An Accident 一次意外 英语作文

An Accident

一次意外

英语作文

Life

is

a

vale

of

tears.

It

is

a

drama

of

pain.

In

this

age

of

high

speed

vehicles, accidents are very common. It is the mad craze for speed which

is generally responsible for all the accidents. Only last week, I saw a very

serious

accident

on

the < /p>

Ludhiana

-

Chandigar h

road.

I

was

scootering

down

from

Chandigarh.

As

I

was

nearing

Mohali.

I

saw

bus

going

at

a

high speed. A car was following it. The car driver wanted to

overtake

the

bus as he tried to do so, the vehicle

collided

against another car coming

from

the

opposite

direction.

Both

the

cars

turned

turtle.

Four

of

the

occupants

of the car were killed on the spot while another three were

badly injured. People working in the nearby fields rushed to the scene of

the crash. A few passengers of the bus were also seriously injured as it

had

struck

against

a

tree.

I

could

not

see

the

mutilated

and

blood

-

stained

bodies.

I

rushed

to

a

telephone

booth

and

rang

up

the

police and the hospital authorities.

Medical rescue party

and the police

reached the spot in a short time. Some of the injured were provided first

aid

on

the

spot

while

others

were

sent

to

the

PGI

at

Chandigarh.

The

relatives

of

the

dead

were

informed.

It

was

a

heart

-

rending

spectacle

.

There were tears in every eye. Such accidents can certainly be avoided if

the drivers observe the rules of the road. Speed, no doubt

thrills

, but it

also

kills.

The

golden

rule

to

avoid

accident

is:

‘Safety

first,

speed

afterwards.’

scooter

滑板车

overtake

超车

Collide

碰撞

occupants

乘客

mutilated

残缺不全的

heart

-

rending

adj.

使人极度伤心的

,

令人悲痛的

Spectacle n.

壮观的场面或景象

Thrills

n.

强烈的兴奋、恐惧或快乐感

Medical rescue party

医疗救援队

An Accident

It was summer and I was attending a function at the International Youth

Hostel

in

Diplomatic

Enclave

in

New

Delhi.

It

was

9

P

.M.

and

I

was

in

haste to reach my house in Rajouri Garden. As I was crossing a

lawn

（

n.

草坪；

草地）

to reach the bust stand, in the dark I

stumbled

（

vi.

绊脚）

over something and left off. I lost my

consc iousness

（

意识

,

观念

,

觉悟）

.

Thereafter, I don’t know what happened to me.

I came to consciousness at midnight in the Medical Institute of India and

wondered where I was. My arm was broken, wrist

fractured

（断裂的）

and

armpit

（

n.

腋窝

;

胳肢窝）

dislocated. I had fallen into a deep

pit

（

n.

深坑；

矿井；

陷阱；

）

and had become unconscious. Some foreigner

heard the

thud

（

n.

重击声；砰的一声）

of my fall and he investigated

the

matter

with

a

match

stick.

Then

he

informed

the

President

of

the

function Mr. Prasad,

who was still there

on the premises and he knew

me.

He took me out of the pit and took me to the Medical Institute of India.

He telephoned to my parents and just informed them that I would not

come home that night. An operation was performed that night and my

arm was put in

plaster

（

n.

灰泥；石膏；膏药）

. Early next morning Mr.

Prasad drove me home in his car. He was in hospital with me throughout

the night. He was the Collector of Customs and had come straight from

Bombay by air, he had not gone home even.

My people came to know of the accident only when I reached home. It

was summer and I felt terrible in that well

cemented

（

灌水泥的）

plaster

from finger tips to the armpit. If felt that the plaster was not necessary,

especially in the hot weather of June and it could do me more harm than

good.

besides,

I

felt

that

the

plaster

was

not

used

thirty

years

back

at

Lahore when I had another similar accident, having been run over by car

and my arm was straightened with splinter

（

n.

尖片

,

碎片；刺）

and

cotton wool, which was equally effective.

I asked some private

practitioner

< br>（从业者

(

尤指医师

)

）

to help me to

remove the plaster but they would not agree, considered it illegal, and

even advised me not to do so. But I though over it and

decided to do

without it. So I bought a bottle of

turpentine

（

n.

松节油

,

松脂）

oil to

soften plaster and

chipped

（

v.

削；

碎裂；

切取；

）

it bit by bit with the

kitchen knife. It took me entire day to get rid of that heavy stuff. But I felt

greatly relieved.

I

retied

my

arm

with

cotton

and

cloth

and

it

worked

wonders.

The

fracture healed much quicker than the plaster could have done. In fact,

the

plaster

could

have

harmed

my

arm

and

even

left

my

elbow

completely

dislocated

（

vt.

使

(

骨头

)

关节脱位）

at the angel of ninety

degrees.

An Accident

It looked as if a storm was approaching. I was standing at a cross

-

road

traffic

junction,

waiting

to

cross

the

road.

I

have

always

observed

that

particular

cross

-

road

to

be

extremely

busy,

with

vehicles

constantly

on

the

move.

I

was

headed

towards

the

bus

top

across

the

street,

so

I

turned in the opposite direction of the cross

-

road to see if my bus was

coming. As I turned back to have a look at the crossroad, I saw a flashy

yellow sports car trying to beat the red light. Before I knew it, I heard a

thunderous heart

-

stopping crash. The sports car had slammed head on

into a green van right in the middle of the large intersection. Shattered

windscreen

glass

was

strewn

all

over

the

junction

and

the

passers

-

by

crowded

round

the

scene.

I

saw

one

girl

rushing

to

the

telephone

to

report

the

accident.

For

a

minute

or

two,

nothing

happened.

Then,

a

man got out of the green van. His van was completely smashed in on the

side of the collision. He looked shaken and furious. He walked over to the

yellow

car

only

to

find

that

the

driver

was

unconscious.

Some

helpful

people went to the middle of the road to help the unconscious man out

of his car. The police and the ambulance arrived at about the same time.

They

noted

down

the

positions

of

the

vehicles

and

began

asking

for

witnesses to the accident. I volunteered to give some details since I had

seen the whole thing. I did not have time to think about missing my bus.

An Accident

An

accident

is

that

happening

which

can

in

no

measure

bring

any

pleasure to anyone. Let us analyse why or when an accident occurs, on