PETS－2语法讲解(250)

　　I skidded on to the pavement.
　　对 话
　　Donald: Why are you wearing a neck brace?
　　Dick: I had a car accident yesterday.
　　Donald: What happened? Did someone hit you from behind?
　　Dick: No, I braked to avoid a cat, skidded on to the pavement and crashed into a lamp-post. This is a whiplash injury from the impact.
　　Donald: What rotten luck! How long will you have to wear it?
　　Dick: About two weeks according to the doctor.
　　Donald: It could have been worse I suppose. At least you've made one cat very happy!
　　唐纳德：你为什么戴颈箍？
　　迪克：我昨天发生车祸。
　　唐纳德：是什么一回事？给后面的车辆撞到吗？
　　迪克：不是，我要剎车闪避一只猫，结果汽车打滑到人行道上，然后撞上路灯。一撞之下，我颈部就扭伤了。
　　唐纳德：真倒霉！这颈箍要戴多久呢？
　　迪克：医生说要戴两个星期左右。
　　唐纳德：也许情况不算太坏了。你至少令一只猫满怀高兴。
　　紧急剎车或在冰封、油滑等的路上，车辆有时会不受控制，向前或一侧打滑，这叫做skid，十分危险。Skid可作动词或名词，例如：(1) The car skid several times on the icy road（汽车有几次在结冰的路上打滑）。(2) The motorcycle went into/got into a skid, throwing the driver to the ground（摩托车打滑，把驾车者抛到地上）。
　　警方调查车祸原因，有时会察看路上轮胎打滑时留下的黑色痕迹，这些痕迹叫skid mark，例如：The skid marks showed that the lorry had been going at a dangerously high speed（看打滑的痕迹，货车当时正以危险的高速驾驶）。
　　迪克为了闪避一只猫而撞上灯柱，颈部受伤，说This is a whiplash injury from the impact。Impact是‘撞击’；有时汽车因撞击等突然停下，乘客颈部不由自主前后猛然一下抽动，就会扭伤，那叫做whiplash或whiplash injury，直译是‘鞭抽式损伤’，例如：Mary is suffering from whiplash injury because of a car crash（玛丽由于撞车，颈部扭伤了）。
　　治疗鞭抽式颈伤，一般用颈箍或neck brace。Brace是箍子、托架之类固定身体某个受伤部分以免移位的医疗器材。除了neck brace，还有leg brace（腿部夹板）、spinal/back brace（背部夹板）等。He had to wear a brace on his dislocated shoulder即‘他肩膀脱臼，要戴夹木固定’。