山東 孫啟祿

1It's been nearly three weeks since a fire went through a Seffner house,trapping a young boy inside. But it was two Hillsborough County deputies who broke through his bedroom window, guided him with their voices and flashlights in the middle of the night, and pulled him away from the flames.Those public servants were formally recognized and honored by the Sheriff's office.

2Nine-year-old Owen Ares was reunited with the two people who saved his life during Wednesday's ceremony and was able to thank them. Sheriff Chad Chronister presented the agency's life-saving award to Deputy Alexander Maldonado and Deputy Kevin Reich.

3“My baby is sitting here with me.He is alive,”said the nine-year-old's mother Karen McGinnis.“It could have been a completely different situation.”

4The house fire occurred back on May 19. The following day, the Sheriff's office released the deputies'body camera footage,showing their quick actions.

5Once the deputies got the windows broken,and they pulled a window out the front of the house, they just started calling out,“Hey, buddy, can you hear us?”After about three and a half minutes of frantically (瘋狂地)calling for Owen,the child finally appeared.Immediately they could see his arm and Reich was able to reach in and pull him to the window.They got the boy out of the house and carried him to safety.He was covered in soot(煙灰),and couldn't stand,but he was breathing.

6“I felt just relief and happiness to get him out of the house, and get him as far away from the smoke as we possibly could,”Maldonado said.

Young Owen was taken to Tampa General Hospital with severe burns and smoke inhalation(吸入).Owen is now eating and taking steps towards recovery.

Reading Check

一、閱讀自測

1.What is the aim of Wednesday's ceremony?

A.To arrange for Owen to meet his saviors.

B.To honor the heroic deed of the officers.

C.To show the videos of the rescue process.

D.To raise people's awareness of fire prevention.

2.What did Karen mean by saying“It could have been a completely different situation.”?

A.She would have lost her life.

B.Her son would have been dead.

C.Her house would have burnt down.

D.She wouldn't have got the award.

3.What was the first thing the deputies did when they got to the burning house?

A.They got the windows broken.

B.They started calling for Owen.

C.They pulled a window out the front of the house.

D.They jumped in and pulled Owen out of the house.

4.What does paragraphs 5 mainly describe?

A.The rescue process.

B.The boy's condition.

C.The situation of the fire.

D.The seriousness of the fire.

二、語篇解碼

本文的主題語境為“人與自然”，屬于“災(zāi)難防范”的范疇。文章為一篇記敘文。一個9 歲的男孩被困在著火的房屋中，兩名警官反應(yīng)迅速，奮力相救。三周后，在這兩名警官的表彰典禮上，獲救男孩和恩人再次相聚。文章結(jié)構(gòu)如下：

三、語言學(xué)習(xí)

（一）語料薈萃

語篇單詞trap vt.使陷入困境 guide vt.指引flame n.火焰 recognize vt.承認(rèn)；認(rèn)可honor vt.授予……榮譽(yù) reunite vt.&vi.（使）重聚ceremony n.儀式 present vt.頒發(fā)award n.獎；獎品；獎狀 situation n.情況；形勢occur vi.發(fā)生 release vt.公開relief n.寬慰；輕松 severe adj.十分嚴(yán)重的smoke n.煙 recovery n.恢復(fù)重要短語break through 沖破；突破in the middle of 在……中間pull sb away from 使某人遠(yuǎn)離……be reunited with 與……重聚carry sb to safety 把某人送到安全的地方far away from 遠(yuǎn)離……quick action 快速行動be taken to hospital 被送進(jìn)醫(yī)院take steps 逐步；采取步驟as...as one possibly can 盡可能……

（二）語句分析

1. It's been nearly three weeks since a fire went through a Seffner house,trapping a young boy inside. 距離塞夫納的一所房子發(fā)生火災(zāi)，一名小男孩被困在里面這件事情，已經(jīng)過去近三周了。

【點(diǎn)石成金】It's been nearly three weeks 是主句，since 引導(dǎo)的是時間狀語從句，trapping...是V-ing作伴隨狀語。It has been+一段時間+since...意為“自……以來……(時間)”。

2. But it was two Hillsborough County deputies who broke through his bedroom window,guided him with their voices and flashlights in the middle of the night,and pulled him away from the flames.但是，希爾斯伯勒縣的兩名警官在半夜打破了他臥室的窗戶，用聲音和手電筒引導(dǎo)他，把他從火焰中救了出來。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是It was...that...引導(dǎo)的強(qiáng)調(diào)句，強(qiáng)調(diào)的是句子的主語two Hillsborough County deputies，其中，broke through、guided和pulled是并列謂語。

四、語言運(yùn)用

（一）例句仿寫

1.自我從南昌大學(xué)畢業(yè)以來已經(jīng)兩年多了。

__________________I graduated from Nanchang University.

2.使他難以適應(yīng)國外新環(huán)境的是文化，而不是語言。

__________________made it hard for him to adapt to the new environment abroad.

（二）寫作實踐

假定你是李華，上周日你校舉行了消防演習(xí)（fire drill）活動。請你以“A meaningful fire drill”為題給校英文報寫一篇報道。內(nèi)容包括：

1.參與人員；

2.活動的過程；

3.活動的意義。

注意：

1.寫作詞數(shù)應(yīng)為80左右；

2.可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

A meaningful fire drill

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