Thoát chết khi nhảy bungee bị đứt dây

Từ vựng - Vocabulary

Bài khóa - Transcript

Over a hundred metres above the Zambezi River.

With just a cord tied around her feet, an Australian adrenaline junkie launches herself into the void.

But Erin Langworthy's bungee jump became a nightmare when the line broke.

She got through the ordeal in one piece – here describing how she managed to swim to the river bank.

Erin suffered only cuts and bruises and thinks it's a miracle to be alive.

Bản dịch - Translation

Cao hơn 100 thước so với mặt nước sông Zambezi.

Chỉ với một sợi dây buộc quanh chân, một cô gái người Úc thích những hành động mạnh và mạo hiểm đã nhảy vào khoảng trống bất tận.

Nhưng cuộc nhảy bungee của Erin Langworthy đã biến thành cơn ác mộng khi sợi dây bị đứt.

Cô đã thoát chết và không bị gãy chân gãy tay gì (hoàn toàn nguyên vẹn) - và kể lại cô đã xoay xỏa bơi vào bờ như thế nào.

Erin chỉ bị xây xước và thâm tím và cho rằng việc cô sống sót là một điều thần kỳ.

Bài tập - Exercise

Hãy dùng các từ dưới đây ở dạng thích hợp để hoàn thành những câu sau:

adrenaline junkie / into the void / a nightmare / in one piece / cuts and bruises

Over a hundred metres above the Zambezi River.

With just a cord tied around her feet, an Australian adrenaline junkie launches herself into the void.

But Erin Langworthy's bungee jump became a nightmare when the line broke.

She got through the ordeal in one piece – here describing how she managed to swim to the river bank.

Erin suffered only cuts and bruises and thinks it's a miracle to be alive.

Giải đáp - Answers

1. "The nightmare that I have is the memories of when I lived under the Taliban," she said. "That's what we went through and that's what might come back."

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2. She describes herself as an "adrenaline junkie" having already tried skydiving and body boarding down sand dunes.

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3. The victim suffered cuts and bruises in the attack.

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4. "Four months ago I was in a very critical situation," Mr Chavez said. "Thanks be to God, four months have passed and here I am, all in one piece and on my feet." Mr Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, has said his illness will not stop him from standing for re-election next year.

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5. Greece is "on the brink of the abyss", President Karolos Papoulias has warned, after three people died during protests over planned austerity measures. "We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void," the president said in a statement. It followed a day of violence during which protesters set fire to a bank, killing three employees.

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