首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
New York’s WCBS puts it in a way that just can’t be better expressed: "It was an accident waiting to happen." 15-year-old Al
New York’s WCBS puts it in a way that just can’t be better expressed: "It was an accident waiting to happen." 15-year-old Al
admin
2013-05-29
27
问题
New York’s WCBS puts it in a way that just can’t be better expressed: "It was an accident waiting to happen."
15-year-old Alexa Longueira was wandering along the street in Staten Island, obliviously tapping text messages into her phone as she walked. Distracted by her phone, she failed to notice the open manhole (下水道窨井) in her path, and plunged into it, taking an unprepared bath of raw sewage along with receiving moderate injuries. Longueira called the dive "really gross, shocking and scary."
It’s not all Longueira’s fault. The manhole shouldn’t have been left uncovered and unattended, and no warning signs or hazard cones had been set up near the work site. A worker with New York’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), who was preparing to flush the sewage, helped her out, and the department later issued a formal apology for the incident.
Nonetheless, observers are harshly divided over who is to blame here. The DEP is certainly at fault for failing to secure the manhole, but to what extent should the girl be held accountable for failure to be aware of her surroundings? If she had stepped into traffic and been hit by a car, would her reaction (that is: anger and a potential lawsuit) be any different?
Detachment from one’s environment due to electronic gadgets is a growing problem--and a hazardous one. The government is even trying to get involved, with multiple laws on the books across the country outlawing cell phone use and text messaging while operating a motor vehicle in the wake of serious accidents involving distracted drivers. New York Senator Kruger even tried to criminalize the use of handheld devices (including phones, music players, and game players) by pedestrians while they are crossing streets in major New York cities, due to concerns over the number of auto vs. pedestrian accidents.
Following a substantial outcry, that legislation appears never to have been formally introduced. But did Kruger have a point?
What interested me, at least, is the end of the stow above that Longueira lost a shoe in the sewage. But since other things are not reported as lost, I’m guessing she appears to have managed to keep her grip on her phone during the accident.
When the girl fell into the open manhole, she ______.
选项
A、was seriously hurt
B、was frightened
C、took a bath in the raw sewage
D、cried help to the DEP worker
答案
B
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/vTSYFFFM
0
研究生英语学位课统考(GET)
相关试题推荐
Joyandsadnessareexperiencedbypeopleinallculturesaroundtheworld,buthowcanwetellwhenotherpeoplearehappyord
Whyaresomanypeopleunhappyintheirjobs?Therearetwoprimaryreasons.First,somepeopleareconvincedthatearningaliv
Boredofusingamouse?Soonyou’llbeabletochangestuffonyourcomputerscreen—andthenmoveitdirectlyontoyoursmartph
Agreatdealofattentionisbeingpaidtodaytotheso-calleddigitaldivide—thedivisionoftheworldintotheinfo(informatio
Owenobviouslyhadno______ofdoinganyworkthatday,althoughitwasonlyaweekbeforetheEnglishTest.
InthepostColdWarworldfewarticleshaveinfluencedhowWesternpolicymakersviewtheworldmorethanSamuelHuntington’s19
Asyoureadthis,nearly80,000Americansarewaitingforanewheart,kidneyorsomeotherorganthatcouldsavetheirlife.T
Islanguage,likefood,abasichumanneedwithoutwhichachildatacriticalperiodoflifecanbestarvedanddamaged?Judgin
Doingyourhomeworkisasurewaytoimproveyourtestscores,andthisisespeciallytrue______itcomestoclassroomtests.
Howeverimportantwemayregardschoollifetobe,thereisnodenyingspendmoretimeathomethanintheclassroom.Therefore,
随机试题
Whoisthemantalkingwith?
消化性溃疡的主要临床特征?
女性,28岁,肥胖伴闭经2年。查体:BPl80/112mmHg,向心性肥胖,满月脸,皮肤菲薄,腹壁皮肤可见紫纹。为鉴别Cushing综合征和肥胖症,应首选的检查是
阴道内有大量脓性黄绿色泡沫状分泌物,最常见的疾病是
配伍中含有"寓升于降"原理的方剂是配伍中含有"寓降于升"原理的方剂是
患者,男性,43岁。近几年来左侧腮腺数次肿痛,每年发作1~2次,抗感染治疗可控制;平常口内有时有咸味液体流出。检查腮腺导管口有少量分泌物,尚清。该患者不宜实行的治疗是
青藏铁路自()至(),全长1118公里,静态总投资约为200亿元,已于()年开工建设。
下列关于公路工程施工技术交底工作,正确的是()。
()负责执行董事会制定的金融创新发展战略和风险管理政策。
一个兴趣班可以招收多名学生,而一个学生可以参加多个兴趣班。则实体兴趣班和实体学生之间的联系是
最新回复
(
0
)