防止昏倒:Keep from fainting

 　　A man was telling friends how first-aid classes had prepared him for an emergency.

　　一个男子正在告诉朋友们急救课是如何让他为突发事件做好准备的。

　　“I saw a woman hit by a car,” he said, “She had a broken arm, a twisted knee and a skull¹ fracture.” “How horrible! What did you do？” “Thanks to my first-aid training I knew just how to handle it. I sat on the curb² and put my head between my knees to keep from fainting.”

　　“我看见一个女人被车子撞了，“他说，“她手臂断了，膝盖弯曲，头骨破裂。”“太可怕了！你做了些什么？”“因为我上过急救培训，我知道该怎么处理这件事，我在路边坐下来，把我的头放在膝盖上，以防止昏倒。”

1 skull   

n.头骨；颅骨

参考例句：

• The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
• He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。

2 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。