绝处逢生
出版社:湖北人民出版社
出版日期:2009-3
ISBN:9787216054270
页数:259页
作者简介
《绝处逢生》基本囊括了当代西方社会形形色色的“劫难”，所选的这18篇短文堪称经典之作。其特点是：一、内容丰富，趣味性强，故事惊心动魄，无一雷同。一旦始读，则欲罢不能。
这些文章带你潜入海底捕田螺、捉龙虾，到海边冲浪，同时，也让你感受到大海的波涛汹涌和大白鲨的凶残暴戾；
向你展示大火如同猛兽，火势嚣张，一路呼啸，吞噬着树木和房屋，威胁人们的生命；水火无情，火患之后，《绝处逢生》又向我们讲述突如其来的水灾——滔滔洪水，如虎似狼，危害之烈，令人震惊；
“天”灾“地”祸——使我们感受到“上天”的潇洒和骤然“入地”的悲怆；
作者带领我们走进美国蒙大拿州的国家冰川公园、美国科罗拉多落基山脉的印度峰自然保护区，以及南非的克鲁格国家公园，除了风景迷人和地势险峻，灰熊和野象还屡屡向人们发动攻击；
儿童历险故事的主人都是孩子：先是险些丧命铁轨边的两个孩子，然后是误食圭尼丁（治疗心脏病的药物）的年仅16个月的幼小生命。
二、涵义隽永，引人深思。这些故事启发人、激励人、感动人、震撼人！
书籍目录
前言之一前言之二A Swim for Life求生之泳Encounter with a Great White遭遇大白鲨One Minute Left只剩下最后一分钟“My Family Is Dying”“我的家人完了”Trapped by a Killer Firestorm身陷熊熊烈火“I’m Roasting Alive！”“我正在被活烤”“I’m Not Letting You Go，Dad！”“我不让你走，爸爸！”Swept Beneath a Dam冲入坝底Against the Raging River面对咆哮的河流“Just Ten More minutes“再等十分钟”Emergency on the Sky Lift空中吊椅上的险情Lost Beneath the City失踪在城底下Saved by Strangers陌生人的搭救Grizzly Attack！灰熊的进攻！Trapped at 12000 Feet被困在海拔12000英尺处Attack of a Giant Tusker野象的攻击“Kids on the Track！”小孩在铁轨上！Ryan's Last Chance瑞安最后的机会
前言
劫难，突发于休闲之时，骤降于消遣之日。美国人也不例外呦！本书基本囊括了当代西方社会形形色色的“劫难”，所选的这18篇短文堪称经典之作。其特点是： 一、内容丰富，趣味性强，故事惊心动魄，无一雷同。一旦始读，则欲罢不能。 这些文章带你潜入海底捕田螺、捉龙虾，到海边冲浪，同时，也让你感受到大海的波涛汹涌和大白鲨的凶残暴戾； 向你展示大火如同猛兽，火势嚣张，一路呼啸，吞噬着树木和房屋，威胁人们的生命； 水火无情，火患之后，本书又向我们讲述突如其来的水灾——滔滔洪水，如虎似狼，危害之烈，令人震惊； “天”灾“地”祸——使我们感受到“上天”的潇洒和骤然“入地”的悲怆； 作者带领我们走进美国蒙大拿州的国家冰川公园、美国科罗拉多落基山脉的印度峰自然保护区，以及南非的克鲁格国家公园，除了风景迷人和地势险峻，灰熊和野象还屡屡向人们发动攻击； 儿童历险故事的主人都是孩子：先是险些丧命铁轨边的两个孩子，然后是误食圭尼丁（治疗心脏病的药物）的年仅16个月的幼小生命。 二、涵义隽永，引人深思。这些故事启发人、激励人、感动人、震撼人！
内容概要
毛荣贵（1946年12月-），上海交通大学外国语学院教授、博士生导师；研究方向：翻译理论与实践；翻译美学。原籍：宁波慈城镇；出生地：江苏镇江市。1964-1970求学于复旦大学外文系。1978-1980求学于杭州大学外语系（现已并入浙江大学外国语学院）。1993年9月入上海交通大学英
章节摘录
1. DAVID MEISTRELL, 17, hung a three-foot-long meshbag from the weight belt of his black rubber wet suit. Around thegently rocking dive boat, Californias Santa Monica Bay sparkledunder a nearly full moon. "Lets go catch more lobsters, Dad,"Da-rid said with a grin. 2.Joe Meistrell, 49, smiled at his only child. In his 25 yearsas a marine biologist, Joe regulary dived in these waters. But he,too, was excited about another trip 80 feet below to the Avalon, aniron steamship wrecked in a storm 30 years before. On their firstdive they had pulled three spiny lobsters from the 265-foot hulk. 3. As they prepared for their second dive on that night of Oc-tober 6, 1995, Joes thoughts went back to an old snapshot show-ing little David in a wading pool, wearing a snorkel and mask andholding a plastic lobster. Even then the boy had been eager to huntlobsters. By the time he was 14, he was a certified diver. 4. Joe checked Davids air tank. "Okay, you can go now," Joesaid, "but dont get out of sight. " David waved, then splashed o-verboard. Joe followed quickly. 5. Only a luminescent line of bubble and the glow from thelight stick tied to Davids tank marked his descent to the silty bot-tom. At 70 feet down he leveled off and kicked ahead with power-ful thrusts from his fins, disappearing into the darkness. Joe swamharder to catch up. Faintly visible below, the twisted remains ofthe Avalon came into view. 6. Earlier, on the dive boat, Joe had cautioned David that theycould stay only 18 minutes on the bottom. Their tanks would runlonger, but Joe wanted to be conservative about their exposure tothe nitrogen gas mixed with oxygen in their tanks. They had al-ready stayed down 33 minutes on their first dive. 7. A hand-size dive computer, dangling on hose from Joestank, calculated their bodies nitrogen saturation. Its two-inchscreen would warn Joe if they should make a decompression stop at20 feet before their return to the surface to avoid the "bends", apainful, potentially fatal condition when nitrogen bubbles into thebloodstream and tissues. Ascending too fast could also kill by rup-turing the lungs. 