Calling for Safe Celebrations This Fourth of July Last Fourth of July, Pete, a 14-year-old, was enjoying the lit-up skies and loud booms from the fireworks being set off in his neighborhood. Suddenly, the evening took a terrible turn. A bottle rocket shot into his eye, immediately causing him terrible pain. His family rushed him to the emergency room for treatment. As a result of the injury, Pete developed glaucoma and cataracts. Today, Pete has permanent vision loss in his injured eye because of his bottle rocket injury. According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 9,000 fireworks-related injuries happen each year. Of these, nearly half are head-related injuries, with nearly 30 percent of these injuries to the eye. One-fourth of fireworks eye injuries result in permanent vision loss or blindness. Children are the most common victims of firework abuse, with those fifteen years old or younger accounting for 50 percent of fireworks eye injuries in the Unites States. Dr. Hagan estimates that his practice sees more than 30 injuries each year from fireworks. 练习: A) He was burned in a house fire. C) He was injured in a fight. 2. The American Academy of Ophthalmology calls on consumers to B) leave fireworks to professionals in their celebrations. D) set off fireworks together with trained professionals. A) About 9,000. C) About 1,350. 4. Fireworks eye injuries can result in each of the following EXCEPT B) permanent vision loss. D) head-related injuries. A) They are harmless to children. C) They are a threat to the eyes.
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All things to all people 八面玲珑
Ebola outbreak and brain injuries 埃博拉疫情,脑部创伤
Commend 和 recommend 的区别
Shade or shadow? “阴”和“影”的区别
Solar superpower, female commander and hospital demolished 太阳能超级大国,女海军司令官和著名医院化为废墟
Zika virus and the A4 waist challenge 寨卡病毒,“A4腰挑战”
Distinguished 和 distinguishable 之间的区别
Counting elephants, Australian Elvis 空中数大象,澳大利亚“猫王节”
In one ear and out the other 左耳进,右耳出
Mars bars and baby gorilla 火星巧克力棒和大猩猩产幼子
Russian athletes and friendly robots 俄罗斯运动员服用兴奋剂,“合作机器人”
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火,美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
Restrain 和 constrain 的区别
Take part in, join in, participate, attend 四个表示“参加”的单词或短语
Zika virus, Rare whale filmed in Australia 寨卡病毒传播风险,澳大利亚拍到罕见鲸鱼影像
Greetings after a short break 小别后的问候
Zika threat and back from space 寨卡病毒威胁美国,国际空间站宇航员返回地球
Diabetes warning and Queen at 90 糖尿病激增引忧, 英国女王90岁生日
Ten a penny 多得遍地都是
Creativity、innovation 和 originality 的区别
Barrier, hurdle, impediment, hindrance 四个表示“障碍”单词的区别
Simple, innocent, naive, pure 四个近义词的区别
Art and football 海底发现文物,莱斯特城足球俱乐部曼谷庆功
Chinwag 闲谈-英语点津
Angelina Jolie to divorce, Karaoke star at 80 安吉丽娜·朱莉提出离婚申请,八十岁老人出唱片
Dangerous heartbeat, Spike Lee and the Oscars 危险的心跳,斯派克·李抵制奥斯卡
Teenager, adolescent, kid and child 英语中“孩子”的几种说法
Drought in Ethiopia and MS treatment 埃塞俄比亚干旱,多发性硬化治疗手段新进展
Ditch 和 abandon 之间的区别
UN female, New flag and Apollo 11 倡议提名女秘书长,新西兰换国旗和阿波罗11号再创历史