On New Year's Eve, as the minutes ticked down to midnight, I couldn't help thinking about Daniel James, the talented young sportsman who became paralysed from the neck down in a rugby accident.

除夕之夜，随着分针指到午夜十二点，我不由的想起了丹尼尔·詹姆斯，他是位天才运动员，很年轻，却在一场橄榄球比赛中发生意外，致使颈部以下的身体完全瘫痪。

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Mr McNamara has been now told he is paralysed from the neck down.

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Father-of-two Mr Nicklinson, who was paralysed from the neck down, had been refusing food and contracted pneumonia after he was left "crestfallen" by the court's decision.

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Mrs Pretty, who is paralysed from the neck down, has to be fed through a tube, and uses a computer attached to her wheelchair to communicate.

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