ON THE EDGE: MY STORY
Book ID/图书代码： 10010008B21481
English Summary/英文概要： Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand and best-loved television presenters. On September 20, 2006, he suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash, and the nation held its breath. On the Edge is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his year of recovery, full of drama and incident. It is also, perhaps, his explanation of why, as a married man and father of two young daughters, he was prepared to risk all by strapping himself to the front of a jet engine with the power of eleven Formula One cars.
A daredevil and a petrolhead long before his association with Top Gear, Richard tells the story of his life as an adrenalin junkie, from the small boy showing off with ridiculous stunts on his bicycle to the adolescent with a near-obsessive attraction to speed and the smell of petrol. After a series of jobs in local radio, he graduated to television and eventually to Top Gear, one of the world’s most popular shows, upgrading his car with each step up the ladder. His insights into the personalities, the camaraderie and, of course, the stunts for which Top Gear has become famous make compulsive reading.
It was whilst filming for Top Gear, driving a jet-powered dragster at speeds over 300mph, that a tyre burst and the car left the track and rolled over, burying him in the earth. He was airlifted to hospital and hovered near death for several days. His wife Mindy tells the story of the anxious hours and days of watching and waiting until he finally emerged from his coma. In an extraordinarily powerful piece of writing, she and Richard then piece together the stages of his recovery as his shattered mind slowly reformed, leaving him sometimes lucid and plausible, sometimes confused and angry, and often exhausted. The final chapter recounts his return home and his triumphant reappearance in front of the cameras.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 理查德 哈蒙德是我们最期待，最爱戴的电视节目主持人之一。2006年9月20日，他因高速驾车遭遇了一场车祸，脑部受到严重创伤。全国上下都为他捏了一把汗。《身处边缘》是他对自己事故前后的引人入胜的讲述，对他康复一年的真实记录，情节跌宕起伏。这也可能解释一个已婚男人，两个年幼女儿的父亲，竟然会冒险将自己绑在马力足足有十一个一级方程式赛车那么大的涡轮机引擎的前端。理查德说在接触到《Top Gear》之前，他已是一个爱铤而走险的人，对汽油有独特的癖好。他揭露了作为一个吸毒者的传奇生活：从孩童时玩自行车特技来炫耀到少年时代对速度和汽油味的几乎狂热的迷恋。在地方电台工作了一段时间后，他又转向电视节目，最终进了《Top Gear》栏目组。当时这一栏目是世界上最受欢迎的节目之一。进组后，他逐渐熟练于改装汽车，使其升级。他对知名人士，友情，以及特技的独到见解使《Top Gear》具有无法抗拒的吸引力，从而一举成名。
就是在为《Top Gear》作外景拍摄期间，他驾驶一辆以喷气为动力的改装高速赛车，时速超过300M。一个轮胎爆了，汽车偏离车道，翻滚了好几圈，将他埋在地里。他被空运送到医院，在死亡线上挣扎了好几天。他的妻子麦蒂讲述了他危险期时焦急灼人的等待和观望，真是度日如年啊！不过，他最终还是从昏迷中苏醒了过来。在他康复期间，他的意识受到创伤，时而思路清晰，时而迷惑不解，脾气暴躁。他的妻子和他把这一短时间里的片段拼凑起来，汇成了这本极富力量的传记。最后一章详述了他逃离死神的魔爪返家，并成功地在节目中复出。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Richard Hammond is internationally famous for co-presenting Top Gear over the last 4 years with Jeremy Clarkson; he also presented Brainiac: Science Abuse on Sky 1, Should I Worry About...? on BBC 1 and Time Commanders on BBC 2. His Richard Hammond’s 5 O’Clock Show was shown every weekday on ITV1 during January and February 2006, and he is a team captain on the BBC2 quiz show, Petrolheads. He writes a weekly column in The Daily Mirror. His crash whilst filming for Top Gear in September 2006 made him a household name.
理查德因和杰里米 克拉克森合作主持Top Gear而举世闻名。他也在BBC1主持《高智者》节目：科学正在蹂躏天空，我们应该担忧吗？在BBC2主持《时代指挥》。2006年1月至2月，他的《理查德 哈蒙德的五点脱口秀》每天在ITV1播出。他在BBC2一个智力测验节目Petrolheads中担当组长。他在《每日镜报》上撰写每周专栏。他在2006年9月拍摄《Top Gear》时的事故使他成为家喻户晓的名字。
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