美国波士顿爆炸案幸存女孩在迪拜出车祸身亡

AS IT IS 2016-03-10 Boston Bombing Survivor¹ Killed in Dubai 美国波士顿爆炸案幸存女孩在迪拜出车祸身亡

A college student who survived the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 has died in a car accident in Dubai.

Victoria McGrath was a student at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts. The university said in a statement that McGrath and another student, Priscilla Perez Torres, were killed during the weekend.

The two friends, both 23 years old, were on a personal trip to the Persian Gulf² country in the Middle East.

News reports say the driver and another passenger were also killed in the crash of a Ferrari sports car. The driver was identified as Canadian Boxer³ Cody Nixon.

The U.S. Embassy in Dubai declined to comment.

McGrath survived the Boston Marathon bombing in April 2013. The terror attack killed three people and injured more than 200. She received injuries from shrapnel that struck her left leg when the first of two bombs exploded.

McGrath and a firefighter, James Plourde, appear in an AP news agency photo from the attack area.

Plourde said he and his family were “devastated⁴ with the loss of our dearest friend,” the CBS News website reported.

McGrath’s parents told AP that their daughter responded to the bombing with determination and humility⁵. They say she worked with poor and disabled children. After the Boston Marathon bombings, she also worked with veterans, they said.

Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun sent a statement to the university community about the accident. He called McGrath’s and Torres’s deaths “a heartbreaking loss to their families, friends, and to all of us in the Northeastern family.”

He said McGrath was from Weston, Connecticut. Perez Torres came to the university from Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

McGrath was studying business at the university in Boston.

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shrapnel –n. small pieces of metal scattered⁶ at high speed from the explosion of a bomb, shell or missile

devastated –adj. to feel extreme emotional pain

1 survivor   

n.生存者，残存者，幸存者

参考例句：

• The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
• There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 boxer   

n.制箱者，拳击手

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。

4 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

5 humility   

n.谦逊，谦恭

参考例句：

• Humility often gains more than pride.谦逊往往比骄傲收益更多。
• His voice was still soft and filled with specious humility.他的声音还是那么温和，甚至有点谦卑。

6 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。