万花筒 2008-08-18&-08-19 孕妇有难,众人相帮

This van came from like flying out of that street, ran her over. That's what happened.

 

A group of Bronx New York bystanders banded together as heroes Thursday afternoon. Some say ten some say twenty people helped lift a five-ton school bus off a pregnant woman who was pinned underneath¹. 33-year-old Donnette Sanz died, her son lived.

 

We heard the van coming down the hill with the brakes screeching², as we looked up we heard a big bang. It was doubled.

 

All I heard was, I have said, two noises and when I come outside, I see a lady underneath a bus, so you know we all ran near to the bus, and just tried to pick the bus up. You know, trying to get the lady from underneath the bus and after we got her from beneath the bus, we realized she was pregnant.

 

Sanz was walking across the street when she was struck by a van that pushed her in front of a bus. Witnesses say at least two ambulances were at the scene by the time rescuers pulled Sanz out.

 

She was like talking just really crying, and her head was busted³, and everything was...

 

She was bent⁴ over in a "U" position under the school bus, like her knees were tucked to her chin, and the belly⁵ was… you couldn't even see the belly because she was bended all the way down. She was breathing heavy.

 

The van's 72-year-old driver was arrested on charges of criminally negligent⁶ homicide and driving without a license⁷. Police say Walter Walker had 20 suspensions on his driver's license. Walker says he tried to avoid hitting Sanz but his brakes had gone out. Doctors eventually delivered three-pound six-ounce Sean Michael by emergency caesarean section. Sanz died shortly after her son's birth, Sean Michael is hospitalized in critical condition but hospital officials say he's healthy and showing improvement.
 

1 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

2 screeching   

v.发出尖叫声( screech的现在分词 )；发出粗而刺耳的声音；高叫

参考例句：

• Monkeys were screeching in the trees. 猴子在树上吱吱地叫着。
• the unedifying sight of the two party leaders screeching at each other 两党党魁狺狺对吠的讨厌情景

3 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

4 bent   

n.爱好，癖好；adj.弯的；决心的，一心的

参考例句：

• He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
• We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。

5 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

6 negligent   

adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的

参考例句：

• The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。
• If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽，就应支付赔偿。

7 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。