美文赏析:我爸爸是一个英雄！

My dad works at an automotive plant
我爸爸在一家汽车制造厂上班
 
and while working he noticed the lights flicker
有天他在干活的时候，发现警示灯不停闪烁
 and heard a noise indicative of electrocution .
还听到一阵轰鸣，应该是电击的声音
 He ran to the area
他跑到声音传来的地方
and saw three men standing outside of a machine in shock.
发现三个工人站在机器外面，神情惊恐
When he asked if everyone was okay
他问他们时候一切正常
they said no
他们说不，
 
and that someone was dead.
有人出事了
My dad asked if someone was in the machine still
接着我爸爸又问，机器里现在还有人在吗
and when they answered yes
他们回答说，是的
he ran inside,
我爸爸冲到机器里
felt for a pulse(there was none),
找到那个人，检查他的脉搏，发现他已经没有脉搏了
pulled him out of the machine
然后他把他拉了出来
and brought him to the ground floor.
把他带到了一楼大厅里
My father had radioed his coworker
父亲通过无线电广播联系了他的同事
who was a volunteer paramedic at the plant already
后者已经是厂里的志愿急救人员
 
and when his friend got there
爸爸的同事很快到达了现场
 
they cut his shirt off,
他们剪开了他的衬衣
preformed cpr,
为他进行了心肺复苏术
and used an adp on him.
又给他用了ADP受体拮抗剂
Everyone truly believed this man was dead
每个人都确信这个人已经死了
but my dad said he could just feel that he wasn’t,
而我爸爸却说，他能感到他还活着
that he saw life in his eyes still.
在他的眼睛里仍能看到一线生机
The man is alive today
如今，这个男人已经重新活过来了
 
after receiving more than 14,000 volts of electricity,
他的身体在事故中遭受了1万4千伏的电压
only losing a pinky finger in the trauma .
最后他只失去了一根小拇指
The electricity entered through his finger and out of his elbow.
电流是通过他的手指导入的，又从他的肘关节导出去
My dad and the few others who helped are heroes
我爸爸，还有另外几个帮助了这个男人的人都是英雄
and his humility makes it 10x more amazing.
他谦卑的态度更让我觉得难能可贵