双语趣听精彩世界 第57期:避免儿童车内中暑致死的警报器

 　　近来,有多起儿童被遗忘在车内,中暑身亡的事件发生.华盛顿邮报报道，美国新墨西哥州的一名青少年的新发明或许可以避免类似的悲剧再次发生.

　　车内中暑报警器

　　The Washington Post: The unthinkable keeps happening. The 18th hot car death of the year was recorded last week — on the same day that a national public service campaign kicked off to warn parents about the dangers of leaving kids in hot cars.

　　One New Mexico teenager's invention might someday prevent such deaths.

　　Alissa Chavez, a 17-year-old from Albuquerque, said she has designed a car-seat alarm system called "Hot Seat" that might prevent people from accidentally¹ leaving young children in cars. She's now trying to raise money to build a prototype².

1 accidentally   

adv.偶然地；意外地

参考例句：

• Mary accidentally let out that her mother had telephoned.玛丽无意中说出她的母亲来过电话。
• As I turned around,I accidentally hit him in the face.我转身时不经意撞了他的脸。

2 prototype   

n.原型，典型，范例

参考例句：

• This is the prototype for future school buildings.这是未来的学校建筑的蓝本。
• He was the prototype of the elder statesman.他是老一辈政治家的典型。