北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit4 16-1

[00:00.22]UNIT 4
[00:07.12]Lesson 16
[00:12.22]Exercise 1.1
[00:14.43]Husband and Wife Save an Old Man
[00:17.16]from Burning House
[00:19.15]One evening, my wife and I went out for a meal
[00:22.96]at a restaurant near our home.
[00:25.69]As we were walking back along our street
[00:28.93]we saw some smoke.
[00:31.24]It was coming from the first floor window
[00:34.15]of a house.
[00:35.64]As we walked closer,
[00:37.60]we heard a voice.
[00:39.67]We looked up and saw an old man.
[00:42.69]He was waving from the upstairs window
[00:45.78]and he was shouting loudly,
[00:48.57]"Help!Help!I can't get down the stairs!"
[00:53.19]Now flames¹ were coming out
[00:55.60]of the first floor window.
[00:58.27]We had to act immediately²!
[01:00.66]My wife had an idea.
[01:03.07]She told me,
[01:04.50]"Go and get the ladder from our house."
[01:07.76]I ran to our house quickly.
[01:10.47]While I was going for the ladder,
[01:13.07]my wife called the emergency³ services.
[01:16.47]I brought back the ladder
[01:18.47]and carefully placed it against the house.
[01:21.70]The old man climbed out of the window
[01:24.80]and I slowly carried him down the ladder.
[01:28.59]While I was carrying the man down the ladder.
[01:31.91]a fire truck and an ambulance⁴ arrived.
[01:35.36]While the firefighters⁵
[01:36.96]were putting out the fire,
[01:39.09]two doctors took care of the old man.
[01:39.09]

1 flames   

n.火焰( flame的名词复数 )；闪光；鲜红色；恋人v.（如感情）迸发( flame的第三人称单数 )；燃烧；变亮；面红

参考例句：

• Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. 消防队员奋力救火。
• Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building. 消防队员奋力扑救大楼中熊熊的火焰。

2 immediately   

ad.立即地，即刻地；直接地，紧密地

参考例句：

• I'll change it immediately for you.我立刻给您换。
• I immediately become happy again.我立马就变的高兴起来了。

3 emergency   

n.紧急情况，突然事件，非常时刻

参考例句：

• You had to be ready for any emergency.你得随时预防不测。
• She has the ability to keep calm in an emergency.她有处变不惊的本事。

4 ambulance   

n.救护车

参考例句：

• Do we need an ambulance?我们要辆救护车吗？
• Could you call an ambulance?你可以叫辆救护车吗？

5 firefighters   

n.消防队员( firefighter的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames. 消防队员奋力救火。
• By the time firefighters were called the house was well ablaze. 消防队员接到火警电话时，房子已是一片火海。 来自《简明英汉词典》