Boy survives 100ft Grand Canyon fall after dodging tourist photo

A 13-year-old boy has survived

after slipping and falling nearly 100ft (30m) at

the Grand Canyon

in the US state of

Arizona

.

It took rescue

crews

two hours to pull Wyatt Kauffman to safety

on Tuesday

(

after falling off a

ledge

at the popular

tourist site

's North Rim

)

.

He was flown to hospital

with serious injuries but has since been

discharged

.

Wyatt told a local television station

(

he had fallen

(

while moving out of the way

)

so people could take pictures

)

.

He said

(

he had been

squatting

down and holding onto a rock with one hand

(

when he lost his

grip

and started to

fall back

)

)

.

重點(diǎn)詞匯釋義：

the Grand Canyon 大峽谷;科羅拉多大峽谷;美國(guó)大峽谷

Arizona 亞利桑那;亞利桑那州

crews 全體船員，全體乘務(wù)員;全體工作人員;專業(yè)團(tuán)隊(duì);技術(shù)人員團(tuán)隊(duì);當(dāng)工作人員;crew的第三人稱單數(shù)和復(fù)數(shù)

ledge 壁架，橫檔;窗臺(tái);巖架;懸崖巖石突出部

tourist site 旅游景點(diǎn);旅游區(qū);旅游勝地

discharged 排出;釋放;流出;放出;解雇;離開

squatting 蹲;蹲坐;偷住，擅自占用;squat的現(xiàn)在分詞

grip 把手;控制;緊握;了解;理解;緊抓;不打滑;旅行袋;攝影機(jī)和照明設(shè)備管理人員;抓牢;使激動(dòng);使感興趣;吸引住的注意;對(duì)…產(chǎn)生強(qiáng)有力的影響

fall back 撤退，后撤;略微退后;稍稍后

譯文：

一男孩為躲避游客拍照從100英尺高的大峽谷墜落后幸存

一名13歲男孩在美國(guó)亞利桑那州大峽谷滑倒并墜落近100英尺（30米）后幸存。周二，Wyatt Kauffman從熱門旅游景點(diǎn)北緣的巖架上摔下去，救援人員花了兩個(gè)小時(shí)才將他拉到安全地帶。他因傷勢(shì)嚴(yán)重被空運(yùn)至醫(yī)院，但已出院。懷亞特告訴當(dāng)?shù)匾患译娨暸_(tái)，他是在讓開以便人們拍照時(shí)摔倒的。他說，當(dāng)時(shí)他正蹲下來，一只手抓住一塊石頭，突然失去了控制，開始向后倒。 來自美聯(lián)社（AP News）