新奇事件簿 乌拉圭男子被困安第斯山4个月

A Uruguayan man who disappeared before the start of winter in the Andes Mountains has been found alive and well. Raul Fernando Gomez, 58, got lost in a blizzard¹ while trying to cross the Andes range from Chile to Argentina. The start of his ordeal² began when his motorbike broke down in the middle of nowhere. Mr Gomez told reporters he had no choice but to walk in the hope of finding a town nearby. He became disoriented in the heavy snowfall and could not find his way back to the road. He found a mountain shelter 2,840 metres above sea level and holed himself up there hoping to survive the long, freezing winter. A local governor said: "The truth is that this is a miracle. We still can't believe it."

一名乌拉圭男子在安第斯山脉冬季到来之前失踪，现已生还，身体状况良好。今年58岁的劳尔·费尔南多·戈麦斯在安第斯山脉突遇暴风雪，他本想从智利穿越安第斯山脉前往阿根廷。而他的艰难旅程也是从摩托车坏掉开始的。戈麦斯先生对记者称他除了寻找附近村庄以外，别无他法。在大雪中他迷失了方向，无法找寻到公路。他在海拔2840米高的地方寻找到了一处避难所，他躲在洞中，希望能够扛过寒冷而漫长的冬天。当地长官称：“这真是奇迹。我们至今还不敢相信这是真的。”

Mr Gomez was found and rescued by a team of Argentine meteorological officials who had helicoptered to the shelter to record snowfall levels. He had survived by catching³ rats and eating leftover⁴ supplies he found in the shelter. Doctors expressed surprise at how well he had fared. He was very thin and had lost 20kg in weight. A doctor said he was surprised by Mr Gomez's resilience, saying: "He's a patient with high blood pressure, a history of smoking and signs of undernourishment, but…in a few days we're going to discharge him." Members of a Uruguayan rugby team famously survived sub-zero temperatures in the Andes for 72 days in 1972 by eating the bodies of fellow plane-crash victims.

阿根廷气象学官员发现了戈麦斯，并营救了他，当时他们正乘坐直升飞机到该避难测量雪线。他通过吃老鼠，以及避难所中剩余的补给品维持生命。医生对他的身体状况感到震惊。他当时非常瘦弱，体重减轻了20公斤。医生称他对戈麦斯的意志力表示震惊，称：“他患有高血压，吸烟史以及营养不良，但是再过几天他就能够出院了。”1972年，乌拉圭橄榄球队成员在零摄氏度以下的安第斯山被困了72天，并成功获救，他们通过吃其他遇难者的尸体活了下来。

1 blizzard   

n.暴风雪

参考例句：

• The blizzard struck while we were still on the mountain.我们还在山上的时候暴风雪就袭来了。
• You'll have to stay here until the blizzard blows itself off.你得等暴风雪停了再走。

2 ordeal   

n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验

参考例句：

• She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
• Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。

3 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

4 leftover   

n.剩货，残留物，剩饭；adj.残余的

参考例句：

• These narrow roads are a leftover from the days of horse-drawn carriages.这些小道是从马车时代沿用下来的。
• Wonder if that bakery lets us take leftover home.不知道那家糕饼店会不会让我们把卖剩的带回家。