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Thank you for joining us for Spotlight. I’m Ruby Jones.
感谢大家收听今天的重点报道节目。我是鲁比·琼斯。
And I’m Joshua Leo. Spotlight uses a special English method of broadcasting.
我是约书亚·利奥。重点报道节目用慢速英语的方式播报新闻。
It is easier for people to understand no matter where in the world they live.
以便让世界各地的人们更容易听懂。
Lucy Parry was getting ready to leave her home.
露西·帕里正准备离开家。
It was a spring day in 2007.
那是2007年春天的一天。
Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain.
突然，她感到一阵剧痛。
A wasp, a flying insect, had stung her.
一只黄蜂，即一只飞虫，蜇了她一下。
For most people this may not have been a big problem.
对于大多数人来说，这可能不是一个大问题。
But for Lucy this was a serious problem.
但对露西来说，这是一个严重的问题。
Her blood pressure started to drop quickly.
她的血压开始迅速下降。
She struggled to walk to the drug store.
她艰难地走向药店。
But when she arrived, she did not receive the help she needed.
但当她到达药店时，她没有得到她需要的帮助。
She tells of her experience:
她讲述了自己的经历：
“I arrived at the nearby drug store, but when I asked for something they told me to drive myself to the emergency room at the hospital.
“我到了附近的药店，但当我要买药时，他们让我自己开车去医院的急诊室。
I could not believe what they were telling me.
我简直不敢相信他们告诉我的话。
My heart had started racing and my head was tingling.
我的心跳开始加速，我的头开始刺痛。
She even said I was feeling sick because I was frightened and told me to calm down.
她甚至说我是因为害怕而感到不舒服，并告诉我要冷静下来。
It was then that I fell to the ground.”
就在那时，我倒在了地上。”
But fear was not the cause of Lucy’s problem.
但是，恐惧并不是露西问题的原因。
It was an “allergy”.
这是一种“过敏反应”。
Lucy is “allergic” to the poison from insect stings.
露西对昆虫叮咬产生的毒素“过敏”。
This means that her body reacts to the chemicals released by particular insects.
这意味着她的身体会对特定昆虫释放的化学物质产生反应。
Lucy could have died if she had not received help from a doctor.
如果没有得到医生的帮助，露西可能已经死了。
Lucy is not the only person to have strong reactions like this.
露西并不是唯一一个有这种强烈反应的人。
People all over the world suffer from severe allergies.
全世界的人都患有严重的过敏症。
Today’s Spotlight is on deadly allergic reactions.
今天的重点报道节目关注致命的过敏反应。
