The accident and emergency department at King's College Hospital is always busy.
倫敦國王學院附設醫院的急診部門總是很忙碌。
Reality shows have become increasingly popular over the past two decades. One show shows the harsh realities of a hospital's emergency room with 91 cameras filming around the clock from strategically placed locations so as not to interfere with any treatments. National Geographic Channel's 24 Hours in A&E 2 is filmed at Britain's King's College Hospital's busy accident and emergency department. Each episode shows what it's like to handle various injuries over a 24-hour period. The series captures the heartbreaking pain that patients and their families go through when something has gone wrong. All is not sad on 24 Hours in A&E 2, though. There are plenty of laughs as stories of love, life, and death unfold before the viewers' eyes.
In one episode, a 15-year-old boy is taken to the emergency room because he cut his leg attempting to do a backflip off the roof of a shed onto a trampoline. Needless to say, his mother is not too happy about her son being so reckless. To add insult to injury, the boy's friends have filmed his accident with their cell phones and are willing to show and laugh about it with anyone willing to watch the video.
In a different episode, a 47-year-old woman was slammed into by a motorcyclist while she was crossing the road by her home. The doctors are very worried for her because her face has taken the brunt of the impact and she may have internal bleeding behind her eye or in the brain. Meanwhile, the woman's boyfriend is on his way to the hospital but is stuck in the traffic jam that her accident caused. Every day and night, something new happens on 24 Hours in A&E 2.
reality n. 真實;現實
Some people commit suicide because they can't face reality.
有些人因為無法面對現實而自殺。
around the clock 全天候地;日以繼夜地
The police have kept an eye on the suspected serial killer around the clock.
警方全天候監視該名連續殺人嫌疑犯。
strategically adv. 策略上地;戰略性地
Turkey is strategically located between Europe and Asia.
土耳其在歐洲及亞洲之間的戰略地位舉足輕重。
interfere with... 妨礙/干擾……
interfere in... 介入……,干預……
interfere vi. 干擾,妨礙;介入
My sister interfered with my studying by asking me question after question.
我妹妹一直問我問題而干擾了我唸書。
Mary has a tendency to interfere in other people's personal affairs.
瑪麗往往會去干預別人的私事。
treatment n. 治療
That treatment is known to cause serious side effects.
那項治療據說會造成嚴重的副作用。
capture vt. 捕捉(畫面等);捕獲
The police officer on duty last night captured the fugitive.
昨晚值班的警察捉到了那名逃犯。
*fugitive n. 逃亡者,逃犯
unfold vi. 呈現,展開
As the news unfolded, Steve couldn't help but stare at the TV in amazement.
這則新聞被報導出來時,史提夫不禁驚訝地盯著電視看。
Needless to say,... 不用說,……
Needless to say, these exams will deeply affect which college I enter.
不用說,這些考試對我要就讀哪所大學有很深的影響。
insult n. & vt. 侮辱,羞辱
I took your comment about my hair as a compliment and not as an insult.
我把你對我頭髮的評論當成一種讚美,而不是一種侮辱。
Jack insisted that I apologize for insulting him yesterday.
傑克堅持要求我應該為昨天羞辱他一事向他道歉。
*本文中的 "add insult to injury" 為一習慣用語,意為『雪上加霜』或『更糟的是』。
impact n. 衝擊;影響
Nuclear waste has a permanent impact on the environment.
核廢料會對環境造成永久的影響。