人教版英语八年级下unit-1sectionB课文翻译

He Lost His Arm But Is Still Climbing

他失去了一只胳膊却依然在登山

Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing.

阿伦是一位爱好登山的美国人。

As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks.

作为一名登山者，阿伦习惯于冒险。

This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports.

这是从事危险运动令人兴奋的其中一个方面。

There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents.

有许多次，阿伦都差点因为意外丢掉性命。

On April 26, 2003, he found himself in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah.

2003年4月26日，当他在犹他州登山时，他发现自己处在一个非常危险的境地之中。

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.

那天，当阿伦独自在大山间攀爬时，一块360千克的岩石朝他落下来，它的一条胳膊被压在了下面。

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Because he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him.

因为无法将胳膊挣脱出来，他在那里待了五天，希望有人会发现他。But when his water ran out, he knew that he would have to do something to save his own life.

但当他的水用完之后，他知道他必须要做点什么来挽救自己的生命。He wasn’t ready to die that day.他不准备那天就死。

So he used his knife to cut off half his right arm. 于是他用刀子切断了自己的半条右臂。

Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he wouldn’t lose too much blood.然后他用左臂为自己包扎了伤口，以免失血过多。

After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help,?之后，他爬下山寻求帮助。

After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and Hard Place.

失去了手臂之后，他写了一本名为（生死两难）的书。

This means being in a difficult situation that you can’t seem to get out of.

这意味着“处于一种你视乎无法摆脱的困境之中”

In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one’s life.在这本书里，阿

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伦讲述了正确抉择以及自我掌握命运的重要性。

His love for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.?他对登山如此痴迷，以至于在这次断臂经历之后依然继续从事登山活动。

Do we have the same spirit as Aron? 我们有阿伦那样的精神吗？

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.在我们发现自己处于进退两难的困境之前或在我们不得不作出生死抉择之前，让我们先思考一下吧。

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