NPR 09-07:Firefighters Remember a Friend Lost on Sept. 11他曾是

Steven Bates was an 18-year veteran of the New York Fire Department when he died Sept. 11, 2001.

On Fridays we bring you StoryCorps. It is a project that's collecting stories of Americans around the country. This is a chance for Americans to remember and to pass on their memories. And today we will remember Steven Bates. He was a lieutenant¹ with Engine Company 235 in Brooklyn, and he was killed on Sep. 11th, 2001, 6 years ago this month. Steven Bates had been with the fire department for 18 years. And here 2 other lieutenants² with the department Bob Carberry and John Cullen recall spending time with their friend on and off the job.

Physically³ he was a big ben. Large guy, six-foot, blond hair, blue eye, but his was a tough on the outside, big big soft guy on the inside.

I know he loved dogs, he loved cartoons, he loved his naps.

Yeah, there are certain people we enjoy seeing when we show up at work and he was definitely one of them. You’d walked in the firehouse in the morning and when his big traditions would have those pretzel rolls from Glendale, (Glendale ) he was from Glendale, Queens. And he got me into doing triathlons. And him and I were fat balding firemen. And I have a picture in my basement of him and I with our bellies⁴ sticking out of a wetsuit with these bathing caps on, ready to do a triathlon. I looked at that and I just go hysterical⁵. I always do that specific triathlon in memory of him.

You know, when you get on the fire department they take a photograph of you, and the reality is that is the picture they are going to use if you die. And so it’s called a death picture. It’s an official photograph and they know this is the photograph they are going to use if you pass. So, that picture was a sad picture. If you look at his eyes, and you could see he had some tough days.

I think that had a lot to do with his upbringing. He was a pretty much an orphan⁶ his whole life. So I guess he developed the shell around himself but if you got to know him, you saw the soft side of him.

And the fire department gave him a family. We have these terms that what we call each other brother. And every time he came to work he had, like, 12 brothers and sisters.

You know, he was a perfect person to be a fire fighter. And I think Stevie would want to be remembered as, as a caring guy.

He was a strong, strong man. He had a generous spirit. And I'm really honored to know him, and, you know, to call him friend.

John Cullen and Bob Carberry remember Lieutenant Steven Bates who died on Sep. 11, 2001. StoryCorps is trying to record interviews in honor of every person who died that day. And these recordings⁷ will be part of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center. All storyCorps interviews are archived at the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress and at npr. org.

1 lieutenant   

n.陆军中尉，海军上尉；代理官员，副职官员

参考例句：

• He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
• He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官，递上了一张简短的便条进去。

2 lieutenants   

n.陆军中尉( lieutenant的名词复数 )；副职官员；空军；仅低于…官阶的官员

参考例句：

• In the army, lieutenants are subordinate to captains. 在陆军中，中尉是上尉的下级。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Lieutenants now cap at 1.5 from 1. Recon at 1. 中尉现在由1人口增加的1.5人口。侦查小组成员为1人口。 来自互联网

3 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

4 bellies   

n.肚子( belly的名词复数 )；腹部；（物体的）圆形或凸起部份；腹部…形的

参考例句：

• They crawled along on their bellies. 他们匍匐前进。
• starving children with huge distended bellies 鼓着浮肿肚子的挨饿儿童

5 hysterical   

adj.情绪异常激动的，歇斯底里般的

参考例句：

• He is hysterical at the sight of the photo.他一看到那张照片就异常激动。
• His hysterical laughter made everybody stunned.他那歇斯底里的笑声使所有的人不知所措。

6 orphan   

n.孤儿；adj.无父母的

参考例句：

• He brought up the orphan and passed onto him his knowledge of medicine.他把一个孤儿养大，并且把自己的医术传给了他。
• The orphan had been reared in a convent by some good sisters.这个孤儿在一所修道院里被几个好心的修女带大。

7 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