8. For ten minutes they swam above the mangled, rustywreck. Then they went to inspect the nearly intact bow, aimingtheir flashlights through several irregular six-inch holes corrodedthrough the thick metal of the port side. Inside, they saw lobstersscurrying away, started by the sudden beam. Hunting would beexcellent here. 9. But when Joe looked down by his left foot where his sonhad been a moment before, David had vanished. Where has hegone？ Joe wondered. 10. DAVID ASSUMED his father had seen him follow a lob-ster into an 80-inch-wide opening in the hull, where the ships bowhad buried itself in the sea floor. The boy edged up an angled pas-sage into a cramped space some 20 feet across, cluttered with thewrecks fallen ribs and cross braces, chunks of rusted iron and col-lapsed bulkheads. 11. He grabbed a lobster, careful not to let its long spinespiece his gloves. Turning in the tight space, he snaked back to theopening. Hed pass the lobster to his father, then scoot back formore. 12. A THIN LINE OF SILT eddied across Joes flashlightbeam as he inspected the 18-inch hole. Did David go in there aftera lobster？ He wondered. The hole looks awfully small. Maybe heswam around to another side. 13. Joe moved a few feet left and looked around the bow at the vast deck stretching away into the muddy gloom. David was not in sight. Joe shivered. Dont worry, he told himself. He can t be far. 14. Suddenly Davids hand popped out of the hole holding a squirming lobster. Thank God, Joe thought, sighing with relief. He grabbed the lobster and put it in his game bag, expecting David to follow. Instead, his son disappeared again. Joe shined his lightinto the hole but saw only muddy water. 15. They now had been at the bottom for 13 minutes. "Comeon out,"Joe muttered to himself. "Weve got to go." Yet Daviddidnt reappear. Two more minutes passed. 16. Should Igo look for him？ Joe wondered. He was glad hehad made David wear the new 80-cubic-foot tank. The kid used airfaster, especially when he got excited. His own 72-cubic-foot tankwas older, but unlike David s, it had a feature that warned himwhen he was running out of air. 17. Another minute passed. Could David be struck inside？ Joewondered. Id better check. But as he started to pull himselfthrough the hole, his air tank caught on the top of the opening andstruck. 18. Joe pushed and tugged but couldnt get free. Soon he waspanting, sucking hard at his mouthpiece, straining for each breathas he struggled. His airflow dwindled. 19. Still wedged in the opening, he reached back over his leftshoulder and pulled a valve to free his last 450 pounds of air.Breaths come more easily again, but Joe knew hed be lucky if hisair lasted another seven minutes. 20. With a great surge, he broke free and backed out. Hetrembled from the exertion, sweating despite the cold water. Hednever felt so alone. The question he had been avoiding refused to.
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