365个英语简短小故事-327. The Dead Pedestrian
时间：2018-12-11 作者：英语课 分类：365个英语简短小故事
She was 31 years old, a seamstress and the mother of two children. Her husband is a mechanic. On a sunny morning, Vicky was walking to work. While in the crosswalk at Wilshire and Hamilton near Koreatown, Vicky was run over by a yellow school bus. An eyewitness 1 said that the driver was laughing and talking on his cell phone. The bus was empty. Instead of stopping, the driver continued driving as if nothing had happened.
“How could he just drive away?” said the witness. “I ran over there to help the woman. She was quiet and still. There was a little blood under her nose. I thought she was just unconscious. The paramedics arrived; they tried to revive 2 her, but then they just covered her body with a sheet. One of them said that she probably died instantly.”
Police had to notify 3 Vicky’s husband. He and Vicky had been in love since they were 16. His parents are dead; Vicky’s parents live in her home country. He is now without his wife and his best friend. Their tenth anniversary was only a week away. Their plans for a house and a future were now finished. After dealing 4 with his own grief 5, he had to somehow present the terrible news to their two children.
The police found the bus parked a few blocks from the accident scene. The driver was gone. He had been transporting people to the annual Earth Day festival in Koreatown. About 30,000 people usually attend this event. A police spokesman 6 said that the driver would be charged with murder. “If we could charge him with ‘destroying a happy family,’ we’d do that, too,” the spokesman said.
- The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
- He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。
- These flowers will revive in water.这些花在水中会再活。
- They managed to revive the injured driver with cardiac massage.他们通过心脏按压使受伤的司机苏醒了过来。
- The court clerk will notify the witness when and where to appear.法院办事员将通知证人出庭的时间及地点。
- He will notify us where we are to meet.他将通知我们在什么地方集合。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。