At the Critical Moment 危急时刻？ At the Critical Moment Looks like they'll drift right off1 to sleep, Jennifer Jackson thought with a smile as she snapped her 17-month-old son Noah and daughter Cassidy, three, into their car seats. Taking advantage of the bright afternoon, the 31-year-old mom had brought her kids to a park near their home.Noah quickly fell asleep as she began to drive, and Jennifer hoped a little extra sleep was all he needed.He'd been unusually clingy2 since the morning,wanting to be held and crying if she put him back in the stroller3. Jennifer had driven just a few miles when she heard a strangled4 screech5 from the back seat of the car. Noah's eyes were rolled back in his head! His face was contorted6, and his body and head jerked from side to side, slamming him violently against the seat! “ Noah!” she screamed, swerving7 the car across two lanes and bringing it to a stop on the shoulder8. Jennifer burst out of the car, tore open the back door and pulled Noah from his car seat. He was still shaking, and his skin was scalding9 to her touch. You have to be calm, she told herself. She tried the only life saving techniques she knew-CPR10 and the Heimlich maneuver11-but neither seemed to help. She looked down the road. Cars whizzed by to their destinations, seemingly oblivious12 that her baby desperately needed help. And yet, Jennifer sensed, in that line of cars lay her only hope for Noah... “ I'll be right back, honey,” she told Cassidy. Then, holding Noah in one arm, Jennifer began to flail13 her other arm toward the oncoming cars.“ Stop!” she screamed. In an instant, a car pulled over and a young woman jumped out.“ Please, do you have a car phone?” Jennifer asked. By the time the woman shook her head no, a man was running toward them.“ What's wrong with the baby?” he asked. One glance at Noah and then at Jennifer's terrified face told the story. He inserted his finger into Noah's mouth to make sure he wasn't choking on his tongue. But he didn't have a cell phone, either. Suddenly, in her haze14 of panic15, Jennifer looked up and thought for a moment she was dreaming. All along the side of the parkway--in front of her and behind her-cars and Jeeps, vans and even a motorcycle had pulled over and were lining the road. It's as if the whole highway just stopped in its tracks to come help us! She thought. Groups of people sprang16 into action.“ I'm on the line with 911,” one man called out. “ Tell me the baby's symptoms.” “ I've called the police,” a woman shouted.“ They're sending help!” Incredibly, one man happened to have ice in his car, and another had a sheet to wrap it in before holding it on Noah's burning forehead. There were more: a man volunteered to drive Noah to the hospital; a woman offered to take Cassidy to her house nearby; two men stood peering down the road, ready to flag down the ambulance17. A pregnant woman put her arm around Jennifer's shoulder to comfort her.And another climbed into the car with Cassidy,who stared at the crowd in fear.