时事新闻英语(2) 1岁女儿被薯片卡喉，美国年轻妈妈用这种方法救

美国年轻妈妈用海姆立克急救法救了自己女儿的性命 

A  stay-at-home  mother in Texas said she was able to save her daughter from a choking  episode  that could have been  deadly .

一位得克萨斯州的全职妈妈说，她在一次致命的异物卡喉事件中救了自己女儿的性命

🍒 stay-at-home

全职照顾家庭的

🍒 episode  ['epɪ.soʊd]

You can refer to an event or a short period of time as an episode if you want to suggest that it is important or unusual, or has some particular quality.

插曲，事件，时期

🍒 deadly ['dedli]

If something is deadly, it is likely or able to cause someone's death, or has already caused someone's death.

致死的，致命的

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Jennifer Hull, 34, from the town of Prosper, was  fidgeting  with the TV in her children’s playroom when she heard a  startling  noise. It was the sound of her 1-year-old daughter, Hollis,  gasping  for air.

Jennifer Hull，34岁，来自Prosper镇，她正在孩子的娱乐室摆弄电视的时候，听到了一个不寻常的声音。这是她一岁的女儿Hollis急促呼吸的声音

🍒 fidget ['fɪdʒɪt]

If you fidget with something, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers with small movements, for example because you are nervous or bored.

(由于紧张或无聊)摆弄，拨弄

🍒 startling ['stɑrt(ə)lɪŋ]

Something that is startling is so different, unexpected, or remarkable that people react to it with surprise.

令人吃惊的，惊人的，不寻常的

🍒 gasp [ɡæsp]

When you gasp, you take a short quick breath through your mouth, especially when your are surprised, shocked, or in pain.

(尤指惊讶，震惊或疼痛时)喘息，喘气，倒抽气

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Earlier this week, Hollis and her older sister Hatilynn, 3, had been playing with their dollhouse and  nibbling  veggie chips  when, suddenly, Hollis started to  choke .

本周初，Hollis和她3岁的姐姐Hatilynn在她们的边玩玩具屋边吃蔬菜片，突然，Hollis被蔬菜片噎住了

🍒 nibble ['nɪb(ə)l]

If you nibble food, you eat it by biting very small pieces of it, for example because you are not very hungry

啃，一点一点地咬(或吃)

🍒 veggie chips

蔬菜片

🍒 choke [tʃoʊk]

When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.

(使)噎住，(使)梗住，(使)卡住

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The  harrowing  scene, which was captured on the family’s nanny cam, unfolded quickly. The  footage  shows Hollis coughing and running  frantically  toward her mother. Hull said she  instantly  responded when she heard the sound of her daughter choking.

这一揪心的场景被家里的摄像头拍了下来，很快传播开来。监控录像显示Hollis咳嗽着慌乱地跑向她妈妈。Hull说她听到女儿咳嗽的声音后就立即作出了反应

🍒 harrowing ['heroʊɪŋ]

An harrowing experience is extremely unsetting or disturbing.

折磨人的，烦人的，令人无比痛苦的

🍒 footage ['fʊtɪdʒ]

Footage of a particular event is a film of it or the part of a film which shows this event.

电影片段，镜头

🍒 frantic ['fræntɪk]

If an activity is frantic, things are done quickly and in an energetic but disorganized way, because there is very little time.

匆忙慌乱的，紧张忙乱的

🍒 instant ['ɪnstənt]

You use instant to descsrible something that happens immediately.

立即的，即刻的

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First, Hull said she told Hatilynn to grab some water and then she began to hit Hollis on her back. Nothing happened, so she started to perform the  Heimlich maneuver , a technique she learned in infant safety classes. It wasn’t long before the food came flying from Hollis’ throat and onto the floor.

Hull说一开始她让Hatilynn去拿杯水，她拍了拍Hollis的背。然而并没有什么作用，所以她就采用了她从婴儿安全课程中学到的海姆立克急救法。没多久，蔬菜片就从Hollis的喉咙中飞了出来，掉到了地上

🍒 Heimlich maneuver

海姆立克急救法

"We were both so shocked at how scary it really was," Hull said. "It’s even scarier when we think of what the  outcome  could have been."

“这件事真是太可怕了，我们都很震撼”，Hull说，“当我们想到可能发生的后果时就更觉得害怕”

🍒 outcome ['aʊt.kʌm]

The outcome of an activity, process, or situation is the situation that exists at the end of it.

结果，结局，后果

She said she was grateful that she and her husband were  proactive  about child safety during both her pregnancies.

她说她很感激她和她的丈夫在她怀孕期间积极主动地学习儿童安全课程

🍒 proactive [ˌproʊ'æktɪv]

Proactive actions are intended to cause changes, rather than just reacting to change.

先发制人的，积极的，主动的