Lovers nearly suffocated in order to win underwater kissing
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Chinanews, Guangzhou, Aug 6 – On August 1, an underwater kissing competition was held in a swimming pool in Shunde city, Guangdong. During the competition, a pair of lovers nearly suffocated1 because they stayed under the water too long.

 

“We came to rescue them just in time. If we had come 10 seconds later, they might have died in water,” rescuers working at the swimming pool said, the Guangzhou Daily reported.

 

In order to win the 9,800-yuan top prize for the winner, the two lovers stayed for more than 50 seconds under the water. Seeing that they hadn't emerged after that long, rescuers jumped into the water to pull them up from the water. When the lovers were brought above the water, the man opened his mouth widely, gasping2 for breath. The woman's eyes remained closed, her head bent3 and she had only a faint breath. Rescuers had to help her to her feet.

 

“We saw from the edge of the swimming pool that the couple did not look as strong as they first dived into water. Before, they held each other tightly. However, later, they were somewhat drifted by the waves in the pool. I looked at my watch and noticed that the lovers had stayed in water for 50 seconds! We thought the couple might die from suffocating4. So we jumped into the water and pulled them up, ” Mr. Liang, a rescuer at the swimming pool, later told this reporter.

 

Four pairs of lovers joined the underwater kissing competition that day. One couple remained in water for only 16 seconds before they showed up. Another two pairs stayed in water for 30 seconds. It was really a hard job for them to do! The two lovers who had stayed in water for 50 seconds thus created a record of kissing for the longest time under water, Mr. Liang said.

 



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1 suffocated 864b9e5da183fff7aea4cfeaf29d3a2e     
(使某人)窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 ); (将某人)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
参考例句:
  • Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
  • I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时,我差点给憋死。
2 gasping gasping     
adj. 气喘的, 痉挛的 动词gasp的现在分词
参考例句:
  • He was gasping for breath. 他在喘气。
  • "Did you need a drink?""Yes, I'm gasping!” “你要喝点什么吗?”“我巴不得能喝点!”
3 bent QQ8yD     
n.爱好,癖好;adj.弯的;决心的,一心的
参考例句:
  • He was fully bent upon the project.他一心扑在这项计划上。
  • We bent over backward to help them.我们尽了最大努力帮助他们。
4 suffocating suffocating     
a.使人窒息的
参考例句:
  • After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后,她感到自己毫无自由。
  • That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了,我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
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