[英伦广角] 2015-06-13 英国主题公园过山车追尾致多人重伤

 The rides are rolling again at Alton towers, for six days the rollercoasters here have fallen silent, the park is now open, but the Smiler the park's flagship rollercoaster is closed, and it will be like this for some time. Last week 16 people were injured when one carriage collided¹ at speed with an empty one on the same track, it shouldn't have been allowed to happen, but it did, and we now know just how bad this incident was. As the gates opened and the crowds returned, doctors delivered the brutal² truth behind some of those injuries, 17-year old Leah Washington from B have to have her left leg amputated at the knee, David Washington, Leah's father said in a statement Leah has suffered a life changing injury and has now many months of rehabilitation³ ahead of her, we would like to thank all the emergency services at the scene and all the hospital staff who saved Leah's life. Behind the smiles there are tough times ahead for Merlin Entertainment who own this park, any legal action against them could prove costly⁴, in a statement Alton towers said We are deeply saddened by Leah's news, and all our thoughts are with her and her family, we have made contact with all the families and have assured them that we will provide full support to all of those involved now, and through their recovery and rehabilitation. All of these didn't seem to put off the families coming here for a day out. We've planned to come before any of the what happened it happened, so you know it's these two boys' birthday treat, we're always going to do it, so now we are quite happy about coming. 

Well it's slightly on our minds, but i think with all the media attention, and everything on television, I think I'm quite confident that they are doing everything they can to make sure they are safe and it's about to being a fun day for the family. 

For Alton towers this is about reassuring⁵ visitors and repairing reputations, it has been a bad week for Britain's biggest theme park, but it can not afford to have lingering⁶ doubts over safety.

It may take several months for a health and safety executive⁷ report to be published, that could shed light on what happened here and why the ride designed to thrill and scare inflicted⁸ pain and suffering instead.

Nick Martin Sky News, S.

1 collided   

v.相撞( collide的过去式和过去分词 )；碰撞；冲突；抵触

参考例句：

• The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。
• The car collided with a stationary vehicle. 小汽车撞到一辆停着的车上。

2 brutal   

adj.残忍的，野蛮的，不讲理的

参考例句：

• She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
• They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。

3 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

4 costly   

adj.昂贵的，价值高的，豪华的

参考例句：

• It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
• This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。

5 reassuring   

a.使人消除恐惧和疑虑的，使人放心的

参考例句：

• He gave her a reassuring pat on the shoulder. 他轻拍了一下她的肩膀让她放心。
• With a reassuring pat on her arm, he left. 他鼓励地拍了拍她的手臂就离开了。

6 lingering   

a.拖延的，依依不舍的

参考例句：

• a painful and lingering death 痛苦而拖延时日的死亡
• Unemployment and lingering disease cooperated to make his family broken. 失业加上长期的疾病，使他倾家荡产。

7 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

8 inflicted   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
• Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。