NBC晚间新闻 游泳池排水口存隐患

Pool drains pose serious risks

游泳池排水口存隐患

Usher¹'s 5-year-old son is recovering in an Atlanta hospital after nearly drowning in a backyard pool after becoming trapped in the pool’s drain – a danger that exists in many pools across the country. NBC’s Tom Costello reports.

歌手亚瑟五岁的儿子正在大西洋医院住院恢复。他差点因被自家后院的游泳池排水口吸住而丧命。游泳池排水口在全国各地都存有隐患。NBC的Tom Costello报道。

We're back with an issue that's getting new attention tonight -- pool safety -- after an accident involving the son of a famous singer earlier this week. The child became trapped in the suction of the pool's drain. And experts say that's a danger in many pools across the country. Here's NBC's Tom Costello.

reporter: It was a frantic² call to Atlanta 911.

Yes. I have -- my nephew was in the pool. And he -- he went and i couldn't get him.

reporter: The five-year-old son of pop star usher nearly drowned after being trap by the family pool's drain. Two contractors³ of the house saved the child. But the chilling reminder⁴ see experts of the serious risks a pool drain can pose. In Minneapolis, 6-year-old Abigail Taylor died months after slipping in the baby pool and landing on the drain. The drain sucked out her intestines⁵.

You don't think about your child being disemboweled in 18 inches of water.

reporter: In 2002 the 7-year-old granddaughter of former sectory James Baker⁶ drowned after being pinned by a hot oh tub drain. Without the proper cover the suction on a pool's drain is so strong a grown man can struggle to pull free a rubber ball. Between 1999 and 2008, 11 children died in pool entrapments. Five years ago a new national law required public pools to install new dome-shaped covers to prevent entrapment⁷. Since the law went into effect the federal government has no reports of anyone dying in a public pool entrapment. But the law doesn't cover private pools. And 32 people, mostly kids, have suffered entrapment injuries. The problem -- any drain cover can become brittle⁸ and loose in the sun and chlorine. So the danger is if the cover comes off.

Right. Then the toy goes in, the child wants to get his toy back and the suction can happen. That's when entrapment can happen.

reporter: The warning to pool owners, update drain covers and check them seasonally⁹. Tom Costello, NBC News, Bethesda, Maryland.

1 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

2 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

3 contractors   

n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

5 intestines   

n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
• The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句

6 baker   

n.面包师

参考例句：

• The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
• The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

7 entrapment   

n.（非法）诱捕，诱人犯罪；诱使犯罪

参考例句：

• The most common structural targets associated with oil entrapment are anticlines and faults. 与储油圈闭有关的最一般的构造目标是背斜和断层。 来自辞典例句
• The purely mechanical effect of glandular trichome exudates is the entrapment and immobilization of small arthropods. 具腺毛状体分泌物的纯机械作用是诱捕和粘住小的昆虫。 来自辞典例句

8 brittle   

adj.易碎的；脆弱的；冷淡的；(声音)尖利的

参考例句：

• The pond was covered in a brittle layer of ice.池塘覆盖了一层易碎的冰。
• She gave a brittle laugh.她冷淡地笑了笑。

9 seasonally   

参考例句：

• The price of vegetables fluctuates seasonally. 蔬菜的价格随季节变动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They moved seasonally among various vegetation types to feed on plants that were flourishing. 它们还随着季节的变化而在各种类型植物之间迁移，以便吃那些茂盛的植物。 来自辞典例句