万花筒 2013-07-26&07-28 美国一妇女玩过山车被抛出摔死

 We'll begin with that breaking story, a deadly fall from one of the tallest roller coasters in the world.

Yeah,this is both scary and sad.The mother fell into her death while riding the Texas giant roller coaster at six flags.There were people on the ride and in line who saw the whole thing.

And this is just one of two amusement park accidents overnight.And ABC'S Rob Nelson is one the story.

Good morning,guys.The tragedy unfolded surely before 7 p.m last night.A mother fell from that coaster whose young son in the seat in front of her and witnesses simply stunned¹ and shaked by what they saw.

This morning authorties in Texas are searching for answers after a woman fell her death from a 14-story amusement park roller coaster.On Friday,the unidentified woman,along with her young son,was riding the Texas giant roller coaster at six flags in Earlington Texas at 152 feet.It's built as the tallest steel roller coaster in the world,full of sharp turns and steep drops.Camon was next in line for the ride when she saw the woman tumbled² to her death.

It didn't hit me until we got down,right down to the bottom.And I said she was no bigger than I was,like that could be me and I was...

Others who were on the ride at that time took the twitter,one man wrote,literally just witness someone fly off the Texas giant two seats in front of me,in another tweet he points to a possible cause,restraint came undone,coaster turned and she was gone.Investigators³ did not came to the ride to restraint system,but say this is not a criminal investigation⁴.Park officials have not released any detail about what caused the tragedy but released this statement,since the safety of our guests and employees is our number one priority,that section of the park has been temporarily closed.Another passenger who was just two cars in front of the victim says it was the fright of his life.

Other families were crying,screaming and looking for her.They didn't what was happening,they just heard that someone falling down from the roller coaster.So at that moment there was a panic.

And that was not the only amusement park accident last night,at S park in Ohio,seven people suffered minor⁵ injuries on the shook the rapids ride when their boat suddenly rolled backwards⁶ down to hill and then flipped⁷ into the water.Witnesses said the passengers were trapped inside the boat because of their saftey belt,forcing park officials,medical personnels⁸ even fellow visitors into that water to save them.

I've reminded that these rides are fun but they can also be dangerous.All right,Rob,thank you.

1 stunned   

adj. 震惊的，惊讶的 动词stun的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The fall stunned me for a moment. 那一下摔得我昏迷了片刻。
• The leaders of the Kopper Company were then stunned speechless. 科伯公司的领导们当时被惊得目瞪口呆。

2 tumbled   

v.倒塌( tumble的过去式和过去分词 )；翻滚；突然摔倒；恍然大悟

参考例句：

• He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. 他脚一滑滚下了楼梯。
• A hundred and fifty empty bottles tumbled onto the floor. 150个空瓶子滚落到地板上。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 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。

6 backwards   

adv.往回地，向原处，倒，相反，前后倒置地

参考例句：

• He turned on the light and began to pace backwards and forwards.他打开电灯并开始走来走去。
• All the girls fell over backwards to get the party ready.姑娘们迫不及待地为聚会做准备。

7 flipped   

轻弹( flip的过去式和过去分词 )； 按（开关）； 快速翻转； 急挥

参考例句：

• The plane flipped and crashed. 飞机猛地翻转，撞毁了。
• The carter flipped at the horse with his whip. 赶大车的人扬鞭朝着马轻轻地抽打。

8 personnels   

（总称）人员，员工( personnel的名词复数 )； 人事部门

参考例句：

• This article forward a proposal on accounting personnels' occupational ethics construction. 本文就会计人员的职业道德建设提出一点建议。
• Sodiers and other rescue personnels were busy with the rescuing work. 部队官兵和其它救援人员正在紧张施救。