英语新闻听写 美媒:一电工从洛杉矶摩天大楼坠下不幸身亡

Man Dies After Fall From California Skyscraper¹

美媒：一电工从洛杉矶摩天大楼坠下不幸身亡

An electrician working at what will be Los Angeles' tallest skyscraper, plunged² more than 50 floors to his death on Friday morning.

周五早上，一位在摩天大楼作业的电工不幸从五十多层高的大楼摔下身亡。

Los Angeles police said that the man fell about 800 feet from the unfinished Wilshire Grand Center, and landed on a passing car.

洛杉矶警方称，该名男子从800英尺高且正在施工的威尔谢格兰德中心摔下，并落在过往的车辆上。

A spokesman for the contractor³ working on the project said that the man had taken off his hard hat and had not been wearing a safety harness

承包该项工程的建筑商发言称，该男子没有佩戴安全帽也没有系安全带。

because it wasn't required for the bottom floors he was working on.

因为这名男子所作业的楼层较低，

Chris Martin, CEO of Martin Project Management, which is overseeing the building said that

克里斯·马汀是马汀工程管理公司的总裁表示，

there were barricades⁴ around the edge of the building and other safety measures in place.

大楼的周边都设有安全路障而且相关的安全设施也很到位。

1 skyscraper   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• The skyscraper towers into the clouds.那幢摩天大楼高耸入云。
• The skyscraper was wrapped in fog.摩天楼为雾所笼罩。

2 plunged   

v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降

参考例句：

• The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
• She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。

3 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

4 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。