Lost

BBC Learning EnglishWeekenderLostCallum: Hello, I'm Callum Robertson and this is Weekender.
　　Today I want to talk about one of those stories that youhear in the news fromtime to time. Not an important international story, not oneabout politics or celebrities¹, but one about an individualwho makes the news for a day or two then disappears backinto the obscurity in which most of us live. A story whichmakes you think "Uh? That's strange."This story happened in Australia earlier this year. I don'tknow if you've ever visited Australia but I've been luckyenough to travel there three times.
　　The first thing I remember thinking about Australia was howbig it is. Well, it's not just big, it's huge. Now I'm suresome people listening to this live in countries withequally vast distances, like, Russia or China, but you haveto remember that I come from the United Kingdom – a tinygroup of islands by comparison where if you fly more thanan hour you'll end up in anothercountry or over the sea.
　　Australia too, is an island, but it's also a continent witha relatively² small population which mainly lives in thecoastal areas. Vast areas of the interior³ of Australia areuninhabited and inhospitable deserts or bush. Not 'a' bush,a single plant, but 'the' bush. The name given to areas ofland with some trees and bushes but no or very few people.
　　– The Bush. There's also another wordfor Australia's desert wilderness⁴, the outback.
　　And this is where this story happened, in the bush aroundthe town of AliceSprings. An English man from Warwickshire called MartinLake had got lost while out for a walk. By using his mobilephone he called for help and after some time was rescued.
　　That seemed to be the end of the story, but it wasn't, afew days later another news report came out of AliceSprings. Here's the first part of the report from the BBC'sNick Bryant. What did Martin Lake do after his rescue?
　　NICK BRYANTWhen Martin Lake was rescued the first time he was founddehydrated and sunburnt, with neither a hat nor sunscreenand carrying just a small amount of water. But even aftertelling his rescuers that he felt a bit daft, he set offback into the bush, seemingly⁵ to look for something he'dlost during his first wilderness adventure.
　　Callum: After being rescued he set off back into the bush!
　　It seems he went to look for something he had lost while hewas on his first adventure. He had told the people whorescued him that he felt a bit daft, a bit daft. If youfeel a bit daft it means you feel a bit stupid, a bitfoolish. So even though he felt a bit stupid and beensunburnt and dehydrated on his first trip, he went outagain to the same place. And what happened, yes, he gotlost again, and again he used his mobile phone to call forhelp. What happened then? How long was he lost again for?
　　Here’s the rest of Nick Bryant's report.
　　NICK BRYANTStranded a second time after spending four nights in thesame area just north of Alice Springs, the fifty year oldrang for help from his mobile phone. His call sparked amajor land and air search which involved three helicoptersand teams of volunteers. When the Warwickshireman was rescued he was suffering from dehydration⁷ and isnow being treated at a hospital inAlice Springs. The police say he's extremely lucky to bealive.
　　Callum: He was stranded⁶ for four days. Stranded – lost,not able to find his way back.
　　We heard that his phone call sparked a major search. Itsparked a search – this expression is often used instories about rescues – something happens which causes asearch to start. In this case it was his phone call, again,which 'sparked' the search.
　　The search was successful again, and he was found again,and he was taken to hospital suffering from dehydration,again.
　　As far as I know he didn't go out for a third time and wenever learned what it was that he had lost that first timethat encouraged him to go out a second time. Martin Lakehas now slipped out of the news and hopefully returnedsafely to Warwickshire.
　　That's all from this edition of Weekender. To end here isNick Bryant's report in full.
　　NICK BRYANTWhen Martin Lake was rescued the first time he was founddehydrated and sunburnt, with neither a hat nor sunscreenand carrying just a small amount of water. But even aftertelling his rescuers that he felt a bit daft, he set offback into the bush, seemingly to look for something he'dlost during his first wilderness adventure. Stranded asecond time after spending four nights in the same areajust north of Alice Springs, the fifty year old rang forhelp from his mobile phone. His call sparked a major landand air search which involved three helicopters and teamsof volunteers. When the Warwickshire man was rescued he wassuffering from dehydration and is now being treated at ahospital in Alice Springs. The police say he's extremelylucky to be alive.

1 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

2 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

3 interior   

adj.在内的，内部的，内地的，国内的；n.内部

参考例句：

• There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
• They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。

4 wilderness   

n.杳无人烟的一片陆地、水等，荒漠

参考例句：

• She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

5 seemingly   

adv.从表面上看起来，似乎是

参考例句：

• Seemingly,we can do nothing to prevent this from happening.我们似乎没有什么办法阻止这件事发生。
• For several seemingly interminable seconds no one spoke.有几秒钟没有人讲话，这几秒钟似乎十分漫长。

6 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

7 dehydration   

n.脱水，干燥

参考例句：

• He died from severe dehydration.他死于严重脱水。
• The eyes are often retracted from dehydration.眼睛常因脱水而凹陷。