The ICE Idea
今天收到Laura群发的一封信，内容是想尽可能让大家都知道”The ICE Idea”, ICE就是In Case of Emergency的缩写，也就是“一旦遭遇紧急”的意思，具体什么是ICE idea下面的信说的很明白。
Today I received an email from my friend Laura, which indicating an idea called “The ICE Idea” is carrying on spreading around the world. ICE is acronym of In Case of Emergency, the following mail content explains everyting about the ICE Idea.
A recent article from the Toronto Star, “the ICE idea”, is catching on and it is a very simple, yet important method of contact for you or a loved one in case of an emergency. As cell phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is program the number of a contact person or persons and store the name as “ICE”.
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when they went to the scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones with patients, but they didn’t know which numbers to call. He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognized name to file “next of kin” under.
Following a disaster in London, The East Anglican Ambulance Service has launched a national “In case of Emergency (ICE)” campaign. The idea is that you store the word “ICE ” in your mobile phone address book, and with it enter the number of the person you would want to be contacted “In Case of Emergency “. In an emergency situation, Emergency Services personnel
and hospital staff would then be able to quickly contact your next of kin, by simply dialing the number programmed under “ICE”.Please forward this. It won’t take too many “forwards” before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one’s mind at rest. For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2, ICE3 etc.
A great idea that will make a difference!
简而言之，就是万一你出了什么紧急事故，救助你的人可以知道你第一个要通知的人是谁。他们只要在你的手机里的联系人里找到名为ICE的联系人，打给他就可以了。如果你有多个人需要通知，分别用ICE1, ICE2, etc,标识就行了。
To sum up, in case you are in an emergence, people who are helping you know who’s the first person you want to have him/her informed. The only thing you should do is to make sure his/her phone number under the name ICE in your mobile phone’s contact list.
因为现在几乎所有人会把手机带在身边，所以这个想法还是很有现实意义的。咱不说你出了车祸什么的，最简单的，比如你的手机丢了，如果你的ICE是你老爸，拾到你手机的人通知到的会是你老爸，如果你没有设定ICE联系人，他可能就会联系到你的客户或是其它不熟悉的人了。
This idea seems quite practical since most people are using mobile phones, for example, let’s think about this simple scenario: you lost your phone in a cab, the driver simply knows who he would call to return your phone.
我写这篇文章就是想让尽量多的人知道这个ICE idea, 越多的人了解这个，这个idea才会更加的流行，才会更有效的帮助他人。这个方法不但非常省事，关键时刻还可能起到奇效。所以，看了这篇文章的朋友，如果可能，把这个方法告诉更多的人吧。
I hope this article helps more people get to know the ICE idea, the more people know this idea, the more people would get proper help once in emergency. So please tell other people about the ICE idea, let them know this simple but really helpful plan.
