荷蘭17歲少女蹦極摔死
A 17-year-old girl who died when she bungee jumped off a bridge in Spain without being tied to the ledge plunged to her death in a mix-up over an instructor's English.
一名17歲的少女蹦極時不幸遇難，原因是她聽錯了教練說的英語指令，在繩子還沒有系在蹦極臺上時，從西班牙的一座大橋上跳了下去。Vera Mol had a rope attached to her, but it wasn't tied to anything else when she took part in the popular adrenaline-fuelled activity on the bridge of Cabezon de la Sal in Cantabria back in 2015.
蹦極是一項流行的刺激運動。2015年，維拉在坎塔布里亞的Cabezon de la Sal大橋參加蹦極，但是當時她身上捆綁的繩子並沒有系在別的地方。Her instructor told her, 'no jump', but his pronunciation was so bad the teenager thought he had said 'now jump' so she leapt to her untimely death.
維拉的教練告訴她，“no jump”（不要跳），不過，這位教練的發音實在是太差了，以至於維拉以爲他說的是“快跳”（now jump），而這一跳導致她意外早逝。
The instructor, who has not been named, has appeared in court accused of causing the Dutch girl's death.
這位沒有被透露姓名的教練因致使荷蘭女孩維拉死亡的指控而出庭受審。
Judges in the court of Cantabria, northern Spain, say the instructor should have checked for ID to make sure Vera was 18 years old, adding that his English was 'macarronico', which translates to 'very bad'.
西班牙北部城市坎塔布里亞法院的法官們表示，這位教練本應該覈對身份證件確認維拉是否滿18歲，且他的英語真的“非常糟糕”。The court heard how tragic Vera Mol died after the misunderstanding during the jumping process, which could have been avoided had the instructor used the phrase 'don't jump' instead of 'no jump'.
法庭聽取了蹦極中因爲口令不清而導致維拉不幸死亡的過程。如果這位教練使用“don't jump” （不要跳）而不是“不跳”（no jump），這個悲劇本是可以避免的。It is also alleged the bridge was not supposed to be used for bungee jumping under Spanish regulations.
此外，據稱根據西班牙法規，這座橋不應該被用來從事蹦極運動。Flowtrack, who run the bungee jumping company which employed the man, claim it was an accident, but Martijn Klom from the company admitted the girl's death was caused by a misunderstanding when she was receiving instructions for the jump.
這位教練所在的蹦極公司的經營者Flowtrack表示，這是一起意外。但是該公司的馬基恩?克羅姆承認，導致維拉死亡的原因是她在接受蹦極指令時存在誤解。He confirmed the girl jumped when she was tied by the rope, but without being secured to the bridge.
他證實，維拉在跳下去時身上繫着繩子，但是繩子沒有固定在橋上。
