《中英對照讀新聞》Monkey brings electrocuted friend back to life 猴子協助遭電擊的友伴起死回生

◎張沛元

Onlookers at a train station in northern India watched in awe a monkey using all his powers to bring back to life another monkey who was electrocuted and fell unconscious on the rail tracks.

印度北部一座火車站的旁觀群眾，驚愕地看著一隻猴子竭盡所能，讓另一隻遭電殛而失去意識倒在鐵軌上的猴子起死回生。

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The unconscious monkey fell down between the tracks, apparently after touching high-tension wires at the train station in the northern Indian city of Kanpur.

失去意識的猴子倒在鐵軌之間，顯然是因為碰觸這座位於印度北部城市坎普爾的火車站的高壓電線。

His companion came to the rescue and was captured on camera lifting the friend’s motionless body, shaking it, dipping it into a mud puddle and biting its head and skin - until the monkey came to after few minutes.

牠（失去意識的猴子）的同伴跑來救牠，（救援猴）舉起朋友動也不動的身體搖晃、浸到一個泥塘裡，然後啃咬牠的頭與皮膚——直到失去意識的猴子在幾分鐘後甦醒，整個過程都被拍攝下來。

The first monkey, completely covered in mud, opened its eyes and began moving again.

滿身都是泥的第一隻猴子（失去意識的猴子）睜開雙眼，又動了起來。

Crowds of travelers watched in amazement the monkey giving first aid from the train platform, filming and snapping pictures. （AP）

月台上的遊客難以置信地看著猴子進行急救，同時拍攝影片與快照。（美聯社）

新聞辭典

bring back to life：慣用語，起死回生。例句：An Australian man who was clinically dead for 40 minutes was brought back to life, thanks to a relatively new CPR procedure.（拜一種較新的CPR程序之賜，一名臨床上死了40分鐘的澳洲男子起死回生。）

come to the rescue：慣用語，拯救。例句：Members of a Boy Scout troop out for a Christmas paddle on the Congaree River near Columbia, South Carolina came to the rescue when the pilot of a single-engine plane was forced to make an emergency water landing.（一支前往南卡羅萊納州首府哥倫比亞附近的康加里河進行耶誕泛舟活動的童軍團成員，拯救一名緊急迫降水面的單引擎小飛機駕駛。）

come to：動詞，甦醒，恢復意識。