Clint Eastwood életet mentett … és nem a filmvásznon!

Szalai Nóri — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 09:15:10 +0000

Hollywood star Clint Eastwood saves man from choking to death on pieace of cheese

The 83-year-old performed the Heimlich maneuver on Steve John, a golfing director, at a swanky event at Pebble Beach, California. Clint the hero!

Clint Eastwood saved a man from choking to death after a piece of CHEESE got lodged in his throat. The 83-year-old actor jumped into action and performed the Heimlich maneuver on Steve John during a dinner reception at a golf tournament. Steve, the executive director of Pro-Am, choked on a piece of cheese at a dinner honouring volunteers at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golfing tournament in California on Wednesday night. The Million Dollar Baby filmmaker told the local Carmel Pine Cone newspaper: "I saw that look in his eyes and saw that look of panic people have when they see their life passing before their eyes.

"It looked bad…I gave him three good jolts and that got it out. And then I made him drink a big glass of water with a bunch of lemon squeezed in it."

The legendary star, who lives in picturesque Carmel-by-the-Sea, admitted he had never performed the maneuver on anyone before the incident.

Steve added: "Clint saved my life. We were just talking. A piece of cheese went in my mouth and suddenly I couldn’t breathe. It was bad as it could have been."

"Clint came up behind me and he knew exactly what to do. He did the Heimlich maneuver and he lifted me right off the ground. He’s strong! The cheese popped out and I was fine."

source: Mirror

to choke – fuldoklik
to choke to death on sg. – megfullad valamitől
to perform – végrehajt
Heimlich maneuver – Heimlich fogás
swanky – puccos, felvágós
hero – hős
to get lodged – megakad
dinner reception – díszvacsora
golf(ing) tournament – golfverseny-sorozat
to honour – ünnepel, díjaz, becsben tart
volunteer – önkéntes
local – helyi
life passing before sy’s eyes – lepereg az élete a szeme előtt
jolt – lökés, ütés
to squeeze – kifacsarni, összenyomni
picturesque – festői
to admit – elismerni
suddenly – hirtelen
to breathe – lélegezni
exactly – pontosan
to lift – felemelni
to pop out – kiesik, kiugrik

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Fill in the blanks.

Clint Eastwood (1)………….. the life of a guest at a (2)…………. dinner (3)………… The event was held to (4)..………. the volunteers of a golf (5)…………..The guest, Steve John was (6)………… on a piece of cheese when Eastwood (7)…………… the Heimlich (8)……………… on him. He gave Steve three (9)………… with his (10)……………to get it out.

answers: 1. saved, 2. swanky, 3. reception, 4. honour, 5. tournament, 6. choking, 7. performed, 8. maneuvre, 9. jolts, 10. fists

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What’s the Heimlich maneuver?

The Heimlich maneuver is a three-step emergency response technique that can save the life of a choking person.

1. Wrap your arms around the victim’s waist from behind.

2. Make a fist and place the thumb side of your fist against the victim’s upper abdomen. Your fist hits below the ribcage and above the navel.

3. Grasp your fist with your other hand and press into their upper abdomen with a quick upward thrust.

emergency – vészhelyzet
to wrap – körbefog
waist – derék
fist – ököl
thumb – hüvelykujj
abdomen – has
ribcage – mellkas
navel – köldök
to grasp – megragadni
upward – felfelé irányuló
thrust – ütés

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Clint Eastwood életet mentett … és nem a filmvásznon!