湘教版八年级下册英语unit1 Section B 2b(含中文)

He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing

他失去了手臂，但仍在攀登

Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports, There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents. On April 26, 2003, he found himself in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah.

阿伦·拉尔斯顿是一位对爬山感兴趣的美国人。作为一个登山者，阿龙习惯于冒险。这是一个令人兴奋的事情做危险的运动，有很多次阿龙几乎失去了他的生命，因为意外。2003年4月26日，他在犹他州攀岩时发现自己处境非常危险。

On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by himself in the mountains. Because he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five day and hoped that someone would find him, But when his water ran out. he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life, He was not ready to die that day. So he used his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not lose too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.

那天，阿龙的手臂被一块360公斤重的石头夹住，那块石头是他在山上独自攀爬时落在他身上的。因为他无法挣脱手臂，他在那里呆了五天，希望有人能找到他，但当他的水用完了。他知道他必须做些什么来挽救自己的生命，他那天还没有准备好死去。所以他用刀割下了他的半条右臂。然后，他用左臂包扎自己，以免失血过多。之后，他爬下山寻求帮助。

After losing his arm he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place, This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of. In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one's life. His love for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.

失去手臂后，他写了一本书，名为《在岩石和坚硬的地方之间》，这意味着身处一个似乎无法摆脱的困境。在这本书中，阿伦讲述了做出正确决定和掌控自己生活的重要性。他对爬山的热爱如此之深，以至于在经历了这段经历之后，他仍然坚持爬山。

Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let's think about it before we find ourselves "between a rock and a hard place", and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.

我们有和阿伦一样的精神吗？在我们发现自己处于“岩石和坚硬的地方”之间之前，在我们必须做出可能意味着生死的决定之前，让我们考虑一下。