A four-year-old Turkish boy who fell from an escalator has narrowly avoided injury after being caught by a quick-thinking shopkeeper.

一名四歲的土耳其男孩兒從電梯上摔落，幸虧一名店主思維敏捷，用胳膊接住了他，他才幸免于難，與受傷擦肩而過(guò)。

Security camera footage taken at an Istanbul shopping centre shows the young boy climbing onto the outside of the escalator rail and riding it to the next level.

在伊斯坦布爾的一家商場(chǎng)里，安全攝像機(jī)鏡頭中，這名小男孩兒爬上了電梯扶手外側(cè)，并乘著它升向樓上。

When he reached the top the boy, named Ali, appeared to be unable to climb off, leaving him dangling about 6m above the ground.

當(dāng)?shù)竭_(dá)電梯頂端的時(shí)候，這名叫做阿里的男孩兒好像無(wú)法爬下來(lái)了，在離地6米的高處來(lái)回?fù)u晃。

Ali Apari, a quick-thinking shopkeeper, who noticed the child dangling about 2.5 meters (8 feet) high and about to fall, managed to catch him before he hit the ground.

看到這名小男孩兒在離地2.5米高處便開(kāi)始搖晃，就要掉下來(lái)了，機(jī)警的店主阿里阿帕勒走過(guò)去，在男孩兒掉下來(lái)時(shí)接住了他。

"I noticed the child playing near the escalators, there was nothing dangerous at that time. I turned back to the store and I was told that he was climbing onto the outside of the escalator rail. So I ran outside and saw that he was about to fall down. I have health problems but despite that I did my best to catch him when he fell off and I managed to do so."

“我之前看到他在電梯附近玩，那時(shí)也沒(méi)發(fā)現(xiàn)有什么危險(xiǎn)的。我轉(zhuǎn)身回了商店。后來(lái)有人告訴我說(shuō)那小男孩兒爬上了電梯扶手的外側(cè)，我就跑出去，看到他要掉下來(lái)了。我雖然身體不太好，但還是盡我所能，在他掉下來(lái)時(shí)接住了他?！?/div>

The boy, who was unscathed by his ordeal, left the mall with his father.

這名大難不死的男孩兒隨后同他的爸爸離開(kāi)了商場(chǎng)。


Listening Notes:

attentive: 注意的,留意的；傾聽(tīng)的
cling onto :緊緊抓住/握住
rush forward: 沖上前去