新奇事件簿 今年全球12人死于自拍

Travellers and phone-camera lovers need to note a new danger that has recently come to light. This new life-threatening hazard¹ has sprung up in the past few years and is now a ubiquitous part of life. It is also proving to be twice as lethal² as being killed by a shark. What is this potential new menace³? Well, it is the selfie. Yes，love 'em or hate 'em, the desire to take a photo of yourself in front of a world-famous site or to strike a pose⁴ and pout⁵ with a friend has resulted in more deaths in 2015 than shark attacks. It has been reported that so far this year, 12 people have died as a result of trying to take a selfie. This compares to just six deaths due to unprovoked shark attacks.

对于游客和手机拍照达人来说，近期发生的一些安全隐患要提起你们的注意了。在过去几年，这一隐患不断显现，如今，它在我们生活中无处不在。而它的致命性是鲨鱼袭击的两倍。这一新隐患到底是什么？这就是自拍。不管是爱它还是恨它，不管是喜欢在世界名著前面留影纪念，还是喜欢在相机面前摆出姿势，或是和朋友来张噘嘴照，在2015年，因自拍而死亡的案例要多过因鲨鱼袭击所死亡的人数。有报道称，截止到今年，有12人因自拍而死亡。而因鲨鱼袭击而死亡的人数只有6人。

Selfie-related accidents can happen in all manner of circumstances. The website Wikipedia.com has detailed⁶ the twelve deaths seen this year. They include two Russian men who were killed while taking a selfie with a hand grenade; three Indian students who were killed by an oncoming train while taking selfies on train tracks; and an American woman who fell to her death while taking a selfie with her boyfriend on a cliff in South Africa. The latest death came last month when a Japanese tourist died falling down the stairs while trying to get a shot of himself at the Taj Mahal in India. There may be more. A Russian government spokeswoman told reporters that in July, there were, "dozens of selfie-related deaths" in Russia alone.

说起自拍事故，在哪里都可能发生。维基百科网站详细说明了今年发生的12起死亡事件。其中包括2名俄罗斯男子，他们是在手持手雷自拍时死亡的；还有3名印度学生，当时他们正在铁轨上自拍，火车疾驰而过；一名美国女性在南非的阳台与男朋友自拍时不幸跌落。最近的一次死亡事件发生在上个月，一名日本游客在印度泰姬陵自拍时不幸从楼梯上跌落。或者还有很多。一名俄罗斯政府发言人对记者称，7月份，仅仅在俄罗斯就发生了数十起自拍死亡事件。

1 hazard   

n.危险，危害；vt.冒...的危险，使遭危险

参考例句：

• He climbed into the car at the hazard of his life.他冒着生命危险进了汽车。
• I think we have provided for every possible hazard.我认为我们已经准备好了应付每一种可能的危险。

2 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

3 menace   

vt./n.有危险性的人（或物），威胁，威吓

参考例句：

• The big hole outside the house is a menace to children's safety.房子外面的大窟窿对孩子们的安全是个威胁。
• A careless driver is a menace to all road users.漫不经心的驾驶员对于路上所有车辆和行人都是危险的。

4 pose   

vt.造成，陈述；vi.摆姿势，装腔作势；n.姿势

参考例句：

• He sat in a relaxed pose.他轻松自如地坐着。
• He always strikes such a dignified pose before his girlfriend.他总是在女友面前摆出这种庄严的姿态。

5 pout   

v.撅嘴；绷脸；n.撅嘴；生气，不高兴

参考例句：

• She looked at her lover with a pretentious pout.她看着恋人，故作不悦地撅着嘴。
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted.他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。

6 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。