amongstUnit4A 我们身边的英雄

2021年1月20日发(作者：repost)
Unit4A
我们身边的英雄

Heroes among us Who's a hero these days?

我们身边的英雄

谁是当今的英雄？


In an era of heightened heroism, the word hero has bee more mon. We use hero to
describe both victims and survivors of all kinds of difficulties and tragedies.

在一个英雄主义发扬光大的时代，

英雄

一词已经变得更加常见。
我们 把各种困难和悲剧的
受害者和幸存者都称为

英雄

。


Who are the heroes among us? In the days subsequent to a mass shooting in Tucson,
Arizona,

那么，我们身边哪些人是英雄呢？在亚利桑那州图森市枪击案发生后的日子里，


many described 20-year-old political associate Daniel Hernandez as a hero. During
the horrible shooting, he courageously ran through the danger to save the life of
one of the victims, his boss and friend, congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.

许多人都把
20
岁的政界同事丹尼尔
.
赫尔南德兹描述为英雄。在骇人的枪击案发生时，他
勇敢地冒着危险，去救助受害者之一、也是 他的上司和朋友的加布里埃尔
?
吉福德议员。


Daniel held her head up so she could breathe and applied pressure to her wounds.
He spoke tender words of sympathy, telling her that he would find her husband and
her parents and that everything would be fine.

丹尼尔把她的头托高，便于她呼吸，
并用力摁住她 的伤口。他用温柔体贴的话语安慰她，告
诉她他会把她的丈夫和父母找来，告诉她一切都会好的。


And he never left her side, staying beside her in the ambulance all the way to the
hospital. Another hero from the mass shooting in Tucson was Dory Stoddard.

而且，
他一直守护 在她身边，在去医院的路上，他也一直在救护车里陪伴在她身旁。图森枪
击事件中的另一位英雄是多利< br>.
斯托达德。


Dory gave his life for his wife, Mavy. Dory and his wife had been friends since
childhood
and
when
Dory
heard
shots
ring
out
he
immediately
fell
on
top
of
his
wife
to shield her from the hail of bullets.

多利为保护妻子梅维献出了自己的生命。
多利和他的妻子 自小青梅竹马。
一听到枪声，
多利
马上扑在妻子身上为她挡住扫射过来的子弹。


At
the
memorial
service,
the
priest
said:

didn't
die
a
hero;
he
lived
a
hero.
Long known for his remarkable spirit and love of humanity, Dory Stoddard died as
he had always lived, assisting others.

在葬礼仪式 上，牧师说道：

多利一生英雄，非死才为英雄。

多利
.
斯托 达德一直以来以精
神高尚、富有爱心而为大家所熟知，他至死也同他生前一样在帮助他人。


These
are
civilian
heroes,
who
acted
instinctively
with
courage
and
grace
when
caught
up in extraordinary circumstances. But what about first responders, whose job is,
in the words of the widow of a fallen police officer, to

这些都是平民英雄。
他们在特别危急的情况下，本能地做出勇敢而高尚的举动。但是 ，
那些
应急救援人员是否也算是英雄呢？用一位已故警官遗孀的话来说，他们的工作就是

迎着危
险上

。


In Toronto, Canada, downtown life stopped when more than 11,000 police and other
emergency responders marched solemnly through the streets to honor Sergeant Ryan
Russell, a 35-year-old
good
cop
who believed deeply in his mitment
to protect and serve.

在加拿大多伦多市，
11 000
多名警察和其他应急救援人员肃穆地在大街上游行，纪念瑞安
?
罗素警佐。一位 具有高度保护和服务意识的

好男人和好警察

、


Sgt. Russell moved quickly to protect others from harm. He tried to stop a drunk
driver
in
a
stolen
snowplow
with
only
his
police
automobile
and
his
goodwill
to
help
others.

当时整个市中心的其他活动都停止了。
罗素警佐迅速采取行动，
保护他人免 受伤害。
他仅凭
着一辆警车和一颗帮助他人的善良的心，试图挡住一辆醉驾司机驾驶的偷来的扫 雪车。


Sadly,
Sgt.
Russell
was
unable
to
stop
the
drunk
driver
and
was
killed
in
the
effort.
It
used
to
be
that
the
word
hero
was
reserved
for
those
who
performed
acts
of
distinct
courage beyond the call of duty.

不幸的是 ，
他没能拦住醉驾司机，不幸牺牲。
在过去，

英雄

一词仅限 于称呼那些做出超乎
职责范围的特别英勇的行为的人们。


A soldier who runs through gunfire to rescue other military personnel is seen as
a hero. So are larger-than-life leaders such as Nelson Mandela, who emerged after
27 years of jail, confined in a solitary chamber.

一位战士冒着枪林弹雨去抢救其他战友，
他被看作英雄。
同样，
超凡卓越的具有传奇色彩的
领袖人物也是英雄，比如纳 尔逊
.
曼德拉。被囚禁于单人牢房
27
年后，曼德拉终于摆脱了
牢狱生活。


He made the choice not to be bitter, and worked hard as South Africa's first black
president to establish harmony and helped society reconcile its conflicted past.
But today, our heroes are average men and women,
relate, people like us.

他没有抱怨，作为南非的第一位黑人总统，他努力奋斗，
致力于创建和谐国家，促进 社会化
解以往的矛盾。但是今天，我们的英雄是平凡的男男女女，他们是我们看得见、摸得着的

平民英雄

，是和我们一样的普通人。


However,
while
many
people
honor
Sgt.
Russell,
some
people
raise
this
question
when
they try to make sense of a tragedy like Sgt Russell's,

虽然很多人尊重罗素警佐，但有些人在试图理解像罗素警佐这样的悲剧时提出了一个问题，