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Crash ends 360kg man's date 墨西哥360公斤男子的約會泡湯了
Thursday, Mar 20, 2008,Page 14
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Manuel Uribe smiles while leaving for a drive atop a truck on March 9, 2008, in Monterrey, Mexico.
本月九日，在墨西哥孟德里市，曼紐爾．烏里貝微笑地躺坐在卡車上準備出去兜風。 照片：法新社
PHOTO: AFP
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Manuel Uribe was ready for his date. He had his bed to sit on. He had a forklift to carry him out of his Monterrey house. He even had a tow truck to carry him to the party.
But the Mexican man who once weighed 560kg ran into a problem earlier this month.
He was halfway to the party when a post on his truck hit an overpass. He wasn't able to continue on.
"We were going to celebrate that I've been losing weight for two years," Uribe said.
Over the past couple of years Uribe has lost about 200kg. He's down to about 360kg.
Last year, Uribe left his house for the first time in five years.
Six people pushed his bed on wheels out to the street. A band played and a crowd gathered.
Uribe says despite his latest setback, he still hopes to go out with his girlfriend on June 11. That will be his 43rd birthday.
"We'll just have to plan it better," he said.
(STAFF WRITER, WITH AP)
曼紐爾．烏里貝已準備好赴約，他躺在床上，起重機將他抬出位於孟德雷市的家中；他甚至還請了一輛拖吊車運送他至派對現場。
但這位體重一度重達五百六十公斤的墨西哥男子，月初這趟約會之旅卻出了問題。
運送烏里貝的卡車走到一半，車上的柱子竟撞到天橋，動彈不得。
烏里貝說：「我們原本要慶祝我這兩年減重的成果」。
過去這幾年，烏里貝已經減了約兩百公斤，現在體重是三百六十公斤。
去年，烏里貝五年來第一次離開家門。
六人合力將他裝有輪子的床推上街，一旁則有樂隊伴奏慶祝，人群也聚集了過來。
烏里貝說雖然這次遭遇到挫折，他還是希望六月十一日可以和女友出去約會，那天會是他四十三歲生日。
他說：「我們得再計畫周詳一點」。
（美聯社／翻譯：楊鴻泰）
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1. forklift n.
堆高機 (dui1 gao1 ji1)
例: I used to drive a forklift .
(我以前是開堆高機的。)
2. tow truck n.
拖吊車 (tuo1 diao4 che1)
例: The tow truck took my scooter!
(那輛拖吊車拖走了我的機車！)
3. overpass n.
天橋 (tian1 qiao2)
例: Where is the overpass?
(天橋在哪？)
4. setback n.
挫折 (cuo4 zhe2)
例: We ran into major setbacks .
(我們遭遇了重大挫折。)
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