英语小达人 37 The Angel

 　　The Angel¹

　　 天使

　　Suddenly, the bus began to cross the street into oncoming traffic. Most of the people on the bus didn't even see what happened because it happened so fast. I saw though, and it will never leave my mind.

　　公交车突然过马路，转到反向车道，一切发生得如此之快，大部分的人都还搞不清楚发生了什么事。不过我却目睹了一切，且这一幕将令我永难忘怀。

　　The bus driver had to make a decision quickly and he drove² the bus into a truck in order to miss hitting a young mother with her two children. When the bus hit the truck, people was thrown from their seats and I could hear glass being broken. People were crying and I remember being scared.

　　公交车司机为了闪躲带着两个小孩的年轻母亲，赶紧转向而撞到卡车。当公交撞到卡车时，车上的人从座位弹起，玻璃车窗破碎，所有人都在尖叫，我还记得我当时吓坏了。

　　Finally the bus stopped. The bus had turned onto its side, and some of the seats had been pushed together.Most of the people just looked around with a confused³ look on their face. All except one man. Somehow, he was moving around and helping⁴ people.

　　终于公交车停了下来，车身倾向一侧，有些座位被推挤到一边。大部分人一脸疑惑的左顾右盼，只有一个人例外，他到处帮助其他人。

　　It was amazing that he seemed to know exactly what to do even though the rest of us were out of it. He managed to help every person on the bus out of a window and to safety. That man was truly our angel.

　　令人惊讶的是，他似乎非常清楚要做些什么事，我们其他人则不知所措。他帮助公交车上的人从窗户安全逃出，就像是一个天使。

1 angel   

n.天使，守护神，可爱的人

参考例句：

• The angel of death's in the house!死神在屋里呢！
• I can say without exaggeration that she is an angel.我可以毫不夸张地说她是个天使。

2 drove   

vbl.驾驶，drive的过去式；n.畜群

参考例句：

• He drove at a speed of sixty miles per hour.他以每小时60英里的速度开车。
• They drove foreign goods out of the market.他们把外国货驱逐出市场。

3 confused   

adj.困惑的，烦恼的

参考例句：

• They asked so many questions that they confused me.他们问了许多问题，都把我弄糊涂了。
• A wise man is never confused.智者不惑。

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。