万花筒 2009-01-15&01-16 六岁男童驾车上学

A six-year-old Virginia boy is recovering from some minor¹ injuries after he took his mom's car on a joy ride to school of all places. State police say the child grabbed the keys to his mom's Ford² Taurus after he missed the bus, and got a number of miles down the road before crashing into a utility pole.

 

He's played a lot of video games. He told me he is (into) Monster Truck Jam, Grand Theft Auto³. He drove off the road by looking out the side of the window.

 

Other than that he did pretty well. All things considered, he crossed this bridge and made at least a couple of 90-degree turns before crashing just a mile and a half from school. Still, police say he didn't let this accident stop him.

 

The child got out of the vehicle, and actually started walking down the highway toward school. He was debounded and determined⁴ that he was gonna make it to school.

 

The child was picked up beforehand, and did have a bump on his head. His mom who was asleep at the time and his dad are both being charged with child endangerment.

 

Ed Donahue, the Associated Press

 

1 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。

2 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

3 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。