Unit4A我們身邊的英雄

1、Unit4A 我們身邊的英雄 Heroes among us Whos a hero these days? 我們身邊的英雄 誰是當今的英雄？ In an era of heightened heroism, the word hero has bee more mon. We use hero to describe both victims and survivors of all kinds of difficulties and tragedies. 在一個英雄主義發(fā)揚光大的時代， 英雄 一詞已經變得更加常見。 我們把各種困難和悲劇的 受害者和幸存者都稱為 英雄 。 Who are t

2、he heroes among us? In the days subsequent to a mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, 那么，我們身邊哪些人是英雄呢？在亞利桑那州圖森市槍擊案發(fā)生后的日子里， many described 20-year-old political associate Daniel Hernandez as a hero. During the horrible shooting, he courageously ran through the danger to save the life of one of the victims

3、, his boss and friend, congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. 許多人都把 20 歲的政界同事丹尼爾 . 赫爾南德茲描述為英雄。在駭人的槍擊案發(fā)生時，他 勇敢地冒著危險，去救助受害者之一、也是他的上司和朋友的加布里埃爾 ?吉福德議員。 Daniel held her head up so she could breathe and applied pressure to her wounds. He spoke tender words of sympathy, telling her that he would find her husban

4、d and her parents and that everything would be fine. 丹尼爾把她的頭托高，便于她呼吸， 并用力摁住她的傷口。他用溫柔體貼的話語安慰她，告 訴她他會把她的丈夫和父母找來，告訴她一切都會好的。 And he never left her side, staying beside her in the ambulance all the way to the hospital. Another hero from the mass shooting in Tucson was Dory Stoddard. 而且， 他一直守護在她身邊，在去醫(yī)院的路上

5、，他也一直在救護車里陪伴在她身旁。圖森槍 擊事件中的另一位英雄是多利 . 斯托達德。 Dory gave his life for his wife, Mavy. Dory and his wife had been friends since childhood and when Dory heard shots ring out he immediately fell to shield her from the hail of bullets. 多利為保護妻子梅維獻出了自己的生命。 多利和他的妻子自小青梅竹馬。 馬上撲在妻子身上為她擋住掃射過來的子彈。 At the memorial s

6、ervice, the priest said: Dory didnt die a hero; Long known for his remarkable spirit and love of humanity, Dory Stoddard died as he had always lived, assisting others. 在葬禮儀式上，牧師說道： 多利一生英雄，非死才為英雄。 多利 .斯托達德一直以來以精 神高尚、富有愛心而為大家所熟知，他至死也同他生前一樣在幫助他人。 These are civilian heroes, who acted instinctively with

7、courage and grace when caughton top of his wife 一聽到槍聲， 多利 he lived a hero. up in extraordinary circumstances. But what about first responders, whose job is, in the words of the widow of a fallen police officer, to rush toward danger? 這些都是平民英雄。 他們在特別危急的情況下，本能地做出勇敢而高尚的舉動。但是， 應急救援人員是否也算是英雄呢？用一位已故警官遺孀的話

8、來說，他們的工作就是 險上 。 In Toronto, Canada, downtown life stopped when more than 11,000 police and other emergency responders marched solemnly through the streets to honor Sergeant Ryan Russell, a 35-year-old good man and good cop, who believed deeply in his mitment to protect and serve. 在加拿大多倫多市， 11000 多名警

9、察和其他應急救援人員肅穆地在大街上游行，紀念瑞安 羅素警佐。一位具有高度保護和服務意識的 好男人和好警察 、 Sgt. Russell moved quickly to protect others from harm. He tried to stop a drunk driver in a stolen snowplow with only his police automobile and his goodwill others. 羅素警佐迅速采取行動， 保護他人免受傷害。 試圖擋住一輛醉駕司機駕駛的偷來的掃雪車。 Sadly, Sgt. Russell was unable to It

10、 used to be that the word hero was reserved for those who performed acts of distinct courage beyond the call of duty. 不幸的是， 他沒能攔住醉駕司機，不幸犧牲。 在過去， 英雄 一詞僅限于稱呼那些做出超乎 職責范圍的特別英勇的行為的人們。 A soldier who runs through gunfire to rescue other military personnel is seen as a hero. So are larger-than-life leaders

