美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-04-19

 Good evening everyone, ten o'clock here in Boston. Just a few blocks fromBoston Marathon finish line where two small bombs caused such terrible,terrible carnage today, just hours into massive investigation¹, just moment webelieve from news conference at Massachusetts General Hospital, where so manyof the wounded were taken. We will bring you that news conference live. Threepeople now confirm died including an eight-year old boy. At least another 141people wounded. Many of them gravely wounded. Their bodies torn apart by ballbearings or something similar packed into those explosive devices. There are alot of late developments tell you about over the course of this hour. We havegot a team of correspondence and experts covering this. I want to begin though.Let's begin by showing you just as it happened what words simply cannot fully² describe.It’s difficult to watch, it is very raw, perhaps you have seen it already andmay want to turn away and I would understand if you would. But raw is exactlywhat this story is right now. Take a look.

 

 

A press conference is now just starting at Massachusetts General. Let'slisten in.

 

 

What kind of injuries?

 

 

There's a variety of injuries. Probably, the most common serious injuriesare combined lower extremity³ injuries, combined meaning bone injuries, softtissue injuries and vascular⁴ injuries to the lower extremities⁵.

 

 

Are you seeing something like the shrapnel type injuries?

 

 

Yes.

 

 

Can you describe what ...

 

 

 

 

So we're seeing a lot of shrapnel type, a lot of shrapnel injuries. Manyof those involve again predominantly the lower extremities. But shrapnelinjuries can affect the entire body.

 

 

Doctor, please describe the scene when people were coming in? Can youdescribe that?

 

 

 

 

Well, the first patient you came in was probably the most severe. We hadthree of the most critically ill patients come in about 15 minutes. You know,at that point, we didn't know if that was, that did turn out to be the tip ofthe iceberg⁶, if that was going to be the tip of a huge iceberg or not. And so Ithink, actually everybody we're prepared for that type of situation. So thehospital activated⁷ its incident command system. And within about five to 10minutes, we had everything pretty much up and running.

 

 

What are the ages of the victims?

 

 

I don't have that information precisely⁸.

 

 

Did you perform any amputations?

 

 

Yes, we have performed several amputations.

 

 

How many?

 

 

I can't tell you the total.

 

 

 

 

That was the trauma⁹ surgeon, Peter Fagenholz, briefing reporters at MassGeneral, describing the horrific injuries he has seen today, especially theshrapnel wounds, eight critical patients at his hospital alone.

 

 

Our chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, himself a neurosurgeon,joins me now.

 

 

Sanjay, what you're hearing in terms of the types of injuries these hospitals are seeing, what stands out to you?

 

Well, you know everyone is talking about these lower limb injuries and this idea that there was a significant explosive force, but that is stayed close to the ground. I think that keeps getting proven as we hear more and more descriptions. Doctor Fagenholz, you just heard from, said he performed six operations himself. He said there were several amputations performed at his hospital, which is tough to think about in the context of this running event.He described the injuries to the legs as being bony, but also involving a lot of the soft tissue and vascular, meaning the blood vessels¹⁰ also being affected¹¹.Those are different types of injuries. The vascular injuries, the blood vesselinjuries, tend to be the most critical, because someone could be losing blood,they could be losing blood flow to the limb. So those have to be addressed very quickly. And I'm sure that triage is ongoing¹². You heard that he's going back,back inside possibly to perform more operations, Anderson.

1 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。

2 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

3 extremity   

n.末端，尽头；尽力；终极；极度

参考例句：

• I hope you will help them in their extremity.我希望你能帮助在穷途末路的他们。
• What shall we do in this extremity?在这种极其困难的情况下我们该怎么办呢？

4 vascular   

adj.血管的，脉管的

参考例句：

• The mechanism of this anomalous vascular response is unknown.此种不规则的血管反应的机制尚不清楚。
• The vascular changes interfere with diffusion of nutrients from plasma into adjacent perivascular tissue and cells.这些血管变化干扰了营养物质从血浆中向血管周围邻接的组织和细胞扩散。

5 extremities   

n.端点( extremity的名词复数 )；尽头；手和足；极窘迫的境地

参考例句：

• She was most noticeable, I thought, in respect of her extremities. 我觉得她那副穷极可怜的样子实在太惹人注目。 来自辞典例句
• Winters may be quite cool at the northwestern extremities. 西北边区的冬天也可能会相当凉。 来自辞典例句

6 iceberg   

n.冰山，流冰，冷冰冰的人

参考例句：

• The ship hit an iceberg and went under.船撞上一座冰山而沉没了。
• The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。

7 activated   

adj. 激活的 动词activate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The canister is filled with activated charcoal.蒸气回收罐中充满了活性炭。

8 precisely   

adv.恰好，正好，精确地，细致地

参考例句：

• It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
• The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。

9 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。

10 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

12 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。