後出門去上班。

Your days are fairly routine.

你的日常十分規律。

You set up your street food stall

你支起你的街頭小吃攤，

after buying the seafood at the local market.

在這之前剛從當地市場買了海鮮。

It's an oppressively hot summer day in Culiacán,

這是庫利亞坎（Culiacán）一個悶熱難耐的夏日，

the biggest city in the state of Sinaloa,

錫那羅亞州（Sinaloa）最大的城市，

Mexico.

位於墨西哥。

There you are,

你站在那兒，

standing in the baking sun,

頂著烈日暴曬，

waiting for people to pass by

等著人們路過，

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

遞過來一些比索來買點炸魚。

And then,

然後，

bang.

砰。

That's what you hear.

這就是你聽到的聲音。

You don't know where the sound came from

你不知道聲音從哪兒來，

or what really happened,

也不知道到底發生了什麼，

but what you do instantly recognize 文法

但你立刻意識到的是，

is that the bang affected you.

這聲巨響波及了你。

You're on the floor,

你倒在地上，

dazed,

頭暈目眩，

and you feel a pain in your face.

並且感到臉部一陣劇痛。

You touch your cheek with your hand

你用手摸了摸臉頰，

and feel something hard.

感覺到了某種堅硬的東西。

You're afraid,

你很害怕，

in shock,

處於休克中，

in pain.

痛苦不堪。

There's blood on your hands,

你的手上沾滿了鮮血，

dripping on the floor,

滴落在地板上，

but you have no idea what just happened.

但你完全不知道剛剛發生了什麼。

Then everything turns to black

接著一切變得漆黑，

and the next thing you know, 表達脈絡

等你再次恢復意識時，

you're in a hospital

你已經身處醫院，

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

站在你周圍的是一群神情凝重的醫護人員。

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

這一切發生在32歲的卡拉·弗洛雷斯（Karla Flores）身上，

in 2011.

時間是2011年。

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

她完全不知道是什麼改變了她臉部的狀態，

but she would soon find

但她很快就會發現，

after being rushed to the hospital

在被緊急送往醫院後，

that a live fragmentation grenade

一枚活的破片手榴彈

had been lodged into her cheek. 用詞

已經嵌進了她的臉頰。

Yes,

是的，

a live grenade.

一枚活手榴彈。

It hadn't exploded for some reason.

不知為何它沒有爆炸。

It was waiting to go off. 片語動詞

它正隨時準備引爆。

The bang she had heard

她聽到的那聲「砰」

had been the release of the grenade

實際上是手榴彈釋放的聲音，

from its launcher.

從發射器裡射出。

This is what she later told the press.

這是她後來告訴媒體的。

The doctor asked me what happened.

醫生問我發生了什麼事。

I told him

我告訴他

that I thought a stone hit me.

我以為是一塊石頭砸到了我。

Then they started to look and discovered

然後他們開始檢查並發現

that it was some kind of projectile, 片語搭配

它是某種彈射物，

but they didn't know what it was.

但他們不知道具體是什麼。

The thing was, 表達脈絡

問題在於，

this grenade should have gone off,

這枚手榴彈本應該爆炸的，

and now Karla was for all intents and purposes 慣用語

而現在的卡拉，無論從哪個角度來看，

a walking time bomb. 慣用語

都是一顆行走的定時炸彈。

Staff knew the risks of being near her.

醫護人員深知靠近她的風險。

That grenade,

那枚手榴彈，

they were told,

他們被告知，

was powerful enough to kill anyone 文法

威力足以殺死任何人

within a 32-ft radius,

在32英尺（約9.7公尺）的半徑內，

should it explode. 文法

一旦爆炸的話。

As for Karla, 表達脈絡

至於卡拉，

if that thing exploded,

如果那東西爆炸了，

she would have no more parts

她剩下的碎片絕對不會比

than a master jigsaw puzzle.

高難度拼圖少。

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

X光片讓醫護人員看到了他們要處理的是什麼，

and how the object might be removed.

以及可能如何移除這個物體。

Experts were already on the scene

專家們已經趕到了現場，

and that's why doctors knew

這也是醫生們為何清楚

how much damage could be caused.

它可能造成多大的破壞。

As media reports,

正如媒體報導的那樣，

one bad move 文法

一旦操作不當，

and that grenade could kill a lot of people.

那枚手榴彈可能會殺死很多人。

The doctors had the unenviable job

醫生們接手了一項吃力不討好的工作，

of trying to extricate the grenade

試圖取出這枚手榴彈

and save part of Karla's right cheek

並保住卡拉右臉頰的一部分，

without killing her and themselves

同時不讓她、他們自己

and the rest of the hospital staff nearby.

以及附近的其他醫護人員喪命。

She was taken to an isolated part of the hospital

她被轉移到醫院的一個隔離區，

while they looked at her.

當他們為她檢查時。

News reports say

新聞報導稱，

that some doctors weren't happy about the conditions

一些醫生對他們施展醫術的環境

in which they were to apply their skills, 文法

感到不滿，

but Karla was severely injured.

但卡拉受傷非常嚴重。

She could hardly breathe

她幾乎無法呼吸，

and blood and saliva was filling her mouth. 文法

鮮血和唾液充滿了她的口腔。

To make matters worse, 表達脈絡

更糟糕的是，

she couldn't really swallow,

她根本無法吞嚥，

so she was close to choking 片語搭配

所以她快要被

on her own fluids.

自己的體液窒息了。

As we said,

就像我們說的，

not too many people were up for the task 慣用語

並沒有太多人願意承擔這項任務，

of performing this particular operation.

