北京一車主溺亡 車內逃生工具熱賣

A fatal tale of drowning in Beijing has caused a surge in the sale of survival tools online, as many residents feared a repeat of the weekend's downpour.

2012年7月21日，救援人員和民衆將一輛被困在北京廣渠門橋下的汽車從積水中拖出。發生在北京的一例溺亡事件導致逃生工具網上銷量激增，因爲很多市民擔心，像上週末那樣的暴雨會再度出現。

Ding Zhijian, a 34-year old magazine editor, became trapped in his car on Saturday during Beijing's heavy storms, according to local media. The water pressure prevented Mr. Ding from opening his door and his vehicle windows refused to open, according to the account. He drowned before he was rescued.

ResQMe在經歷了上週末的北京暴雨之後，自救工具ResQMe鑰匙鏈成爲淘寶上最熱賣的商品之一。據中國內地媒體報道，上週六北京下大暴雨時，34歲的雜誌主編丁志健駕車被困水中。報道稱，由於水壓問題，丁志健當時無法打開車門，車窗也打不開，最終在救援人員到達之前溺水罹難。

With predicted rain storms approaching Beijing over the next 10 days, residents are preparing for the worst. Many discussions sprang up on Sina Corp.'s Weibo microblogging service tackling the issue of how to escape a submerged car if the car window doesn't work.

由於預報未來10天北京還會有暴雨，北京市民都在未雨綢繆。新浪公司(Sina Corp.)旗下的微博服務平臺上一下子涌出了很多討論，內容就是在車輛被淹的情況下，如果車窗打不開，要如何脫身。

The U.S.-made ResQMe a rescue tool carried on a keychain and designed to smash auto glass and cut through seatbelts has become the second most searched item under Taobao's outdoor goods category, receiving more than 12,477 hits. One Taobao-hosted online store promising to deliver within the month of August has presold around 1,700 key chains in the past few days, including more than 570 in the past 24 hours.

美國生產的ResQMe是一種可以掛在鑰匙鏈上的自救工具，遇到緊急情況時，可砸碎車窗玻璃，割斷安全帶。該工具已成爲淘寶(Taobao)戶外用品類第二大熱門搜索項，點擊量超過12,477次。淘寶上有個出售這種工具的網店，承諾可在8月底之前交付。過去幾天該店已預售了差不多1,700個這種工具，在本文發稿之前的24小時內就售出了570多個。

Some residents have turned to a cheaper alternative, the traditional hammer, as the must-have survival tool. One store, which boasts it hammers are the underwater survival must-have tool,÷ has sold over 500 in the past three days.

也有人在考慮便宜一點的選項，用傳統的錘子作爲必備生存工具。有個網店稱，它的錘子是水下生存必備工具，過去三天售出了500多個。

Other popular categories dominating Taobao searches in the wake of the flood include escape tools, axes and army knives.

北京水患過後，淘寶網站的其它主要熱門搜索類包括逃生工具、斧子和軍刀。

No everyone is looking to gear up as some have taken in interest in a piece of survival equipment every car comes equipped with the headrest.

當然，也並非每個人都在武裝自己，有些人對每輛車上都會有的一項逃生工具產生了興趣──頭枕。

A Japanese video demonstrating how to use the headrest to escape a vehicle when it's trapped in water has gone viral in China, gathering more than 2.5 million views on Chinese video site Youku in the space of a day. The video demonstrates that by applying pressure with the metal ends of the headrest to the bottom corners of the car window, the glass will break easily.

一段展示車陷水中如何利用頭枕逃脫的日本視頻在中國迅速躥紅，僅一天時間中國視頻網站優酷網(Youku)上的播放次數就超過了250萬次。視頻顯示，用頭枕的金屬端向車窗底部角落施加壓力，窗玻璃很容易就可以打破。

A popular post on Weibo by Wong Yujing, a policeman based in Zhejiang province who has more than 750,000 followers, made a similar suggestion, though some others on the site raised doubts. One user wrote that headrests are not made for smashing windows,linking to an article published by the Beijing Morning Post that quoted a car manufacturer stating that headrests are designed for the sole purpose of support. (We haven't had time to test this approach in China Real Time's lab facilities, so we can't vouch for its efficacy.)

浙江省一位民警王於京在新浪微博上的粉絲數超過75萬，他發的一條微博也提出了類似建議，不過也有人表示質疑。一位微博用戶寫道：頭枕不是用來砸玻璃的。這位網友還給出了《北京晨報》(Beijing Morning Post)刊登的一篇文章，文章援引某汽車生產廠家的話說，金屬插頭只起支撐作用。(我們還沒有時間在“中國實時報”(China Real Time)欄目實驗室中測試這個方法，所以不能保證這招有效。)