美文賞析:我爸爸是一個英雄！

My dad works at an automotive plant
我爸爸在一家汽車製造廠上班

and while working he noticed the lights flicker
有天他在幹活的時候，發現警示燈不停閃爍
and heard a noise indicative of electrocution .
還聽到一陣轟鳴，應該是電擊的聲音
He ran to the area
他跑到聲音傳來的地方
and saw three men standing outside of a machine in shock.
發現三個工人站在機器外面，神情驚恐
When he asked if everyone was okay
他問他們時候一切正常
they said no
他們說不，

and that someone was dead.
有人出事了
My dad asked if someone was in the machine still
接着我爸爸又問，機器裏現在還有人在嗎
and when they answered yes
他們回答說，是的
he ran inside,
我爸爸衝到機器裏
felt for a pulse(there was none),
找到那個人，檢查他的脈搏，發現他已經沒有脈搏了
pulled him out of the machine
然後他把他拉了出來
and brought him to the ground floor.
把他帶到了一樓大廳裏
My father had radioed his coworker
父親通過無線電廣播聯繫了他的同事
who was a volunteer paramedic at the plant already
後者已經是廠裏的志願急救人員

and when his friend got there
爸爸的同事很快到達了現場

they cut his shirt off,
他們剪開了他的襯衣
preformed cpr,
爲他進行了心肺復甦術
and used an adp on him.
又給他用了ADP受體拮抗劑
Everyone truly believed this man was dead
每個人都確信這個人已經死了
but my dad said he could just feel that he wasn’t,
而我爸爸卻說，他能感到他還活着
that he saw life in his eyes still.
在他的眼睛裏仍能看到一線生機
The man is alive today
如今，這個男人已經重新活過來了

after receiving more than 14,000 volts of electricity,
他的身體在事故中遭受了1萬4千伏的電壓
only losing a pinky finger in the trauma .
最後他只失去了一根小拇指
The electricity entered through his finger and out of his elbow.
電流是通過他的手指導入的，又從他的肘關節導出去
My dad and the few others who helped are heroes
我爸爸，還有另外幾個幫助了這個男人的人都是英雄
and his humility makes it 10x more amazing.
他謙卑的態度更讓我覺得難能可貴