《中英對照讀新聞》 Woman forgotten in CT scanner for hours 婦女被遺忘在電腦斷層掃描器內達數小時

《中英對照讀新聞》 Woman forgotten in CT scanner for hours 婦女被遺忘在電腦斷層掃描器內達數小時

◎羅彥傑

A cancer patient says she was left alone in a CT scanner for hours after a technician apparently forget about her, and she finally crawled out of the device, only to find herself locked in the closed clinic.

一名癌症病患說，由於一名醫技人員顯然把她給忘了，使得她被單獨留置在一台電腦斷層掃描器內達數小時，最後她終於爬出這套設備，卻發現自己被鎖在已打烊的診所內。

Elvira Tellez of Tucson said she called her son in a panic, and he told her to call 911.

圖桑市的艾薇拉．泰雷茲說，她慌慌張張地打電話給自己的兒子，結果他要她打911。

Diagnosed with bone cancer, the 67-year-old Tellez had been sent to the clinic for tests to see if her cancer had spread.

被診斷出患有骨癌，67歲的泰雷茲被送往該診所檢查，以確定她的癌症是否擴散。

A technician placed her inside the large machine at about 4 p.m., dimmed the lights so she could relax and told her not to move during the 25-minute procedure.

一名醫技人員在下午4時左右，把她安置在這台大型機器內，而且將光線調暗，以便讓她放鬆，並告訴她在25分鐘過程期間不要移動。

After calling out, then screaming for help, she said, she spent several hours trying to free herself from the machine. Finally, she wiggled out from under a heavy blanket and out of the machine. By the time sheriff’s deputies found her, it had been five hours since she was placed inside.

泰雷茲說，在呼喊尖叫求救之後，她花了數小時試圖讓自己擺脫這台機器。最後，她從一張厚重毛毯與機器中擺動脫身。等到員警發現她時，她被留在裡面已有5小時。

新聞辭典

crawl：動詞，爬行，匍匐前進。例句：A snake crawled out of its hole.（一條蛇從洞裡爬出來。）

in a panic：片語，處於驚慌狀態。例句：The residents remained in a panic, fearing the coming of another earthquake and tsunami. （居民仍舊處於驚慌，擔心另一場地震與海嘯的來臨。）

dim：動詞，使黯淡、調暗。例句：The director dimmed out the stage for the final scene.（導演在最後一場戲時將舞台燈光調暗。）