Dr. Manwaring was especially happy.
曼瓦林医生特别高兴。
It was his technology that helped save Ricky's life.
正是他的技术拯救了瑞奇的生命。
Manwaring is not only a doctor. He is also an inventor.
曼瓦林不仅仅是一名医生,他也是一位发明家。
He built a laboratory in his house.
他在自己的房子里建了一个实验室。
Here he invents medical tools.
在这里他发明医疗工具。
He has invented five important tools.
他发明了五种重要的工具。
One of these tools helped to save Ricky's life.
其中一种工具帮助拯救了瑞奇的生命。
This tool is called the microneedle.
这种工具叫做微针。
It is long and thin. But the end of it is the size of one molecule.
它又长又细。但它的末端只有一个分子大小。
This small tool is very exact.
这种小工具非常精确。
It causes less bleeding and damage than a bigger tool.
它比更大的工具造成的出血和损伤更少。
This microneedle uses electric charges to cut through body skin, tissue and muscle.
这种微针利用电荷来切割人体皮肤、组织和肌肉。
It is also perfect for cutting around nerves.
它也非常适合用于神经周围部位的切割手术。
Doctors used this needle on Ricky.
医生用这种针给瑞奇做了手术。
So Ricky did not bleed very much--and his body healed faster.
所以瑞奇没有流太多血——而且他的身体愈合得更快。
Ricky got better much quicker because of Dr. Manwaring's microneedle.
多亏了曼瓦林医生的微针,瑞奇恢复得更快了。
A year later Ricky was still healing.
一年后,瑞奇仍在康复中。
By then he was in high school.
那时他已经上高中了。
He still could not move his left arm.
他的左臂仍然动不了。
At night he needed a machine to help him breathe.
晚上,他需要一台机器来帮助他呼吸。
But he was able to climb steps and to run.
但他能够爬楼梯和跑步。
Many people called Ricky the 'Miracle Boy'.
许多人称瑞奇为“奇迹男孩”。
Ricky was very thankful for his life.
瑞奇对自己的生命充满感激。
A television reporter asked Ricky what he learned about life from his experience. He told her:
一位电视台记者问瑞奇,他从自己的经历中学到了什么。他告诉她:
"I learned that you only have one life. And that there is a God."
“我明白了生命只有一次,上帝是存在的。”
"I am here. I am alive. I am happy with that."
“我在这里,我还活着,我对此很满意。”
Ricky's thankfulness has helped him to be happy.
瑞奇怀有的感恩之情帮助他快乐起来。
He refused to let his accident stop him from living a normal life.
他没有让那场车祸妨碍他过正常的生活。
In fact Ricky wants to work with other people that have injuries to their backbones.
事实上,瑞奇想帮助其他脊椎受伤的人。
He wants to offer encouragement. He said:
他想给予鼓励。他说:
"I would say to others do not give up. Continue.
“我会对其他人说,不要放弃,坚持下去。
Take times of sadness and anger, and turn them into willpower to continue."
把悲伤和愤怒转化为坚持下去的意志力。”
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