來執行這場特殊的手術。

We're told

我們得知，

many doctors and staff just said no,

許多醫生和工作人員直接拒絕了，

stating no doctor is obliged 用詞

聲明沒有醫生有義務

to operate under these circumstances. 片語搭配

在這種情況下做手術。

It was the surgical procedure version

這簡直是外科手術版的

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

電影情節——你必須剪斷紅線或藍線，

and one of those wires will trigger the bomb.

而其中一根線會引爆炸彈。

It was a doctor called Gaxiola Meza

是一位名叫加西奧拉·梅薩（Gaxiola Meza）的醫生

who stood up and said,

站了出來，說道，

"Okay, guys,

「好了，夥計們，

someone has to do this.

總得有人來做這件事。

Who's going to volunteer?"

誰來做志願者？」

Four people did.

有四個人站了出來。

There were two anesthesiologists called Felipe Ortiz

包括兩位名叫費利佩·奧爾蒂斯（Felipe Ortiz）

and Cristina Soto,

和克里斯蒂娜·索托（Cristina Soto）的麻醉師，

a nurse called Rodrigo Arredondo,

一位名叫羅德里戈·阿雷東多（Rodrigo Arredondo）的護士，

and a doctor called Lydia Soto.

以及一位名叫莉迪亞·索托（Lydia Soto）的醫生。

Two explosive experts from the Mexican army

兩名來自墨西哥軍隊的排爆專家

also stood up to the challenge,

也迎接了這一挑戰，

but it was decided

但大家決定

that the best place for this operation

這場手術的最佳地點

was an open field.

是在空曠的場地上。

Yeah,

是的，

you heard that right. 語氣意圖

你沒聽錯。

They wheeled her outside, 用詞

他們把她推到了外面，

taking all the necessary equipment with them.

帶著所有必需的設備。

There Karla was given a local anesthetic

在那裡卡拉接受了局部麻醉，

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

醫生們做的第一件事是進行氣管切開術，

so Karla could actually breathe. 文法

這樣卡拉才能真正呼吸。

The next part was the hard part.

接下來的部分才是最困難的。

Those explosive experts,

那些排爆專家，

guided by lights

在燈光的指引下，

as it was dark by now,

因為此時天已經黑了，

told the doctors

告訴醫生們

how to remove the grenade

如何移除手榴彈

without blowing everyone to kingdom come. 慣用語

而不把所有人都炸上天。

Doctors were told

醫生們被告知，

that in no way could the grenade be rotated 文法

無論如何手榴彈都不能被旋轉，

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

並且必須以一種方式拔出，

it didn't really move at all

也就是它根本不會產生任何移動，

except for being pulled backwards. 文法

除了向後拉之外。

We should say here

我們在此必須說明，

that no one near Karla at this time

當時卡拉附近的所有人，

was wearing any kind of body armor.

都沒有穿戴任何種類的防彈衣。

At around midnight,

大約在午夜時分，

the operation was complete

手術完成了，

and it was a success.

並且非常成功。

The downside was 表達脈絡

遺憾的是，

Karla was losing some of her face,

卡拉失去了一部分臉部組織，

many of her teeth,

還有很多牙齒，

and having to have parts of her face rebuilt.

並且不得不對面部進行重建。

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

據說她又經歷了三年的手術，

and you can see in the photos

你可以從照片中看到，

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

她的臉上留下了一些非常大的疤痕。

Still,

儘管如此，

in Mexico these days,

如今在墨西哥，

she is called the miracle woman.

她被稱為奇蹟之女。

To this day, 片語搭配

直到今天，

no one knows who fired the grenade

沒人知道是誰發射了這枚手榴彈，

or if Karla was targeted

也不知道目標是不是卡拉，

or it had been intended for someone else.

還是原本打算襲擊其他人。

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

許多報導認為這是墨西哥黑手黨幹的，

and let's face it, 語氣意圖

面對現實吧，

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

發生如此瘋狂的事件，

in this part of Mexico

在墨西哥的這個地方，

being related to anything else?

它與其他事情有關的機率能有多大？

People were interviewed,

人們接受了走訪，

but as usual, 語氣意圖

但像往常一樣，

no one had anything to tell the cops.

沒人能給警察提供任何線索。

Reading the Mexican press, 文法

在閱讀墨西哥媒體時，

we found something

我們發現了一些

that was missed in the English language media.

英文媒體錯過的資訊。

That was how Karla got to the hospital.

那就是卡拉是如何被送到醫院的。

We're told

我們得知，

it was a bystander 文法

是一個路人

who took her there

把她送到了那裡，

with the press saying

媒體稱，

nothing was heard of the angel 用詞

沒人知道這位天使的音訊，

who left her in the hospital.

他把她留在醫院就離開了。

According to that media,

根據該媒體的報導，

Karla wrote a letter of thanks to the doctors,

卡拉寫了一封感謝信給醫生、

the explosive experts,

排爆專家、

nurses,

護士們，

and the angel 慣用語

以及那位天使，

that took her in his car

那個開著車載她

during the low point of her life. 慣用語

在她人生最低谷時救下她的人。

We have one question for you

我們有一個問題要問你，

and that is,

那就是，

can you think of a more messed up 用詞

你能想到比這更離奇的

survival story than this one?

生存故事嗎？

If so,

如果能，

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

也許有一天我們會做一期關於它的節目。

Tell us in the comments.

在評論區告訴我們吧。

Also,

此外，

be sure to check out our other show.

一定要去看看我們的另一檔節目。

Identity of Jack the Ripper

開膛手傑克的真實身份

has finally been revealed.

終於被揭曉了。

Thanks for watching

感謝觀看，

and as always,

一如既往，

don't forget to like,

別忘了點讚、

share,

分享，

and subscribe.

以及訂閱。

See you next time.

下次再見。