“ I'll sit beside her,” she said,taking Cassidy's hand and reassuring her. It's more than incredible,Jennifer thought.With each person who rushed over,she could feel a growing strength within her,a certainty that somehow,with so many hands and hearts there to help,Noah would be all right. Just then, a police car roared up-followed by the ambulance. As paramedics18 rushed Noah into the ambulance and Jennifer and Cassidy scrambled in behind them, Jennifer glanced back through the window. On the roadside, the strangers who had stopped to help stood rooted as one--unwilling to leave. I don't know your names, but I'll never forget your faces or what you did, Jennifer promised. And as the ambulance pulled away, she pressed her lips against the glass and mouthed,“ Thank you!” praying they would see--or at least know--what was in her heart. At the hospital, doctors gave Noah thorough treatment. And within a few hours, he was smiling and ready to go home. Today, he's as playful19 and healthy as ever--and Jennifer gives thanks every day to the strangers who made that possible. “ It's incredible that so many good-earted20 people came to our rescue21,” she says. 危急时刻〔一〕 詹妮弗麻利地把17个月大的儿子诺亚和3岁的女儿卡西迪放到汽车里的椅子上。她估计他们一会儿就会迷糊地睡去，想到这儿她笑了。 这天下午天气晴好。借此机会，这位31岁的妈妈将孩子们带到了离家很近的公园。她的车一开起来诺亚很快就睡着了。詹妮弗希望他需要的就是多睡一会儿觉。从早上起他就有些不正常，总是缠着她，要她抱着。一把他放到小推车上他就哭起来。 詹妮弗将车开了约几英里的路程，突然听到从车后座上传来像卡住了脖子似的尖叫声。她看到诺亚的眼睛直往头顶上翻，脸扭曲了，身子和头左右两边来回抽搐着，使劲地往椅子上撞。 “诺亚!”她尖叫起来，将车绕过两个车道，停在了紧急停车道上。 詹妮弗冲出汽车，拉开车后门，将诺亚从椅子上拖出来。他还在发抖，皮肤摸起来是滚烫的。 你得冷静，她告戒自己。她试了自己仅知的两种急救法——心肺复苏术和海姆利克氏操作法——但两种似乎都没起作用。 她一路看过去。一辆辆汽车从身边急驶而过，驶向自己的目的地，显然都没注意到她的孩子急需救助。而詹妮弗意识到，拯救诺亚的惟一希望就在那车流之中… “我一会儿就回来，宝贝儿，”她对卡西迪说。然后，她一手抱着诺亚，朝迎面开过来的车挥着另一只手。“停车!”她大声叫道。 立刻，有一辆车开了过来，一位女士下了车。“请问你车上有电话吗?”詹妮弗问。 当女士摇头说没有时，一位男士也朝他们跑过来了。“孩子怎么啦?”他问。 他看了一眼诺亚和詹妮弗惊吓的脸就知道怎么回事了。他将手指伸进诺亚的嘴看他的舌头是否堵塞了呼吸道。但他也没有移动电话。 突然，因为惊恐而有些迷糊的詹妮弗抬起了头，有一阵子觉得自己好像是在做梦一样。她看见沿着林园大道——在她的前面和后面——汽车、吉普车、面包车甚至还有辆摩托车都开了过来，排成了一队。 好像整个公路都立即停下来帮助我们了!她想。 一群群的人迅速开始了行动。“我拨通了911，”有位男士喊着。“告诉我孩子的症状。” “我给警察打了电话，”一位女士喊道。“他们来援助了!” 没有想到的是，有位男士的车里凑巧还有冰块，另一位有一块布，把冰包了起来，然后放在诺亚烧得滚烫的额头上。另外，有一位男士志愿开车送诺亚去医院；一位女士主动提出来要带卡西迪到附近她的家里；还有两位男士站在路上盯着，准备一看见救护车就让它停下来。 一位怀孕的女士将胳膊搭在詹妮弗的肩上安慰她。另一位女士爬到车里陪着卡西迪，卡西迪正盯着人群很害怕。“我坐在她身边，”她说着，拉着她的手，安慰她。 真是太了不起了，詹妮弗想。随着人们一个个地赶过来，她内心越来越感到有力量，越来越相信，有这么多的好心人，这么多双手在帮助他们，诺亚一定不会有事的。 这时，一辆警车飞驰而来，后面跟着救护车。在医护人员紧急将诺亚送到救护车上时，詹妮弗和卡西迪跟在后面爬了进去。詹妮弗透过车窗向外看去，在路边那些停下车来帮助他们的陌生人都站着不动，仿佛一个人似的——都不愿意离去。 我不知道你们的名字，但我永远不会忘记你们的面孔，不会忘记你们所做的一切，詹妮弗默许着。当救护车开动的时候她把嘴唇碰着 玻璃 说：“谢谢你们!”她愿他们能看见——或至少知道——她心里在想着什么。 在医院里，医生给诺亚进行了彻底的治疗。几小时以后，他就笑了起来，准备回家了。 如今，他又像往常一样顽皮又健康——而詹妮弗则每天都感谢那些陌生的人们，是他们使这一切成为现实。 “这么多好心人来救我们，真是了不起，”她说。 1.driftoff 迷迷糊糊地睡去(或出神) 2.clingy[ klIntF ]adj. 粘着的，缠着的，依恋的 3.stroller[ 5strEulE ]n.[ 美](折叠式)婴儿小推车 4.strangle[ 5strAN^(E)l ]vt. 扼住，闷住，使窒息 5.screech[ skri:tF ]n.( 表痛苦，惊恐等的)尖叫 6 ．contorted[ kEn`tR: tId ]adj. 被扭曲的，被歪曲的 7.swerve[ sw\:v ]vt. 使突然转向一边 8.shoulder[ 5FEuldE ]n.( 车行道两侧的)紧急停车道 9.scalding[ 5skC : ldIN ]adj. 滚烫的，灼烫的 10.CPR=cardiopulmonaryresuscitation[ 医]心肺复苏 11.Heimlich[`haImlIk]maneuver[mE5nu:vE(r)]n.[美][医]海姆利克氏操作法(在哽噎者的上腹部迅速向上施压以将异物压出气管的手法) 12.oblivious[E5blIvIEs]adj.不注意的 13.flail[fleil]vt.挥舞 14.haze[heIz]n.迷糊，懵懂 15.panic[5pAnIk]n.恐慌，惊慌 16.spring[sprIN]vi.迅速行动 17.ambulance[5AmbjJlEns]n.救护车 18.paramedic[pArE5medIk]n.护理人员 19.playful[5pleIfJl]adj.顽皮的 20.good-heartedadj.好心肠的 21.rescue[ 5reskju: ]n.救援；tosb’s～为救助(某人) 查看更多0个回答 . 1人已关注
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