11、such as Nelson Mandela, who emerged after 27 years of jail, confined in a solitary chamber. 一位戰(zhàn)士冒著槍林彈雨去搶救其他戰(zhàn)友， 他被看作英雄。 同樣， 超凡卓越的具有傳奇色彩的 領袖人物也是英雄，比如納爾遜 . 曼德拉。被囚禁于單人牢房 27 年后，曼德拉終于擺脫了 牢獄生活。 He made the choice not to be bitter, and worked hard as South Africas first black president to establish harmony

12、and helped society reconcile its conflicted past. But today, our heroes are average men and women, everyday heroes to whom we can relate, people like us. 他沒有抱怨，作為南非的第一位黑人總統(tǒng)，他努力奮斗， 致力于創(chuàng)建和諧國家，促進社會化 解以往的矛盾。但是今天，我們的英雄是平凡的男男女女，他們是我們看得見、摸得著的 平民英雄 ，是和我們一樣的普通人。 However, while many people honor Sgt. Russell,

13、 some people raise this question when they try to make sense of a tragedy like Sgt Russells, 雖然很多人尊重羅素警佐，但有些人在試圖理解像羅素警佐這樣的悲劇時提出了一個問題， Some first responders do not succeed in helping others and they get injured or die in their efforts. Do these people bee heroes because of what happens to them as the

14、y try to help others - instead of what they actually make happen? 那些 迎著危 當時整個市中心的其他活動都停止了。 著一輛警車和一顆幫助他人的善良的心， to help 他僅憑 stop the drunk driver and was killed in the effort. 有些應急救援人員在幫助他人時沒能獲得成功， 而自己卻受傷或犧牲了。 這些人不是因為他 們成功幫助了別人，而是因為他們在幫助別人時所遭遇的不幸才成為英雄的嗎？ I asked road safety advocate Eleanor McMahon wh

15、ether she thought Sgt. Russell was a hero. 我問道路交通安全倡導者埃莉諾 . 麥克瑪農，她是否認為羅素警官是位英雄。 Ms. McMahons late husband, a police officer, was killed by a drunk truck driver in a 2006 off-duty bicycling accident. Through grief and rage, Ms. McMahonfounded Share the Road, a cycling association, and worked tireless

16、ly until the government established Gregs Law , 麥克瑪農女士的已故丈夫曾是一名警官， 2006 年的一天，他未當班，卻在騎車時因一名醉 駕卡車司機肇事而喪生。 在悲傷和憤怒中， 麥克瑪農女士創(chuàng)立了 道路共享單車聯(lián)合會 ， 個自行車協(xié)會。 她不懈地努力， 直到政府頒布了格雷格法案， legislation that gave authority to police to immediately seize the automobiles of drunk drivers caught on the road. Ms. McMahonreplied

17、that she thought Sgt. Russell was indeed a hero. 授予警察在路上一旦發(fā)現醉駕司機就當場予以扣留車輛的權力。 為羅素警官確實是英雄。 Just imagine, in the middle of an intense snowstorm this policeman thinks: Ive got to stop this snowplow before it hurts others. Ms. McMahon summed up why she considered many police officers to be heroes, 想象一下，

18、在狂風暴雪中，這位警官想道： 我必須擋住這輛掃雪車，不讓它傷及他人。 麥克瑪農女士概括了為什么她認為許多警官都是英雄的原因 , Its natural to be afraid of danger. Its natural for that fear to cause most people to rush toward safety and away from danger. 害怕危險是正常的。大多數人因害怕危險而奔向安全之處躲避危險，這也是正常的。 Heroes do just the opposite. They rush toward danger to help those in n

19、eed. 而英雄則恰恰相反。他們迎著危險上，為的是幫助需要幫助的人。 We count on first responders to rush toward danger, especially when it involves us or those we love. We expect nothing less. 我們指望應急救援人員沖向危險， 尤其是當我們或我們所愛的人身處險境時。 這正是我們對 應急救援人員的期望。 So when one of them dies doing that, we should recognize the heroic action even though麥克瑪農女士回答說， 她認 we may doubt our own capacity to be heroic ourselves. The inspiring stories of heroes help remind us that ordinary people can do extraordinary