慢速英语短文听力 谁是英雄？

Who Is a Hero?

谁是英雄？

Soldiers go to war. They fight the enemy. That is their job. Firemen go to fires. They rescue people in burning buildings. That is their job. Policemen go after dangerous criminals¹. They arrest dangerous criminals. That is their job. Phil was driving home. The car in front of him ran off the road. Phil pulled over behind the car. He ran to the car. He smelled gasoline². He saw an old woman inside the car. He pulled and pulled on the driver's door. It finally opened. He pulled her out of the car. He carried her toward³ his car. Suddenly, her car exploded. Metal flew through the air. Metal went into Phil's back. Phil fell to the ground. Ambulances took Phil and the old woman to the hospital. Doctors operated on both of them. They both survived. Phil said, "I'm not a hero. I did what anyone would do."

士兵上战场。他们抵御敌人。这是他们的天职。消防员救火。他们要从着火的房屋中营救遇难群众。这是他们的责任。警察追捕犯罪分子。他们逮捕危险的罪犯。这是他们的工作。菲尔开车回家。前面的汽车开出了公路。菲尔在这辆车后面停了车。他跑向这辆车。他闻到了汽油的味道。他看见车里有一名老妇人。他拉了拉驾驶门。门终于开了。他把她拉出了车外。他带她朝自己的汽车走去。突然，她的汽车爆炸了。金属零件飞上了天。金属零件撞到了菲尔的后背。菲尔倒在了地上。救护车将菲尔和老妇人送到了医院。医生对他们实施了手术。他们都幸存了下来。菲尔说：“我不是英雄。我只是做了所有人都会做的事情。”

1 criminals   

n.罪犯，犯人( criminal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He is not one of your garden-variety criminals. 他不是个普通的罪犯。
• All citizens should help the police in tracking the criminals down. 所有市民都应该帮助警察追捕罪犯。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 gasoline   

n.(美)汽油

参考例句：

• This car runs 5 miles on a gallon of gasoline.这部汽车一加仑汽油可以行驶五英里。
• There is still some gasoline left in the tank.油箱里还剩下一些汽油。

3 toward   

prep.对于，关于，接近，将近，向，朝

参考例句：

• Suddenly I saw a tall figure approaching toward the policeman.突然间我看到一个高大的身影朝警察靠近。
• Upon seeing her,I smiled and ran toward her. 看到她我笑了，并跑了过去。