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①Brain-injured boy set for ￡ 1.75m payout
脑损伤男孩获赔175万英镑
A YOUNGSTER who was knocked off his bicycle by a taxi and left with a serious brain injury is set to be awarded ￡ 1.75 million.
一名骑车被出租车撞倒并导致严重脑损伤的年轻人获赔175万英镑。
Fourteen-year-old George Currie, from Dalkeith, was living in country Durham with his parents Allister and Paula at the time of the accident in September 1993.
1993年9月，事故发生时，来自Dalkeith的14岁的乔治·库里和他的父母阿利斯特和葆拉住在达勒姆乡下。
George, who was then three years old, was riding his small tricycle along the pavement when he lost control and swerved on to the road into the path of an on-coming taxi.
当时三岁的乔治正骑着他的小三轮车沿着人行道行驶，这时他失去了控制，转向公路，撞上了一辆迎面而来的出租车。
The driver's insurance company has now accepted responsibility for the accident and New Castle County Court is expected to rule on the payout on Monday.
驾驶员保险公司现已认可事故责任，预计纽卡斯尔县法院将于周一对赔付做出裁决。
②Boating accidents reduce
船运事故减少
Lee and Collier counties tied at No. 10 for boating accidents in Florida in 2004, an improvement for both.
Lee 和Collier两县在2004年佛罗里达州船运事故中并列第10，均有所改善。
But because the counties remained in the top 10 among Florida's 67 counties, safety continues to be a concern, officials said.
但官员们说，由于这两个县在佛罗里达州的67个县中仍然排在前10位，安全问题令人担忧。
③Teens react to new law on driving permit
青少年对新的驾驶法规的反馈
Lawmakers may hope to make teenage drivers drive more safely, but some local teens behind the wheel feel angry following the passing of Senace Bill 36 last week.
立法者可能希望让青少年司机开车更安全，但在上周通过36号参议院法案后，当地一些开车的青少年非常愤怒。
SB 36 is a law that limits times new teen drivers can drive and the number of passengers they can carry.
36参议院法案限制新的青少年司机可以驾驶的时间以及可以搭载的乘客数量
④Road accidents take costly toll
道路事故造成重大损失
Traffic accidents kill more than one million people each year, injure tens of millions more and cost developing countries twice as much as they receive in international aid, the leader of a research body said Wednesday.
一家研究机构的负责人周三表示，交通事故每年造成100多万人死亡，数千万人受伤，发展中国家的损失是国际援助的两倍。
The figures have led experts to form an international road safety network to choose the most important research areas, inform policy makers and help develop ways to prevent accidents, particularly in poor nations.
这些数字促使专家们建立了一个国际道路安全网络，以选择最重要的研究领域，为决策者提供信息，并帮助制定预防事故的方法，尤其是在穷国。
pavement: 人行道
swerve: 突然转
insurance: 保险.
TOP 10
Florida counties with the most accidents in 2004:
2004年佛罗里达事故数县级排名
1．Monroe (98)
2．Palm Beach (65)
3．Pinellas (64)
4．Broward (59)
5．Miami-Dade (54)
6．Okaloosa (34)
7．Orange (24)
8．Bay (22)
9．Lee (21)
10．Collier (21)
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