He said he would rather have lost both his legs than have seen dishonour brought upon the English nation.
他就与其见到英国民族蒙受耻辱,宁可自己失去双腿。
He is a double amputee, having lost both his legs below the knee after a climbing accident in 1982, at the age of 17.
1982年的一场事故令他失去了膝盖以下部位,那一年他17岁。
That date came on Christmas Eve 2007, when Royal Marine Mark Ormrod stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan and lost both his legs and one arm.
而这个日子就在2007年的圣诞节前夕到来了,这一天,身在阿富汗的英国皇家海军陆战队士兵马克·阿姆罗德踩上了一颗地雷,从此失去了双腿和一条手臂。