觉得自己倒霉时看看这个吧

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　　当自己觉得倒霉时看看这个

　　The average cost of rehabilitate¹ one seal after the Valdez oil spill in Alaska was $80,000. At a special ceremony, two of the most expensively-saved animals were released into the wild amid cheers and applause from onlookers². A minute later, a killer³ whale ate them both.

　　阿拉斯加瓦尔迪兹发生石油泄漏之后，救援每只海豹的平均费用达到8万美元。在一个特殊仪式上，有两只斥资巨大而拯救回来的海豹，在人们的欢呼和掌声中被放回大自然。一分钟之后，它们双双被一头杀人鲸吞入腹中。

　　Two animal rights protesters were protesting the cruelty of sending pigs to a slaughter-house in Bonn. Suddenly the pigs, all two thousands of them, escaped through a broken fence and stampeded, trampling⁴ the two hapless protesters to death.

　　波恩的两名动物权利保护者正在抗议将猪送到屠宰场的残忍行为的时候，2000头猪从破篱笆里惊慌跑出来，踩死了那两名倒霉的保护者。

　　(这个这个......着实够倒霉......请童鞋们默哀。)

　　A woman came home to find her husband in the kitchen, shaking frantically⁵ with what looked like a wire running from his waist towards the electrical kettle. Intending to jolt⁶ him from the deadly current, she whacked⁷ him with a handy plank⁸ of wood by the back door, breaking his arm in two places. Until that moment, he had been happily listen to his walkman.

　　一位妇女回到家中，发现她的丈夫在厨房里疯狂地摇晃着，他的腰间貌似有根电线连着电暖壶。为了救他于危难之中，她顺手从门后抄起一个木板向他劈去，而她的丈夫的胳膊被劈成两段。其实他一直在听着随身听。

　　An Iraqi terrorist, Khay Rahnajet, didn’t pay enough postage on a letter bomb. It came back with “ return to sender” stamped on it. Forgetting it was a bomb, he opened it and was blown to bits.

　　词组解析：

　　be released into: 被放回

　　eg: The squirrel is released into the forest where it belongs to.(松鼠被放回到了森林里，那里才是它的家。)

　　make an attempt: 尝试

　　eg: You should make an attempt to resolve this problem, otherwise you would regret.(你应该试着解决一下这个问题，否则你会留有遗憾的。)

1 rehabilitate   

vt.改造(罪犯)，修复；vi.复兴，(罪犯)经受改造

参考例句：

• There was no money to rehabilitate the tower.没有资金修复那座塔。
• He used exercise programmes to rehabilitate the patients.他采用体育锻炼疗法使患者恢复健康。

2 onlookers   

n.旁观者，观看者( onlooker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash. 在撞车地点聚集了一大群围观者。
• The onlookers stood at a respectful distance. 旁观者站在一定的距离之外，以示尊敬。

3 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

4 trampling   

踩( trample的现在分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights. 外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. 他们不希望人们踩踏草坪、支帐篷或生火。

5 frantically   

ad.发狂地, 发疯地

参考例句：

• He dashed frantically across the road. 他疯狂地跑过马路。
• She bid frantically for the old chair. 她发狂地喊出高价要买那把古老的椅子。

6 jolt   

v.（使）摇动，（使）震动，（使）颠簸

参考例句：

• We were worried that one tiny jolt could worsen her injuries.我们担心稍微颠簸一下就可能会使她的伤势恶化。
• They were working frantically in the fear that an aftershock would jolt the house again.他们拼命地干着，担心余震可能会使房子再次受到震动。

7 whacked   

a.精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• She whacked him with her handbag. 她用手提包狠狠地打他。
• He whacked me on the back and I held both his arms. 他用力拍拍我的背，我抱住他的双臂。

8 plank   

n.板条，木板，政策要点，政纲条目

参考例句：

• The plank was set against the wall.木板靠着墙壁。
• They intend to win the next election on the plank of developing trade.他们想以发展贸易的纲领来赢得下次选举。